I’ve never been one to run my compost through a seive. I know some people like to remove all the little sticks and clumps. But I never saw the need. Everything in my compost pile (well, almost) is organic. So I figure it will break down in the garden eventually. Why bother to pretty it [...]
Tags: compost·seed starting
You’ve probably been asking yourself, What does it take to get The Slow Cook really excited? Oh, nothing more than a bit of row cloth, some plastic tubing and a little sunshine. You see, in years past I’ve tried to start my fall and winter crops in seed trays only to have hateful birds swoop [...]
Here’s something my wife can get really excited about: watching the little rosemary plant grow out of the stone wall on our front stoop. You might be wondering how a rosemary plant might have taken root in a crack in the wall. We’ve wondered the same thing. This is the general area of a cement [...]
Tags: herbs·seed starting·seeds
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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