March doesn’t know what time of year it wants to be. Is it winter? Is it spring? We are planting the first seeds in the garden, but also gleaning from crops that overwintered from last fall. It’s very confusing, and wonderful. For instance, we have a beautiful patch of Red Russian kale we planted August […]
Here’s a switch from the usual eggs and bacon. A neighbor recently gifted us with about 30 pounds of venison from their family farm in Virginia. The package included several tenderloins. Some went into the freezer. Others I marinated for a couple of days in red wine with thyme, onion, garlic, juniper berries–the usual suspects–then […]
Our fall crop of salad greens is coming up nicely. In the photo above from left to right are ragged edge collards, arugula, red mustard and mizuna. Sounds like a perfect salad bowl to me. In fact, I broadcast my own mix of salad seeds in one area and am a bit disappointed to see that […]
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