on our recent trip to vermont, we made it a point (and an appointment) to visit half pint farm in burlington, vt. we have long enjoyed reading their blog and are intrigued by the model of the intervale community farm. half pint farm covers a little over an acre of land in a flood plain. […]
on a recent weekend trip to vermont, we stopped by the farmer’s diner in quechee, vt, where almost all the food is local even if the waitress isn’t…..ours was a sunny young gal from florida…according to their menu, the restaurant tries to source 80% of its food locally, which actually appeared to mean from vermont. […]
we returned from a week’s vacation to find our garden thriving… first signs of cherry tomatoes on the trellis tomatoes we purchased from the amish at the nearby farmer’s market are looking good! more tomatoes…i can already taste the salsa. this year we are trying a new experiment…the topsy turvy (look in upper left hand […]
since our last writing, we have enjoyed fresh greens every night and the lettuce is slowly winding down. we have planted additional seeds in the basement to replace the existing plants so we can hopefully have greens throughout the summer. one of the bins is almost always in the shade and we have designated this […]