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Don't Eat the Plums: Rescuing a Favorite Fruit Carol Ann Sayle

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

How to Understand Winter Farming: Think Like a Radish Carol Ann Sayle

How to Understand Winter Farming: Think Like a Radish

Would you like to be stripped naked, put outdoors, and left to freeze? Delicate vegetables aren't happy either.

The Farm Lunch: An Agricultural Necessity Carol Ann Sayle

The Farm Lunch: An Agricultural Necessity

An urban farmer avoids buttery biscuits in favor of an ascetic breakfast and embraces the traditional midday meal

The Best Part of Winter Farming Carol Ann Sayle

The Best Part of Winter Farming

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

Winter on the Farm: Can the Crops Be Saved? Carol Ann Sayle

Winter on the Farm: Can the Crops Be Saved?

Old eggs in the attic foreshadow frozen ground and lettuce protected by plastic—but some of the leaves are "flying naked"

From Farm to Table (Without Leaving the Farm) Carter Pettit

From Farm to Table (Without Leaving the Farm)

One man's farm dinners are bringing eaters out of the restaurant and into the vegetable patch. The ultimate in locally grown.

Eat Shoots and Leaves: A Case for the Whole Vegetable Carol Ann Sayle

Eat Shoots and Leaves: A Case for the Whole Vegetable

Those fuzzy leaves and thick stems? Yes, they really are edible—but the average farm stand customer doesn't know.

On the Farm, the Pleasures of Problem-Solving Carol Ann Sayle

On the Farm, the Pleasures of Problem-Solving

An urban farmer takes delight in growing crops she isn't supposed to be able to grow—including stunning Italian leeks

On a Central Texas Farm, Winter Doesn't Exist Carol Ann Sayle

On a Central Texas Farm, Winter Doesn't Exist

At Boggy Creek Farm, there are only two seasons: hot and cold. And as things slow down up north, it's time to plant.

Farming in 'Flash Flood Alley' Carol Ann Sayle

Farming in 'Flash Flood Alley'

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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