Octobuary 31st – Our Nightmare Before Christmas Moment October 31, 2011 FROZEN CHERRY TOMATOES THAT NEVER MADE THE FINAL HARVEST Our freak October Nor’Easter didn’t fail to deliver. Over the weekend, we received its full-force,… Continue Reading
Digging Belgian Endive for Winter Forcing October 30, 2011 AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO FALL, I DUG THE ROOTS OF BELGIAN ENDIVE, NICE AND THICK AND EARTH-COVERED – THESE WILL BE POTTED UP… Continue Reading
Preparing for a Historic Storm October 29, 2011 First of all—IT’S OCTOBER! I figure that I have better post this now, before we loose electricity here in Worcester ( just west of… Continue Reading
WINTER SUNSHINE – A New Winter Flowering Sweet Pea October 27, 2011 NEW WINTER-FLOWERING SWEET PEA VARIETY CALLED ‘WINTER SUNSHINE” SPECIALLY BRED FOR LOW-LIGHT CONDITIONS FOUND IN NORTHERN GREENHOUSES. I discovered these terrific, new, winter-flowering sweet… Continue Reading
The ‘Pop Rocks’ of Citrus- Australian Finger Limes October 25, 2011 THE RARE AUSTRALIAN FINGER LIME PRODUCES TINY, ELONGATED LIMES WITH CRUNCY SEGMENTS THAT POP IN YOUR MOUTH. These are so cool, that I can… Continue Reading
Fractal Broccoli October 24, 2011 THE HEIRLOOM ITALIAN BROCCOLI, ROMANESCO, HAS A COMPLEX AND BEAUTIFUL FRACTAL PATTERN SEQUENCE THAT DEMONSTRATES A RECURSIVE HELICAL ARRANGEMENT OF CONES, A COMMON MATHEMATICAL… Continue Reading
Fall Bulbs in the Greenhouse October 21, 2011 AUTUMN FLOWERING CROCUS ARE JUST BEGINNING TO BLOOM I’m speaking this Saturday at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, leading an class on forcing fall and… Continue Reading
Hipster x plantster – A Wilder Quarterly sprouts October 21, 2011 This Sunday’s New York Times Magazine introduced many of us to a new, and very exciting magazine for those of us who love home… Continue Reading
The Antique Apples of New England October 19, 2011 Antique apples are suddenly back in style, which is no surprise given that heirloom tomatoes and other vintage vegetables are getting a lot of… Continue Reading
and the winner is….. October 16, 2011 The winner for the autographed copy of Julia Rothman’s book Farm Anatomy is the blog reader called ‘Acantholimon’. Yay! Congrats! Please contact me directly… Continue Reading