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Garlic check-in

22 Nov 201316 Apr 2012 by Mike (tfb)

Yep, the garlic is growing steady, unfazed by 25°C/77°F days tumbling to sub-freezing nights, still apparently unappetizing to deer in spite of their almost unnaturally healthy green standout glow against the hay and straw mulch. Very nice! The difference between … Read the rest

Garlic rising

2 May 20127 Apr 2012 by Mike (tfb)

The garlic really pushed up in the freakishly summery end-of-winter days, already around 6″ high. Don’t recall exactly how far ahead they are—there may be pics on the blog from this time in past years, I haven’t checked—but this is … Read the rest

Somewhat submerged!

20 Nov 20135 Dec 2011 by Mike (tfb)

It’s a wet December! After only a couple of days of rain, the ground is pretty well waterlogged, to the point where I can’t move the Kubota compact tractor without leaving deep furrows that’ll be totally compacted and eventually dry … Read the rest

Beef and eggplant stew!

7 Dec 201123 Nov 2011 by Mike (tfb)

Another in my series of possibly-not-so-appetizing photos of oh-so-delicious food. Local food. Ingredients either grown by me or gotten from those who did. I still find knowing where your food comes from endlessly satisfying, it doesn’t get old. Anyhow, without … Read the rest

Simple stew

21 Sep 20112 Sep 2011 by Mike (tfb)

In the end, this is all about food and eating. Tonight, back to basics: heat applied to simple, locally grown ingredients, no culinary art or even a favorite recipe, just some mellow cooking. In the pot: grass-fed beef from a … Read the rest

Fresh new garlic ARRIVES!

19 Apr 202224 Sep 2009 by Mike (tfb)

There’s almost no describing how pleased this morning’s delivery made me. Pretty happy! In two sturdy cartons, by FedEx Ground, 80 lbs of certified organic Music garlic, looking so fine! :) This shipment comes from a farmer named Warren, who … Read the rest

Spring-planted garlic…

5 Dec 20097 Jul 2009 by Mike (tfb)

This first spring-planted garlic experiment is coming along just about as I imagined it would, from what I’d heard: slower and smaller. It’s 3-4 weeks behind where fall garlic usually is at this point, scapes are just emerging. Then again, … Read the rest