Wintry-looking winter is hanging around for a bit, with a little more snow adding to the fairly massive fall a few days ago. It's already clear that we can expect anything, any time, from the weather, still, I was hoping for a bit of a warm and summery winter, like last year! Oh, … [Read more...] about Winter persists
Archives for February 2013
The Intelligent Gardener
More winter reading , and the buzzword is..."remineralization," which here means carefully replacing missing soil minerals in a holistic way (as opposed to just topping up with this or that). The other keyphrase is what that leads to: "nutrient-dense food." The book is The … [Read more...] about The Intelligent Gardener
The Food Dehydrator
The Nesco/American Harvest Food Dehydrator & Jerky Maker: a lil contraption purchased last summer, waiting for winter experimenting (thinking about the extra garlic). There's of course some research to do, like the difference between drying and freeze-drying, what gets lost on … [Read more...] about The Food Dehydrator
Snowstorm
Just snow. At least a foot down in the last few hours and still falling, fast and blowing a bit, but far from what I'd call a blizzard. Pretty! Next, warm and raining forecast for a couple days from now to take it all away. Up to a couple of years ago, I still hung on to the idea … [Read more...] about Snowstorm
Dirt Farmer’s Dialogue
At the top of the winter reading book stack. From the 1970s. Bought by chance from a used book table in the trade show at an organic farming conference. Always fun to hear someone explain what they know and believe, in simple, articulate words. As opposed to...weasel … [Read more...] about Dirt Farmer’s Dialogue