My last day on the farm dawned foggy and already humid. The heat wave that the Northeast has been suffering through recently had fried the shelling peas and sugar snaps, which prefer cooler weather (much like myself). Elizabeth and I set to work pulling their desiccated roots from the ground, then chopping up their stems [...]
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Reflections Over a Tomato
Posted in cooking, farming, sustainable food on July 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Garlic, Unearthed
Posted in cooking, farming on July 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Garlic was among the first plants I learned to recognize here. It is unmistakable: while the white bulb that most of us know as garlic lies buried under the ground, its thick white stalk and slender green leaves reach three feet in the air when fully grown. A tapered green tube (the scape) shoots up [...]
Staring My Milk in the Eye
Posted in farming, sustainable food on June 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Elizabeth doesn’t drink cow’s milk herself, but when I asked if we could get some so I could attempt to make my own yogurt and cheese, we hopped in the car and drove in the opposite direction of the grocery store. When it comes to milk, the organic dairy farm just down the road is [...]
Weed Control in Paradise
Posted in breakfast, farming on June 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In order to avoid a repeat of Tuesday’s case of mistaken identity involving the poor English pea seedling, I’ve spent my first week of work honing my weed identification skills while yanking them unceremoniously from beds with whimsical names like the “Four Directions Garden,” the “Peace Garden,” and the “Clothesline Garden.” The names of the [...]
Where Do Vegetables Come From?
Posted in farming, sustainable food on June 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Gusto has a temporary new home on an organic farm in rural Vermont, where I will be spending the next six weeks learning how to coax fruits and vegetables from the ground. As a lover of food and a proponent of sustainable agriculture, I felt I needed some practical experience with dirt and a shovel [...]
