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The Strange World of Food
Here we are in the pandemic, confronted with the first view of a post-apocalyptic world. And it has partially hyped up and deeply affected our relationship to food. Way back in 2012 I wrote a blog post about how apocalyptic … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, food, garden
Tagged cooking from the garden, COVID-19, food supply, growing food, organic gardening, restaurants
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Hard vs. Impossible
This spring is hard. But last spring during chemo was impossible. I’m always overwhelmed in the spring, although the self-talk helps me realize it is early and I can take it bed-by-bed until the garden is planted. Right now it’s … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, food, garden, Greenhouse, the Farm
Tagged backyard chickens, growing food, ovarian cancer, remission
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A Cauliflower Trick
I’m not sure where I picked up this helpful hint, but I kinda love it. Cauliflower will supposedly turn green with too much exposure to sunlight. I harvested my first head– 14 oz!! yesterday from the early planting. But before … Continue reading
Posted in garden
Tagged beets, cauliflower, growing cauliflower, growing food, organic vegetable gardening
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What is Homesteading?
Recently, more “homesteading bloggers” have been finding my blog. I am pretty sure it was the addition of “backyard chickens” to my entries. A few days ago I read an entry by a young Canadian blogger I really like at … Continue reading
Something New
There is a feeling of something new around here. I can’t quite explain it, but I’m just feeling like something new is happening. It’s a strange feeling for fall! It has a lot to do with the arrival of the … Continue reading
Posted in garden, recipe, the Farm
Tagged Central Minnesota prairie restoration, garlic, growing food, hyssop, hyssop flower, prairie, prairie restoration
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Carrot Top Pesto
My friends are starting to get their first shares from their CSAs and, I have to say, it’s humbling. These CSA farmers are not messing around. My friends, living in Illinois and Michigan, are getting boxes full of wildly diverse … Continue reading
Posted in garden, Uncategorized
Tagged carrot greens, carrot tops, CSA, garden produce, growing food, organic gardening, pesto, unusual pesto
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Cold Frame Goodness
I know last year, the first year I had a cold frame, my husband felt a bit cheated when I asked that he come help me lift it off the raised bed in late May. “That’s it?” “It’s done its job. … Continue reading
Posted in garden, the Farm, Uncategorized
Tagged cold frame, early lettuce, gardening, growing food, lettuce season, organic gardening, season extender
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Urban Gardening
Anyone who gets organic garden magazines has been subjected to the “garden porn” of California raised beds overflowing with herbs and vegetables and other gardens at their peak. The false sense they convey is that if everyone did this, we … Continue reading
Posted in garden, the Farm
Tagged growing food, locavore, organic gardening, sustainable gardening, urban gardening, urban gardening myths, vegetable gardening
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