A novice's attempt to get 15 percent of his food from his suburban fifth acre
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 19th, 2009
We had my folks over for dinner a few days ago. I served up a Caesar salad with Husky cherry tomatoes from the garden, which went well alongside my wife’s excellent meat loaf and baked mac and cheese. But my mom one-upped us with her homegrown contribution: a pie stuffed full of Anna Apples from [...]
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