The Edible Garden Festival is coming up this weekend Oct. 24-25 at Fairchild Garden. Farmer Margie and her crew will be there, selling starts of heirloom tomatoes, basil, arugula, garlic chives, lemongrass and chard so you can plant them in your garden. (She promises to have an even bigger selection at Ramble next month.) Heirloom [...]
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Edible Garden Festival coming up
Posted in events, fruits, photo, vegetables on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Why people join or leave the CSA
Posted in csa, food, locavore, tagged csa on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
People sign up because: They want to get really fresh food straight from the farms, not food that’s been in warehouses, distribution centers and back storage (like buying clubs and co-ops get). They want organic/pesticide-free food. They want to support local farmers. They eat a lot of veggies. Their doctor told them to. They want [...]
Planting a fall vegetable garden
Posted in farm, farmer/grower, vegetables, tagged heirloom tomatoes, Margie Pikarsky on October 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you’re new to this area, you might be thinking ah, fall, time for harvest. Not! The growing seasons are upside down this far south. During the long, hot summer, most growers take a break. They start preparing the soil and planting in September and October. This time of year is their “spring.” The first [...]
Local farmers in the news again
Posted in csa, farm, location, market, media, tagged csa, Jaideep Hardikar, Margie Pikarsky, Redland Organics on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Several months ago, I blogged about Jaideep Hardikar, a journalist from India who was here in the States on a fellowship. He wrote the article The Farmers Among Us that was published in the Sun-Sentinel. The original article profiled several growers who belong to Redland Organics, but is no longer available online. A shortened version [...]
Thyme for tilapia and lime
Posted in food, locavore, photo, recipe, tagged recipe, tilapia on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other Saturday I rambled down to Bee Heaven to pick up a tilapia and some callaloo for dinner. If you’ve never done that, you’re missing out on some good eating. The fish are ridiculously fresh. They were swimming early that same morning just before getting put on ice. You won’t eat anything fresher unless [...]
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