I marvel at all the people raising chickens…in the city. My food colleague, Janice Cole, has written a lovely book about it: Chicken and Egg: A Memoir of Suburban Homesteading with 125 Recipes (Chronicle Books, 2011). More about that in another post. Back to the actual animals. Up to the 1960s and 70s in chickens […]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Oh, Fiddle(head)!
A plateful of fiddlehead ferns is the ultimate in local and seasonal food. I have a nice stand of ferns, especially thriving this year’s cool, damp-enough spring. Last evening, I broke off as many of the cobra-headed spirals as I could find. It came to about three cups of trimmed fiddleheads, all about the size […]
Raised Gardens and a Chicken-Wire Memory
I started gardening in raised beds last year. Special thanks to my neighbor Terry who built them for me! This year I’m adding four more beds. Simple raised bed tips: 1) Use screws, not nails, to connect the boards. They’ll hold together longer. 2) Brace the corners. Before filling with 1/3 peat moss-1/3 vermiculite-1/3 mixed […]