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n., Any hill dweller who knows that the best path to the future is through the arts of the past mixed with the smallest possible dose of newfangled ingenuity.

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How to Make Venison Sausage and Kale Quiche with a Side of Lemon-Ginger Beet Salad

While I think that there is a wide variety of reasons why we garden, arguably the biggest one is to have fresh homegrown food. I really enjoy cooking, and the appeal of growing my own quality ingredients was what got me started on the path to being a gardener.

We didn’t keep a garden this […]

March 15th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Allium Family, Beet Family, Beets, Carrot Family, Cooking & Preserving, Edible Greens, Garlic, Kale, Local Eggs, Local Food, Mushrooms - Edible, Nathaniel, Onions - Bulbing, Plant in Spring, Plant in Winter, Potatoes - Irish, Recipes - Dinner, Recipes - Sides, Rosemary, Thyme |
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How to Get Local Food in the Winter

This is similar to a post I published in August, but I think winter food buying bears special mention.

Just a handful of years ago if I didn’t plant enough food for my family over the winter my only option was to buy hard, bland produce shipped from around the globe to my conventional supermarket.

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January 28th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Arugula, Asian Edibles, Crucifer/Cole/Brassica Family, Edible Greens, Farm Stands, Farmers Markets, Farms, Herbs/Spices, Livestock, Local Dairy, Local Eggs, Peppers - Sweet, Product Reviews, Restaurants, Root Crops, Seasonal Food, Solanaceous/Nightshade Family, Tomatoes, Winter Growing |
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How to Find Local Food

Whether you’ve never even grown a houseplant or your family sucks down all the fresh cukes from your garden so fast that you need an extra basket with which to make pickles, you can probably find what you need from a local source. […]

August 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Community Events, Farm Stands, Farmers Markets, Farms, General Philosophy, Livestock, Restaurants, Ripe in Fall, Ripe in Spring, Ripe in Summer, Ripe in Winter, Things to Do |
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