Book Review: Gaining Ground

Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers’ Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm by Forrest Pritchard My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love this farmer memoir because it’s funny, accessible, and deeply touching. Forrest Pritchard writes directly from Read More …

Too-Sweet Defeat

    Maybe I was basking in the joy of my mulberry harvest a little too blithely. Maybe I shouldn’t have taken the lazy way out of making jam by trying to make freezer jam instead of cooked jam. Or Read More …

Mulberry Joy

I was told that mulberry season is over.   Apparently our backyard mulberry tree didn’t get the memo.   We are still gathering berries every day, though the peak occurred about 2 weeks ago. At that point the kids and Read More …