Nettle Soup
In the spirit of Be Nice to Nettles Week, we tried our hand at a batch of nettle soup using the site recipe as a basis. Let me tell you that a half pound of nettles is a whole lot more 
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In the spirit of Be Nice to Nettles Week, we tried our hand at a batch of nettle soup using the site recipe as a basis. Let me tell you that a half pound of nettles is a whole lot more First Harvest of the Season
You can't beat an early spring harvest courtesy of cold-hardy perennials. I've barely done anything in the garden and I'm already raking in the food stuffs!
Clockwise from top right: Onions, dandelion greens, garlic chives, chives, lemon balm.
These chives have been growing in a Foraging Stinging Nettles
I went out foraging stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) last weekend. I harvested young leaves for eating and have set aside most to be made into a liquid fertilizer for my plants. Stinging nettle is very high in Prince Charles, Slow Food, and Sustainable Agriculture
A friend of mine recommended this New York Times piece about Prince Charles and his involvement in the Slow Food Movement. Be sure to listen to his speech on small-scale and sustainable agriculture given at the Terra Madre conference in Turin, Italy (2004).
Peta 2 Magazine
I was recently interviewed for Peta2 magazine as a way to get young vegetarians excited about growing their own food.
They've got a contest going to win a You Grow Girl prize pack that includes the You Grow Girl book, an "I Heart Dirt" t-shirt,
Tomatoes to Grow in Containers (or anywhere else for that matter)
Since I have begun talking about seeds and showing photos of my little seedlings, people have been writing in to ask me what I'm growing. I have been purposefully avoiding saying too much about Super Mega Deluxe Apple/Pear Pie (with Spelt Crust)
I promised this recipe months ago but alas my spontaneous, never-the-same-thing-twice cooking style makes recipe writing tricky. This is a good pie to make during the winter since apples and pears are the only local fruits still available at the farmer's market. If You Can, Plant a Garden
I really hate to get all gooey and girly and squeee here because it's very embarassing and unbecoming but holy cow how much do I love Michael Pollan. I believe you have to be a subscriber to read it, but take a look at this article
Andean Potato Farmers Fight Terminator Potatoes
A friend pointed me to this interesting article about a group of indigenous farmers in South America who are taking the multinational corporation Syngenta to task against terminator potato technology that they fear will cause extensive harm to "their region's biodiversity, culture and food sovereignty."
"Peru and its
Where to Get Dandelion Seeds
I posted back in October about my new-found culinary interest in dandelion greens and a few of you have been writing to ask where I got the seeds. In my case the dandelions have been coming up all on their own in my commuity garden.
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