It pained me to do it, but several bushy, volunteer potato plants had to be dug out of the ground to make way for planting beans. This was the result, an early harvest of beautiful baby potatoes. They were so pretty, it seemed a shame to eat them, but eat them we did. We took […]
Here’s another easy Ethiopian dish that the kids in my food appreciation classes really loved: potato stew, or Dinich Wat. This stew is loaded with great vegetables: cabbage, carrots, onion. It was a great thrill to see the kids eating this so willingly, even asking for second and third helpings. There’s something about Ethiopian food kids […]
All I wanted was a bit of compost. Instead, this truck backed up to our driveway and dumped a huge pile. I had to get creative, so I built a long hill for potatoes that I had never intended to plant. I formed a trench down the middle of the hill, then planted it with […]
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