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Apple Mincemeat
October 19, 2012
Change is in the air, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. About a week ago, we experienced our first frost in eastern MA, leaving any of the garden’s remaining summer-worn plants a floppy mess. The chard is slumped over, the pole bean plants are already beginning to brown and blacken, and the […]
Vegan Kimchi
October 9, 2012
I hope you’re not getting sick of my (slight) obsession with fermentation lately. Between all the brassicas I keep getting from my CSA workshare at the farm and the cool temps that help to keep ferments from spoiling, it’s hard to find a reason to NOT ferment. I’ve written about Mr. Lebovitz’ kimchi before, but […]
A walk around the farm on an autumn morning
October 8, 2012
If it wasn’t fall before, it sure is fall now. Temperatures in eastern Massachusetts made their expected drop and the cool rain has returned, at least for tonight. I’m actually starting to believe that, with the exception of a few, scattered days of warmth, summer has ended. But even my relatively limited experience in vegetable […]
Maple Apple Butter
October 4, 2012
Lately, it’s been hard to tell if I live in Boston or Seattle. A seemingly-endless stretch of dark and drizzly days has been a boon to the fall garden- now full of leafy greens, brassicas, and some root crops- and a great excuse to stay indoors. As I keep hacking away at that can plan […]
Basic Tomato Sauce
September 13, 2012
My Internet is back, finally (damn you, Comcast). But the canning crunch is really on now. It’s amazing how quickly it seems we went from long, hot, sticky days to comfortably-warm afternoons and evenings to down-right chilly mornings and nights. Heck, my porch has become a temporary veggie “crisper” at night since I currently have […]
Coconut Red Curry Summer Vegetables
August 11, 2012
via Waltham Fields Community Farm blog, where I also publish: The summer crops just keep on rolling in with the waves of heat and moisture. Some of these items, such as the cucumbers patiently awaiting their transformation into canned bread and butter pickles, have been set aside for a specific cooking project. Others, however, are […]
Fermented Dill Cucumber Pickles
August 2, 2012
Seeing apples being sold at your local farmers market sure can make you feel like you’re falling behind on your summer preservation projects. Yeah, yeah, Ginger Gold is an early variety. But still. The canner has only seen my stove a handful of times in the past several weeks, and much of my “can plan” […]
Updates from the Learning Garden
July 21, 2012
I think it’s safe to say that we have reached the midpoint in our growing season here in Greater Boston. The fields and beds are filled and crop by crop, we are beginning to harvest what was started months ago. But the journey hasn’t been easy-breezy, and the fight for a victorious harvest is not […]
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