It started just as groups of Leigh Hauter’s CSA subscribers were arriving at the farm for the Saturday tours. A distant, low buzzing noise at first. But then growing louder, and louder–nearer and nearer–turning into a roar. Tens of thousands of bees were approaching, pouring out of their hive, circling in the air until […]
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Back in April I asked readers how they go about keeping garden records. Being of the last century, my own method is to jot things in a spiral-bound notebook with a pencil. Along came Amelia Showalter explaining how she puts an Excel spreadsheet and her Iphone to use while tending her vegetables. I asked if […]
Did you say meatless Mondays? Hell no. Not in this house. We are firm believers that humans were designed to eat meat, and we get ours pasture-raised from our dairy, South Maintain Creamery, in Middletown, MD. The ground beef we use for burgers (it’s delivered, just like the milk and other dairy products) is a […]
Tags:beef·carbohydrates·cheese·fats·greens·insulin·meat·pastured·spring
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