Two of my favorite people showed up together this week: Mark Bittman, food writer for The New York Times, interviewed Wendell Berry, hmmm…how to describe him? Farmer, writer, philosopher: the Times calls him an American hero and that sounds good to me. At one point in the recent past, I declared I wanted to be… Continue reading Mad Farmers
Month: April 2012
Freezing Kale
I “put up” 22 quart bags of kale last week and there is plenty more to do this weekend. Last weekend, I took pictures of the process, anticipating a blog entry. It took a whole week, but here you go…freezing kale! 1. Pick the kale. I knew I was going to chop it so I… Continue reading Freezing Kale
Potato Day
So here we sit, watching Meet the Press, laptops open, catching up on email and the news (and, in my case, this blog) before heading outside to plant potatoes. It is SPRING and that means we spent every free moment with our hands in the dirt. I’ve been mostly working on flowers. Bob tilled up… Continue reading Potato Day