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    Turning over a new leaf: From homegrown to homemade
    Rich Kassirer
    • Jan 17
    • 3 min

    Turning over a new leaf: From homegrown to homemade

    Those who know me know I have a weed problem: I like to grow it, but don't partake that much. In the three years I've tended a garden,...
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    Seasons change and so do I: a 2021 garden recap
    Rich Kassirer
    • Nov 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    Seasons change and so do I: a 2021 garden recap

    A couple of days ago, after our first real frost, I cut down the Brussels sprout plants. They were the final crop standing in the garden,...
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    When the choosing gets tough...
    Rich Kassirer
    • Sep 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    When the choosing gets tough...

    Maybe you -- like me -- have found yourself in the grocery store staring perplexed into a display of items considering back and forth:...
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    Winner, winner, chicken (share) dinner
    Rich Kassirer
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 2 min

    Winner, winner, chicken (share) dinner

    Karl Prahl of Underline Farm is a Local Hero (as recognized by the Western Mass. agricultural organization CISA) and one of ours as well....
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    What is This Cool Mushroom I Just Found?
    Sue Kassirer
    • Aug 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    What is This Cool Mushroom I Just Found?

    You could go ask Alice... Or a better choice might be to consult someone who really knows. For those unfamiliar with mushroom foraging...
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    When one outgrows their garden
    Rich Kassirer
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    When one outgrows their garden

    When we moved into our house four years ago, one of the first things I wanted was a vegetable garden. If you had seen the yard back then,...
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    Shhhh! Shishitos are our summer secret
    Rich Kassirer
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    Shhhh! Shishitos are our summer secret

    Shishitos are a small mild pepper with an amazing taste when lightly blistered in a pan with oil, salt, pepper and a spritz of lemon.
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    For produce in summer, we take to the road
    Rich Kassirer
    • Jul 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    For produce in summer, we take to the road

    The real discovery is when you are driving along some back road and, like an oasis, there's this little stand of vegetables.
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    How does your (weed) garden grow
    Rich Kassirer
    • Apr 16, 2020
    • 6 min

    How does your (weed) garden grow

    As I go into my third season of growing, I decided to document my successes and failures so far.
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    Just your garden-variety mid-winter dreaming
    Rich Kassirer
    • Jan 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    Just your garden-variety mid-winter dreaming

    Four or five months of cold and wet and gray does eat at the soul. With that comes the beginning thoughts of what to plant in the garden.
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    Meet the meat share
    Rich Kassirer
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    Meet the meat share

    I found a farm that offers the perfect share for us.
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    Harvesting community
    Sue Kassirer
    • Nov 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    Harvesting community

    A recent harvest, this time from the forest, got me thinking about community-building.
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    Getting Comfrey in our surroundings
    Sue Kassirer
    • Nov 2, 2019
    • 3 min

    Getting Comfrey in our surroundings

    My first foray into sourcing local plants for healing remedies is using the Comfrey that grows at the edge of our woods.
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    The perfect pickle
    Rich Kassirer
    • Sep 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    The perfect pickle

    As always, the key is the right amount of vinegar/spice and the crunchiness of the pickle.
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