After five months of steady work on the new farm, my wife thought it was time I got some R & R. She cashed in some frequent flyer miles and packed me off to D.C. for a few days to visit the old haunts. Hanging with friends was like entering a time warp–like no time […]
This is always an interesting time of year in the garden. Coming out the back side of winter, the garden looks like death warmed over. But there are signs of life and even a few things to eat. Some of the greens we were harvesting last fall–collards, kale, mizuna, arugula–are springing back. Very soon they […]
Collard greens are an amazing thing. Despite blasts of arctic air, snow and freezing rain, the keep on ticking. Here you see what our look like this morning with the temperature around 34 degrees. Kale and certain types of mustard greens will do the same thing. If it gets really cold, they wilt and fall […]
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