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This week was a hot one. I arrived at the farm earlier than usual on Wednesday to finish the morning’s harvest fast, but was forced to stay later than expected when I realized that a horde of harlequin bugs had started chomping up my tomatillos. I spotted the stinkbug relative and ladybug look-a-like earlier in [...]
The basil has been coming along quite well, and I’ve been itching to cook with it. Wanting to attempt something a little more exciting than the usual basil-and-tomatoes or pesto fare, I decided to tackle a recipe for basil beer bread, found on realsimple.com.
This was, I think, the third or fourth loaf of bread I’ve [...]
Weekend plans and Monday morning rain kept me off the farm for a few days. While I don’t like being away for too long (not being there means not knowing what’s going wrong, or right), returning to work this morning after a three-day wait was INCREDIBLE. These plants are making it their business to grow, [...]