Nature is Cruel and Kind
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously described life in nature as “nasty, brutish, and short” a view that continues to resonate with certain members of the populace. Often a man of...
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Nature is Cruel and Kind
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Tastes Adrift
Throughout our long and passionate marriage, my wife Alanna has often compared a delicious, homemade dinner to the products of the most iconic fast food chain in the world. Specifically,...
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Food Tracking
Normandy suggested I do a post about what exactly I eat over the course of few days. In other posts I wrote about my diet being repetitive... well here's the...
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Soil Blocks
Instead of cells or pots I use soil blocks for all my early vegetable starts. The process involves making a wet soil mix (there are a bunch of different recipes)...
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What I'm Eating: Dandelion Greens
I’ve bemoaned the length of this past winter in almost every post I’ve written in the last month, but it has made the dandelion greens delicious. Dandelion greens are usually...
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The Meals of Just-ish, Part IV
This is the fourth installment in a multi-part series. If you're new to the blog read this post first so you're up to speed. Last week both Garth and I...
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The Fencing Trick
Almost all livestock fencing is ultimately a psychological ploy. This is obvious in the case of a single strand of flimsy electric twine successfully containing a few dozen beef cows,...
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The End, for now
This is the very end of my chicken supply. I like chicken soup made from 'retired' egg hens. I dug my last two small chickens out of the bottom of...
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My Thoughts About Food
I’ve always enjoyed cooking, and I’ve always been concerned about the treatment of farm animals. I was a vegetarian for several years, and I have an abiding interest in dietary...
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Maple Syrup
I recently restocked on maple syrup by bartering with Brian from Mill Hollow Maple. One component of this year's home-grown adventure is to be involved in, or at least lay...
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Ramps!
I had never eaten a ramp until I moved to the farm, and once I was here it still took a couple years before I figured out where they grow....
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Year of the Dog
A year ago today Alanna and Arden and I got in the car and drove a couple hours west to buy a puppy in a Friendly’s parking lot. It sounds...
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Parsnips!
You may have noticed when I've written about roots I've said nothing about parsnips. The reason is I screwed up last fall. Parsnips sweeten dramatically after some frosts and cool...
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Black Raspberries
I put in blackberries, raspberries, and black raspberries the first year I established the garden, and I've never regretted it. Well, the black berries were actually terrible. Though they were...
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