Don't Eat the Plums: Rescuing a Favorite Fruit
Sometimes the only way to preserve special crops and memories is to stop yourself from devouring what you love
Sometimes the only way to preserve special crops and memories is to stop yourself from devouring what you love
Would you like to be stripped naked, put outdoors, and left to freeze? Delicate vegetables aren't happy either.
An urban farmer avoids buttery biscuits in favor of an ascetic breakfast and embraces the traditional midday meal
As ground freezes, crops wither, and leafy greens blister, an urban farmer in Central Texas finds solace in an unlikely winter crop: young, tender lettuce
Old eggs in the attic foreshadow frozen ground and lettuce protected by plastic—but some of the leaves are "flying naked"
One man's farm dinners are bringing eaters out of the restaurant and into the vegetable patch. The ultimate in locally grown.
Those fuzzy leaves and thick stems? Yes, they really are edible—but the average farm stand customer doesn't know.
An urban farmer takes delight in growing crops she isn't supposed to be able to grow—including stunning Italian leeks
At Boggy Creek Farm, there are only two seasons: hot and cold. And as things slow down up north, it's time to plant.
An urban farmer braves the waters of Tropical Storm Hermine—and comes to accept that hens and soil don't always fare as well as people do
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