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Turning a New Leaf on Chard
simply the easiest green to grow

October 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Fresh-picked chard: planted in April, still going strong in October I used to think that chard was better to look at than eat (even insects seem to avoid it) but I was just being lazy in the kitchen. A good green deserves a good recipe. And lucky for me, The New York Times recently featured some [...]

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Tags: Eating Well · Grow Report · Recipes

Blacktail Mountain Watermelon: Hot Melon for a Cool Climate

October 13th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Blacktail Mountain watermelons convening on the counter Every year I try to grow watermelons and every year by late summer the sprawling vines, lush in vegetation, hold melons the size of limes. This year was different. Even with a remarkably cool summer where tomatoes failed to fein even the slightest blush, I had a bumper crop of watermelons. [...]

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Tags: Grow Report · Melons