We’ve been busy getting our hands dirty in the Pioneer Valley, but I cleaned up enough for Sunday supper to write a blog post without soiling the computer. After a dry March and April, those April showers finally showed up in May. That means the past two weeks have seen a lot of growth in … Continue reading »
In the organizing I’ve done in the past few years, be it social, food, or environmental justice, the image of planting a seed is an old favorite. Like the aphorism, “Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach a man to fish, feed him for his life,” the seed analogy represents starting … Continue reading »
In an earlier post, I talked about the ongoing nature of farming education. This week I learned to harvest two crops that I’d never harvested before. We started with– what else?–garlic. Monday at Harvest Moon we pulled up the dirt-covered heads and placed them gently in wheelbarrows full of straw. What had previously been the … Continue reading »
