I had something else in mind to post about today but I got a last-minute call from a reporter at the local FOX News affiliate asking if I was available for an interview to talk about composting as a way that average people (not just us crazy food gardeners) can be friendlier toward the environment. That [...]
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I spent the better part of the weekened paying back for all that good compost we laid on the vegetable beds in the spring. The cosmos were seven feet tall. The zinnia were so big they had simply collapsed and were splayed all over the ground. The “mammoth” variety sunflowers had grown into sequoias, towing over [...]
Tags: compost·fall·germination·greens·planting
I could have titled this piece, Don’t Go on Vacation! After 10 days away from our kitchen garden, it will take me three passes with the push mower to get the grass under control again. The eggplants are splayed on the ground, so heavy are their fruits. The tomato plants I had been trying so [...]
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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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