Submitted by Cara Cummings on Tue, 05/27/2014 – 8:10am My favorite season is now. I will say this every time a new fruit or vegetable ripens and becomes available, either in my own urban farmette (as I like to call it), or at the farmers’ market. So today is my favorite time of year because […]
Cara Cummings
Perpetual Student
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 10/24/2016 – 4:02pm I sat in the back the class with my notebook, camera, and the day’s agenda on my lap, and took in the warmth of the room that was lit with crisscrossing strings of globe lights–the kind that you might see on a patio in the summer–and […]
Persimmons and Memories
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 11/16/2015 – 6:57am After having been gone for four years, one of the first things I did upon returning to Santa Barbara, California, my home town, was to bite into a Fuyu persimmon that was grown in my mother’s garden. It’s not new to talk about the connection between […]
Polenta with Radishes
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Tue, 07/12/2016 – 6:22am For those of you who have been asking for the 2016 calendar recipes–I’m finally getting them posted! Recipe for polenta with radishes1 cup polenta (fine to medium ground cornmeal) 5 cups water 1 teaspoon salt 1 bunch radishes 1 tablespoon butter salt to taste 1-2 tablespoons honey […]
Rush Creek Farms: Jen and Andy Miller
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 04/14/2014 – 10:42am If you have peeked ahead in your TLC Farmer calendar, you already know something about Jen and Andy Miller, owners of Rush Creek Farm in Sidney, Illinois. The day I was out talking with them last summer was one of those perfectly beautiful Midwestern sky days, […]
Seasons
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 10/06/2014 – 6:41am The warm red, orange, and yellow tips of the leaves on the trees that were at first subtle, are becoming louder. They are reminding me that it is the time of year when we need to put things back, to store them for the long cold […]