Harvesting Your Apples: and Anyone Else’s for that Matter
As September gets into full swing, so does apple season. This is an exciting time of year as apples become abundant, and harvesting your apples from your own orchard (or someone else’s), brings pies, cobblers, and crisps to your table on a regular basis. It is a bittersweet time of year as well, because it signals the end of summer and the abundance of all of the crops that you have been able to grow …
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
I’m not even finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver, but I can’t wait to tell everyone in the entire world how much I love this book. Plus, it isn’t the type of book you have to read …
The Three Hour tour: ECHO Global Farms
Yesterday, when I was supposed to be finishing some, uh, *work* for Chris, I decided to jaunt off on a three hour tour, instead. When in Rome. . .I am actually in Ft. Myers, Florida. Not exactly Rome, but it is to horticulturists like Rome is to starry-eyed art students. Florida has been pillaged by commercial agriculture and reckless development. I am ambivalent about Florida. …
Summer Squash Drop and Dash!
August is here, with full force. That means that people all over North America will be doing the “squash drop and dash.” What, you might ask, is that? The squash drop and dash is a vegetable delivery technique practiced by vegetable growers with fleet feet. Summer squash plants, including zucchini, crookneck and patty pan squash are prolific producers. They must be harvested every day …
