Photo by Judith Hausman Any hard cheese will work in this tomato cheese biscuit recipe. I love community cookbooks because they are historical artifacts. Measurements might be a “soup spoon” of honey or “butter, the size of an egg.” Casseroles might use “convenience foods,” such as canned mushroom soup, and salads might be based on green […]
An old friend of mine called this spring with the news that he and his wife were buying 15 acres in the country. They had gotten a real good deal on the place, but the buildings were in questionable shape.
I have spent a good amount of time this spring searching my yard for insects. I have a new book in the works with Timber Press about beneficial insects and am shooting many of the pictures myself.
The other day, my daughter wanted to hang a shelf she had made. The challenge was that it was a corner shelf and I only had one appropriate hanger for the job.
Photo by Judith Hausman The lime zest in this garlic scape gremolata recipe imparts a delicious, tropical flavor. The area where we grow garlic used to be a swimming pool. It was filled-in with wonderful soil and compost, but the stones that defined the rectangular pool are still there, outlining our dense forest of garlic. We […]
Make your hay harvest last with these tips for efficient hay storage.
The author of a book on honor-system marketing touts the method’s benefits he’s experienced at his own farm stand.
Graphic courtesy of The Ocean Project Today is the celebration of the 20th World Oceans Day. World Oceans Day, an event recognized by the United Nations, is in its 20th year today. This year’s them is Youth: the Next Wave for Change. According to The Ocean Project, today is an international celebration of the huge […]
Photo by Rick Gush It’s time for squash flowers again! Squash flowers have already started appearing in vegetable markets here in Italy, which means it’s just about squash flower season in our garden. A few of the squash flower suppliers are northern growers who grow very early squash in greenhouses, but most are growers from […]
I’m having a mental war with a rabbit. So far the little devil has eaten two different plantings of broccoli and cabbage to the nub, feasted on innumerous strawberries, sacked my lettuce crop, and chomped the carrot greens to the ground.
