Last week Robert Barnum of Possum Trot Nursery invited several people over for a test tasting of several dishes on the brunch menu. Farmer Margie brought along intern Muriel; and Meghan the forager, along with Farmer Dan Howard and myself, gathered at the table. The avocado half stuffed with scrambled eggs was unique, to say [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Common Roots art show
Posted in artist, farm, media, photo, tagged art, native plants, photography on September 22, 2009 |
If you’ve been browsing through this blog, you know that I like to take photos at Bee Heaven Farm. In fact, I’ve taken lots and lots of photos there over the last few years. So I’m really happy that two photos of native plants growing at Bee Heaven were accepted into the juried art show, [...]
leave food to nature
Posted in artist, food, photo, tagged Local Links, poem, Rachel Pikarsky on September 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So, we have had a menu made of those magnet words on our book shelf for quite a few years now. Randomly, as most things happen around here, we decided to change it. So here’s what resulted from the combining of our strange, strange minds.
Bee Heaven Farm blog
Posted in farmer/grower, people, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Margie Pikarsky on September 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Farmer Margie has posted on this blog, and now she’s got the blog fever and started her own, Bee Heaven Farm’s blog. The news and details will be a lot more specific to daily operations at the farm. Meanwhile, Redland Rambles will keep rambling about Bee Heaven, the CSA and its members, other growers in [...]
Gardening in South Florida
Posted in agritourism, food, location, locavore, market, tagged Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, gardening, Redland Organics on September 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some people have been asking me, licking their lips, “So, what’s good from the farm this week?” Their appetites were whetted by all the fabulous fruit we’ve been having this summer. Now they’re ready for veggies. Now? You gotta be kidding! There’s nothing growing right now except for weeds! While the rest of the country [...]

