About two weeks ago my friend Anna, who lives in Western Virginia, posted this on her Facebook status: “Dear wineberries: I love you, I love you, I love you. I wish I bought more of you.” Now I had never heard of a wineberry, so I asked her what on earth they were. She [...]
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Wineberries!
Posted in foraging, Fruit, Lucky finds on July 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Harvest Monday and a question of ethics
Posted in foraging, Lucky finds, Neighbors, what's growing? on June 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
First, the ethics. So just say that there is a stand of magnificent, overburdened raspberry canes about 300 yards from your house. Say these raspberry canes are behind a stone wall in an obviously disused and abandoned farm, complete with derelict heavy garden equipments and the skeleton of a greenhouse. Say these raspberries have been [...]
Christmas surprise
Posted in Lucky finds, Veggies on December 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Don’t you love surprise packages in the mail? I wasn’t expecting anything from my dear friend Elizabeth, who manages a historic garden in South Carolina, but she really came though for me with my Christmas present. I was delighted when I opened a small package from her and a plethora of seeds neatly wrapped in [...]
On citrus
Posted in foraging, Lucky finds on December 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We just got back from a 4 day Thanksgiving trip to the lovely Alabama Gulf Coast (“what are you thankful for, Taylor?” “WARMTH!” It was 70 degrees every day…bliss!) with family and friends, and I feel incredibly rested. I’m also feeling a surge of vigor from the copious amounts of vitamin C I ingested this [...]
The seeds are off!
Posted in Gardening, Lucky finds, Veggies on November 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »
OK, Howling Hill! I’m sorry to say that I missed my two week deadline by 1 day, but I did finally mail the seeds off today at lunch. Here’s what I took: 1 complete packet of Dill 1 complete bag of Cannelinni beans And then about 20 seeeds each of: Okra Kandy King Corn Black [...]
Green Tomatoes
Posted in Lucky finds, Veggies on October 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Last night we dropped by the farm to make sure a check I had left for the managers was found. We’re signing up for 2 chickens and some farm-raised pork that we’ll receive in November and this was my deposit check. Everything looks very different. We had a couple of evenings of frost in the [...]
Local Surprise
Posted in Lucky finds on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just got back from our local Stop N’ Shop (yeah, just like on Family Guy for you non-New Englanders) where I stopped in to pick up some little preserve jars. I haven’t bought grocery store produce in a few months now, but I usually like to walk through to check to see if they [...]
Eating History
Posted in foraging, Lucky finds, Veggies on September 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Pete and I are lucky enough to have a friend who lives as the on-site caretaker of a small 17th century historic site. It’s amazingly beautiful and so well-kept. From the way it is situated next to the road, there are many times that you can’t see a single modern intrusion in your view. I [...]
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