It started when we opted to rent an older duplex just out of town rather than the fancier apartment with a dishwasher in a concrete complex. We turned up a small patch of soil on the edge of that backyard and planted just a few onions and some lettuce. The rest, as they say, is…
I live and work with dirt, in one form or another, all day long. It is in the air that we breathe on this dry, dusty road. It is our cohort in food production and is often present under my fingernails long after I’ve come in from the garden this time of year. It is…
Over the years we have been contacted now and again by those interested in sponsoring Nourishing Days. We were usually too busy to handle advertising on our own so we relied upon Real Food Media (now Village Green Network). We are now happy to be able to invest the time to help small, family-run businesses…
I had forgotten what March feels like up north until I talked with my Dad the other day. "How’s the weather?" I asked. "It’s in the 20 someth…eh, it’s cold," the hanging of his head at the end of a long Minnesota winter was audible through the phone. "Huh." I said and promptly changed the…
