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    Apple Picking 2010: Now, With Less Stress!

    by  • October 27, 2010 • Eating Locally, Homecooking, Gardening, Farm Fresh, green living, nature, pick your own, Thoughts, Thoughts • 2 Comments

    Every year, the kids and I (and often our friends) head to local farms for pick-you-own fun. This past weekend, that meant apple picking. The apple picking season generally starts in September and goes through early November here in Connecticut, so we are more than half-way through the season (and late by our standards)....

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    On Carrot Greens, Radish Greens and Other Edible Wastes

    by  • October 14, 2010 • Eating Locally, Homecooking, Gardening, Farm Fresh, green living, nature, Thoughts • 0 Comments

    A few years ago, I fell deeply in love with beet greens. They have a similar taste to beets, though far milder — like a beet-tinged spinach. And they are lovely served raw in salad, sauteed and more. Until learning that they were edible, I had always been in the cut-and-toss camp, though. A...

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    Garden Tale: The crime

    by  • June 13, 2006 • nature, Photos • 3 Comments

    These are the innocent victims, cut down in the prime of their lives. They were senselessly attacked under the cover of dusk and dawn by a party of bandits who until recently concealed their existence. These are the victims friend’s, family and neighbors who are demanding justice for this horrific crime. They want the...

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