You never know what delights you might come across messing in the garden. Today is supposed to be one of the hottest of the summer so I was out early weeding. The bed where I have been growing beets was mostly overrun with crabgrass. And I should say I’ve been completely derelict about harvesting those [...]
Sometimes the garden doesn’t give you much choice for dinner. There are some things that just have to be eaten now. So it is with the greens that overwintered from last fall’s plantings. The tat soi and the arugula are both flowering, getting ready to seed. These bolting plants need to be cut and eaten [...]
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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