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brimming with gladness
normally i would consider stuffed anything to be too complicated.. but my world is presently full of gladness resulting from this experiment – steamed sweet dumpling squash stuffed with black beans and rice and subsequently baked.. … Read entire article »
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still digging..
still digging – in previous years i would have been sloshing around in mud or fighting with half-frozen soil to harvest these sunchokes (jerusalem artichokes) in the middle of november – this year the digging experience is comparatively enjoyable.. … Read entire article »
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as golden as the setting sun
today this made lunch and tomorrow’s soup/stew.. beautifully golden as the setting sun.. tomorrow’s (open house) menu is stew, buttercup soup, boiled daikon, crackers, roasted sweet dumpling, roasted sunchokes, and braised greens.. … Read entire article »
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sweeter and sweeter
our first Big Frost.. everything that is still around has just gotten sweeter.. … Read entire article »
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all hands on board
trying to complete planting garlic a little later than usual required all hands on board… … Read entire article »
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curing the sweets
look at what’s here.. two more weeks of curing and we’re ready for thanksgiving.. … Read entire article »
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pumpkin!
a little frost has served to uncover some of these beauties.. and it would appear that we will have climatic cooperation in their journey to maturity.. … Read entire article »
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‘bitter’sweet..
embrace the escarole!! – pleasantly bitter could describe the green around which this salad is based.. shown here with cucumber, ‘latah’ tomatoes, parsley, nasturtium leaves and flowers, sea salt, garlic-infused oil, and balsamic vinegar.. nice.. .. served with homemade ‘just out of the oven’ thyme and sage sourdough bread.. seriously.. summer is sweet (‘bittersweet’).. … Read entire article »
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curi, curi, and curi…
so, being quite the farmer, i take an hour (3 person hours) out of a hopelessly busy day to partake in ‘the big kitten move of 2011′… pictured is “curi” – so named because of it’s curiosity and the fact that he/she emerged during a cucumber harvest (curi being a japanese word for cucumber)… … Read entire article »
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