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Summer’s First Basil Pesto—And 10 Things To Do With It

July 4, 2010

A nice couple stopped by the farm stand early this morning while I was still getting the veggies and herbs set up. “We’re in need of basil,” they announced. “How much?” I said. “About this much,” the man gestured, hands open as if he were about to pass a basketball. “Okay, I’ll go pick it [...]

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Beet Candy—Bet You Can’t Eat Just One

July 1, 2010

It is well documented that I will roast anything that will stand still long enough. So yesterday, when I accidentally harvested some baby beets while pulling weeds, the beets didn’t stand a chance. I’d barely been home for a minute when I turned the oven on to 450°F.
While I’m happy to slow-roast beets at a [...]

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The Gold Rush (Or Why We Couldn’t Wait to Dig Up Potatoes)

June 28, 2010

We cheated. It’s not really time yet to harvest the potatoes, but we just had to check one plant. You know, to make sure there were tubers growing under all that foliage. Besides, it was Friday night and we were looking forward to an all-local dinner. We had just stopped to see Jeff Munroe, the [...]

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Three Reasons to Celebrate: Baby Goats, Sugar Snap Peas, & A Second Printing

June 22, 2010

I watched a goat give birth this morning. It was maybe the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.
I was going to blog about something else today. Actually yesterday. And then yesterday went by and now today has, too. That is how my life goes these days, here in my new world. When I get up, I [...]

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Oh What A Week–In the Garden, and the Kitchen, Too

June 19, 2010

Maybe it’s a cheap shot to blame it on the stars, but when I heard there was a rare planetary alignment going on this week, I felt relieved. Apparently this is the kind of event that makes everyone feel a little crazy, a tad more pressed and stressed. Now we had our excuse for running [...]

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Desperately Seeking Strawberries for Susie (and Ice Cream)

June 15, 2010

One of my favorite parts about the CSA I belonged to last year was the weekly strawberry picking in June. This year, with my own market garden, I knew I couldn’t join the CSA, but I was resting easy thinking the strawberry patch would be open to the public like it was last year.
Never assume [...]

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Here at Lettuce Central, We Love Our Vinaigrette

June 8, 2010

As if it weren’t bad enough to live with 400 seedlings in our tiny apartment all winter, now we have a LPU (lettuce processing unit) in the kitchen. This is not an official piece of equipment, but rather a collection of big stainless steel bowls, salad spinners, dish towels, and assorted plastic bags, trays, and [...]

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Lettuce for Sale! Get your Greens! We’re in business!

June 4, 2010

There is so much happening over at the vegetable garden that I haven’t even had time to write about it. After two years of trotting around this Island from farm to farm, getting to know farmers and watching how hard they work, you’d a thought I would have anticipated this. But no, I thought doing [...]

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Chop Chop! Don’t Forget the Stems in a Swiss Chard Sauté

June 2, 2010

The second coolest thing about Swiss chard is that it cooks so darn fast. (The first coolest thing being its amazing neon color—especially the Bright Lights and Rainbow varieties.) So I hate to spoil the party, but I’m going to. My recipe takes a bit longer than the standard sauté.
That’s because most recipes tell you [...]

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A Potato Salad to Celebrate the Unofficial Start of Summer

May 28, 2010

I realize that this is Memorial Day weekend, not Fourth of July, so I may be jumping the gun a little by posting a potato salad recipe. But it’s been such a warm spring, and it’s looking like it will be a hot weekend all over the country, so I figured folks might be thinking [...]

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