Bacon’s my friend (especially the kind that comes from a pastured pig).
A few weeks ago I read Brett Laidlaw’s post on Trout Caviar about smoking bacon. He wrote it just about 2 years ago, but I only recently read it.
I knew we had to try it.
We did.
It just so happened that I had two [...]
Read More..>>I simply love this time of the year when the days are clear, the nights are cool, the maples are blooming, the buds are swelling on the trees, and so many green things - good to eat too - are poking out of the ground, or just starting to grow for real.
Witness:
The acid green of [...]
Read More..>>Seven weeks old (seeded on January 25), and growing. Transplanted once already and soon again!
Those are my super early batch (The main batch was started on Feb22). They are a reliable tasty and prolific cherry tomato for me (Wetsel Red Cherry) and - cross our collective fingers - harvest should start in June. That’s the [...]
A month ago, we were under 2 feet of snow with night temperatures in the single digits. This week we garden in short-sleeve shirts and harvest mache, baby lettuce, just-emerging sorrel, baby arugula, escarole and… spinach - lots and lots of spinach. Finally!
The spinach was not planted in the hoophouse but outside. Last spring we [...]
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