Fairly full from Common Ground
I just returned from a glorious, enriching day of lapping up organic living and growing in Unity, Maine, home of the Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association. The group's annual Common Ground...
View Articlestacking wood
Woodstacking lends itself to folksy phrases (which I'll translate later). My favorite is the old dandy, "stack it loose enough for a mouse to run through, but not for the cat to follow." Perhaps it's...
View ArticleSurrounded by blackberries.
For all of our growing pains this growing season—bigger gardens mean a lot less energy for tending the ones you already have—I'm always grateful for the blackberries. They were here when we came....
View ArticleA simple garden meal
We spent a long afternoon last week at our friend's farm, where we dug potatoes and left for home with a bagful of loot. I ogled over his tractor and acres of flat ground. The boys, meantime, ran...
View ArticleHow ’bout these melons?
Proud garden moment: Ambrosia melons. Two of them. It took months of care and tending to produce these beauties, in soil that had just become a garden this June. We planted them late. And we crossed...
View ArticleAnd so it flows…
The snow is finally subsiding here, and I’m reappearing after a long respite. Such a busy and wonderful Winter has melted into a sweet Spring. Why? Well, because the balance of life seems to be finally...
View ArticleLife lessons, taught by tomatoes.
The tomatoes have been generous this year. We harvested a slew of cherries, including sungolds, sweet millions, and a bounty from one sturdy volunteer in the compost pile. It reminded me that it was...
View ArticlePeaches.
I am almost speechless. And proud. And have been doling out these h o m e g r o w n peach beauties to those willing to eat them over the sink or out of doors, where their juice can drip freely down...
View ArticleHow to grow BIG garlic.
Garlic could be my favorite crop to grow. A bit of preparation, some early planning and effort, and its spring reward is a feeling of effortless accomplishment. Last year, I got serious and sourced a...
View ArticleNaturally addictive “tossed” garlic kale
“Have you tried this kale?” amazed friends asked me at our school’s fall fair a week ago. Once I did, I realized what all the commotion was about. It was Delicious, with a capital D. We hunted down the...
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