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
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Carol Ann Sayle
Sometimes the only way to preserve special crops and memories is to stop yourself from devouring what you love
Carol Ann Sayle
Would you like to be stripped naked, put outdoors, and left to freeze? Delicate vegetables aren't happy either.
Carol Ann Sayle
An urban farmer avoids buttery biscuits in favor of an ascetic breakfast and embraces the traditional midday meal
Carol Ann Sayle
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
Carol Ann Sayle
Old eggs in the attic foreshadow frozen ground and lettuce protected by plastic—but some of the leaves are "flying naked"
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One man's farm dinners are bringing eaters out of the restaurant and into the vegetable patch. The ultimate in locally grown.
Carol Ann Sayle
Those fuzzy leaves and thick stems? Yes, they really are edible—but the average farm stand customer doesn't know.
Carol Ann Sayle
An urban farmer takes delight in growing crops she isn't supposed to be able to grow—including stunning Italian leeks
Carol Ann Sayle
At Boggy Creek Farm, there are only two seasons: hot and cold. And as things slow down up north, it's time to plant.
Carol Ann Sayle
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
Carol Ann Sayle
Have you met the right intelligent bird to take the human-hen relationship to the next level? This farmer has.
Carol Ann Sayle
Praise for a green that can fight fungus, enrich soil, and please almost everyone (except children)
Carol Ann Sayle
Farm-fresh vegetables are good, but prepared foods can be better—even if they might (just might) be too spicy
Carol Ann Sayle
Black spots in her beloved potatoes remind a farmer that when it comes to agriculture, no year is like the last
Carol Ann Sayle
A farmer is thankful that tomato season is done—but that doesn't end male customers' love affair with them
Carol Ann Sayle
Something good about salad pathogens: as Congress weighs food safety bills, they show that small farms aren't to blame
Carol Ann Sayle
Crops start like a misty rain, then fill buckets and crates like a storm. How an urban farmer handles the flood.
Carol Ann Sayle
On one Texas farm, early-season tomatoes are called higados ("livers"). But with a little love, they make addictive soup.
Carol Ann Sayle
When did the idea that plants need to be moved each year spread like a weed? A farmer says they should stay put.
Carol Ann Sayle
An urban farmer discovers scorzonera, an Italian root vegetable, as she does many new foods—by growing it
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