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The End of the Season Comes
For myself, the path before me is a blank canvas. I have a vision for what that may look like, but the reality is still elusive. My plan...
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Nov 16, 20121 min
Recipe: Peanut Egg Noodle Tatsoi
— Farmer Becky Ingredients 6 cups, Tatsoi (or Bok Choy or Spinach), raw-chopped 1.5 cup, Carrots, raw, chopped 3 cloves, Garlic 2...
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Nov 13, 20122 min
On Finding the Fields Frozen
by Farmer Becky At the time when the hurricane was upgraded, I realized the tomatoes were goners. We had watched them flounder in the dry...
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Nov 2, 20122 min
In Circles
by Blain Snipstal In the field notes that the reader is most familiar with, we, the collection of writers, usually write from the...
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Oct 22, 20122 min
Boundaries
by Blain Snipstal 1. We all take things for granted. 2. We all have assumptions about the way the ‘world’ works and the ways we work...
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Oct 16, 20121 min
Countless Green
by Becky Seward This is a poem I wrote in 2006 for my undergraduate thesis at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, but I still find it...
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Oct 9, 20122 min
Preserving the Season
by Sky Harman Last time I wrote, I spoke of looking forward to the future and what meaning is gleaned from the act. As the cool weather...
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Oct 3, 20124 min
Sweet on Honey
HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply it on bread instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for...
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Sep 24, 20121 min
Roasted Cherry Tomato Soup
from earthandstyleblog.com Ingredients 4-6 cups of cherry tomatoes 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 medium sized onions, cut into...
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Sep 17, 20122 min
A Change is Going to Come
by Sky Harman, Farm Apprentice Tonight a chill is in the air. For a week or so now, the chilled nights, the cold mornings require long...
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Sep 11, 20122 min
Food Is Everywhere
by Becky Seward, Ecosystem Farm Manager Every plant we grow on the farm began somewhere in the evolutionary scheme of things as a wild...
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Sep 4, 20123 min
Notes from the Field: A School of Motion
Envision, Plan, Plant and Cultivate. Seed, Water, Weed and Observe. Harvest! by Blain Snipstal, Farm Assistant View Field Notes Movement...
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Aug 20, 20122 min
The Patterns of the Farm
by Sky Harman, Ecosystem Farm Apprentice (An article written for our CSA Members and published in this week’s Field Notes. Download this...
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Aug 10, 20121 min
Foto Friday: Mozzarella Braid
Have you ever seen such a beautiful braid of cheese before? So beautiful you almost don’t want to eat it. Almost. Last weekend, a dozen...
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Jun 19, 20122 min
Trail Treks: The Secret Life of Soil
As stewards of more than three miles of hiking trails in Piscataway Park, the Accokeek Foundation had much to celebrate on National...
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Jun 11, 20122 min
Memoirs of a Dairy Princess Celebrating National Dairy Month
by Polly Festa, Livestock Manager Have you herd heard? June is National Dairy Month, and as a former Herkimer County First Alternate...
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Jun 1, 20121 min
Economy of Motion (or, another apprentice lesson learned)
by Susan Cook, Ecosystem Farm Apprentice (from this week’s edition of Field Notes.) photo credit: Anjela Barnes I have been learning...
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May 25, 20122 min
Dirty Fingernails (reflections of a farm apprentice)
by Susan Cook, Ecosystem Farm Apprentice (an excerpt from Field Notes, week 3) It’s a little after noon and it’s time to eat lunch. I...
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May 18, 20122 min
The Satisfactions of Farming
by Becky Seward, Ecosystem Farm Manager (Written to the CSA community and published in this week’s edition of Field Notes.) I write to...
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May 14, 20121 min
“For My Mom”
by Sky Harman, Farm Apprentice My parents were homesteaders and founded communal farms in the ’60s and ’70s, at a time when the world...
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