It’s no wonder they’re the most popular vegetable in the home garden – nothing beats a fresh tomato. But how do you make the most of them when they’re coming in full force? Here’s how we’ve been using ours: Caprese Sandwiches This is an easy appetizer or a casual, build-your-own meal for guests. Just slice [...]
Posts Tagged ‘food’
Tomato Season: Recipes for Making the Most of It
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, recipes, tomatoes on September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, & Squash
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged companion planting, food, garden, planting, pollination, seeding, transplanting on July 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Corn, beans, and squash effectively comprise the collective staff of life of the New World. These crops were so important and complemented each other so well, that they were known as “The Three Sisters,” with many legends celebrating their sustaining virtues. We try to do these New World native plants justice here at Lunaria, but [...]
What’s Pickin’ in the Heat of July
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, garden, harvest on July 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s just a glimpse of what’s pickin’ at Lunaria right now, where change is the only constant. The delicious snap peas that started so early are finally winding down in this hot, dry start to summer. The broccoli are plumping out the last of the main florets or sending out their rays of side shoots. [...]
The Stoked List
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chicken tractor, chickens, coffee, ducklings, ducks, food, garden, planting on May 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As you might have discerned from the lack of blogging, Lee and I have been particularly busy lately. Part of the reason is that we’ve been tending our new farm away from home. Truth be told, Lunaria is little more than a swampy yard of heavy clay with some spots of fleeting sunlight. So we felt [...]
Poultry Care: Figuring It Out as We Go Along
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brooding, chick starting, chickens, chicks, ducklings, ducks, food, pests on April 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It seems lately, that each time I go for a trip, I come back feeling an increasing urgency to keep up with the demands of spring. It’s not a stressful kind of urgency, but the voice of a season that says in each breath, “Look alive.” This time the excursion was to Brooklyn, to visit [...]
