I always feel a little lost, a little wasteful when it’s time to thin my garden as though all those little plants, doing their best to grow in our very rocky mountain soil, are being plucked early with no chance of reaching their potential. It’s a curious thought, but I’m known for being particularly sentimental when [...]
don’t waste garden thinnings: a recipe for braised whole baby beets
July 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Five Winter Greens You Don’t Want to Miss
December 28, 2009 By 14 Comments
Winter greens, teeming with micronutrients, nourish my family during the darkest days of the season when the fields offer little else but stored apples and pumpkin. As days grow shorter, spinach, Swiss chard and other winter greens slowly replace the tender mesclun lettuces of spring and summer before the cycle begins anew. At the height [...]



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