The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
— , ‘God and the Bible,’ 1875
I’ve got a lot of tomatillos, a.k.a. ground cherries. I was thinking I’d make some salsa verde, but really, I should check out my trusty canning manuals before I decide. There might be a great recipe to use up all these tomatillos, and since I’ve never cooked with them before, I don’t really know what [...]
In the last two weeks I’ve gotten great stuff in my Needle-Lane Farms CSA box. Tomatoes! Two weeks in a row! Lots more beens (green, wax, purple). Plenty of broccoli. And finally, this week, no cabbage of any kind. I’m still loving the kale and chard, and we’ve had new potatoes for three weeks, I [...]
I can’t believe it’s already week 7 for my Needle Lane Farms CSA share. I’ve been remiss on reporting the box’s contents, so let’s make up for that, shall we? Weeks 4, 5, and 6 contained still a lot of leafy green vegetables, but we’re definitely moving away from them a bit now. I’m certain [...]
For those of us who did not grow up with a mother, grandmothers, aunts, neighbors who canned the year’s harvest in order to eat well over the winter, the concept of canning can be a bit scary. But in my desire to eat more seasonally and more locally, I decided last year to jump in [...]
Another report on my veggie share for the week. We’re still in “lotsa greens” season for another couple weeks probably, but I have pictures of those greens this week.
This week’s share includes:(clockwise – my apologies to anyone who read this before I deleted the “counter” from before clockwise – from lower left)green garlic, bunching [...]