Submitted by Jeff Hake on Tue, 04/14/2015 – 12:17am This ladybug showed up to eat the aphids in my house. The summer ahead bears knowns and unknowns. Droughts and floods linger unpredicted in equal parts, along with abundance and failure. What is known is the certainty of a mixture of these elements, and that our […]
Immature is a Good Thing Sometimes
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Tue, 04/07/2015 – 11:10am For the first time this year, my garden is matching my April personality–slightly immature. After a long cold winter, spring fever hits me hard, and I will admit to not acting my age sometimes. Which is why I was so excited to find green garlic in […]
Nothing Like It
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Tue, 03/31/2015 – 10:08am They say that there is nothing like that first breath of warm air after the winter. But I have to disagree. Because there is something like it isn’t there? And the more that I think about it, the more certain I am that there are many […]
Keeping up with the grants
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Mon, 03/23/2015 – 1:56pm We at The Land Connection love a good story, especially when it’s true. This year’s Farm Beginnings course let us welcome yet another stellar class of beginning farmers to the farm, and among them were Tony and Danielle Grant of Danvers. Tony Grant and his family started […]
Out Beyond the Neon Lights
Submitted by Magdalena Caspe… on Mon, 03/16/2015 – 9:49am Neon lights reflected off wet pavement. There’s something about it that puts me in mind of a noir detective novel. All I need is a trench coat, fedora and an office in a sketchy walk-up with my name painted on frosted glass. I can imagine it […]
Cheese Season, and All Things Goat
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Sun, 03/08/2015 – 8:27pm What started out as a nice photo of bread and cheese, turned into not just a recipe of slicing up some cheese and fruit, and pairing it with good bread, but really long blog about what to do with all things goat–cheese, caramel, yogurt, whey, and […]
