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Fun Guys and Fungi

You, too can be a mushroom farmer – at least for 10 days at a clip. I met Nikhil Arora, one of the founders of Back to the Roots, at the Fancy Food Show. This company was founded by Nikhil … Continue reading

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Hope For The Future Of The Planet

North we drove, almost due north, until we swung north-east at York, up to a small town in Pennsylvania with big things happening on a farm just outside it. We took a road trip to the Rodale Institute Experimental Farm … Continue reading

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You Take A Stick Of Bamboo

And cook it in the springtime, oh oh, oh oh, yummy! I’m lucky enough to have a source of fresh bamboo, which is so different from the canned stuff as to be unrecognizable. My friend Jim grows many varieties of … Continue reading

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“Not Where He Eats, But Where He Is Eaten…”

Polonius would have attracted eaters of rotting flesh if Claudius’ men hadn’t found him soon enough, just as the titan arum at the Botanic Garden is supposed to do.  I wouldn’t know, even though I went down there yesterday to … Continue reading

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So Much For THAT Vegetable Garden!

Remember the lettuce I wrote about in a previous post?  It did not live up to the promises of the Master Gardeners.  Here is what it looked like today: It never became the thick, leafy plantation which the (greenhouse-grown) samples … Continue reading

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Lettuce Entertains Me

As part of my recovery from the heart bypass I mentioned in a previous post, I have been taking cardio rehab sessions at Montgomery General Hospital three times a week.  These sessions are located directly across the hall from the … Continue reading

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