Tag Archives: food

Shopping the aisles

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

We have an overwhelming number of choices for greens right now, something those of us in the Winter Bounty project take for granted. This was brought home to me when I served a friend a gratin made from mature greenhouse … Continue reading →

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Winter Bounty sweetens up dessert

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Last winter, we discovered how sweet our green leafy vegetables can be when they’re grown in cold weather. Marsha halfway joked that she was going to create a dessert using our spinach–a tart or some other preparation that would showcase … Continue reading →

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The $5 Challenge

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Slow Food USA is taking on the fast food “value meal” by challenging people to make a meal that costs $5 or less per person. What would you cook? Since the weather has taken a crisp turn overnight, my inclination … Continue reading →

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Preparing for winter bounty by fighting the caterpillars

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

It’s been a little over a year since the Winter Bounty Project got underway. We’re now back to where it all began: watching things that we planted in the last month begin to sprout and grow, and helping them to … Continue reading →

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Protectors of the organic garden

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

As I’ve written before, one of the big differences between winter and summer gardening is pest control. Provided the seedlings we are nursing now stay healthy into the fall, the cold weather will knock back most of the pests we’re … Continue reading →

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You can eat carrot greens! Who knew?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Sometimes, a piece of information falls into your lap at precisely the moment you need it. That’s what happened when I read “Yes, Carrot Tops are Edible…and Delicious” in Gilt Taste, a new online magazine and specialty shop selling artesanal … Continue reading →

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What does a heat wave have to do with winter harvest?

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

This morning, Logan and I spent some time at the greenhouse, trying to get a bit of work done before the impending heat wave. We spent about a half-hour inventorying projects and identifying items recently planted (that is, Logan identifying … Continue reading →

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Rolling Thunder, or A Moveable Feast

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

In previous posts, I’ve alluded to the fact that our greenhouse is on wheels. It’s time to explain how this works and why we did it. The greenhouse is a Rolling Thunder™ model from RIMOL Greenhouse Systems. It is 22 … Continue reading →

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Carrot flan for a spring dinner

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

Because greens excel in cold climates, that’s mostly what we grew in the greenhouse this winter: two kinds of kale, two kinds of chard, arugula, broccoli rabe, head lettuces, cabbage, mizuna, and so on. Our root vegetables included turnips, radishes, … Continue reading →

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“A meal any way you look at it”: Cooking from the greenhouse

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

I asked people in our group how they’d been cooking from the greenhouse lately. Lydia said, “I am just a fan of sautéing some onions and garlic and throwing in anything we picked from the greenhouse. I cook it for  … Continue reading →

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