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“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese … I can recall no verse about cheese. Yet it has every quality
which we require in exalted poetry”.
G.K. Chesterton
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Winter Sowing
No need to wait for spring to start your planting! Consider sowing seeds outside in late winter, not only to get a jump start but to achieve a higher rate of germination rate for difficult seeds like herbs and medicinal plants. It seems that almost any seed can be winter sown. Basil is notoriously sensitive…
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How Many Revolutions To A Free Lunch
Some months ago, my friend (the bread slicer legend) installed two small grain mills on a table at Growers & Graziers. He had these left over from his health food store days and thought people would find them useful as they are intended to operate without electricity. The children love feeding in wheat berries and…
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This Was Our First Rodeo
When Mark and I were first married, we often talked about what our future together would look like, having no idea what marriage really was. At the time we were both college educated, white collar professionals. Mark saw us living in Paris and although I did not share with him that farming would have been…
