On Saturday, April 12, we had a visit from a large group of volunteers for apple tree planting. Our friend Robin works for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where she manages immigration services; she organized the volunteers and the whole tree planting day. The volunteers included friends as well as researchers from over 20 different …
“…farming is about twenty per cent agriculture and eighty per cent mending something that has got busted. Farming is a sort of glorified repair job.” -E.B. White I was just reading online a story about E.B. White’s farming career, leading to the writing of his classic, Charlotte’s Web. In the quote above, White talks about …
Lamb’s Quarters – Chenopodium album by Susun Weed, c. 2009 I told the new apprentice we were having lamb’s quarters for dinner. “I won’t have any. I’m a vegetarian,” she replied. With a smile, I corrected myself. “Some people call it fat hen.” “I don’t eat chicken either,” she responded with a frown. “It’s …
