These cookies are adapted from the Silver Palate Cookbook – a staple cookbook in the kitchens of my mother, aunt and gran in the 1980s. I have always loved their “molasses cookies” but in the past few years I have …
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The Atypical, Unfair Economics of Farming.
Q : How do you make a million dollars farming? A: Start with 4 million! As far as business models go, none is as bizarre as farming. There are very few winning formulas. It's either large scale corporate agribusiness (which …
With love to the #1 Tomato Grampa
I started my tomato seedlings on March 24th which is at least two weeks later than usual. It wasn’t until the snow really started to melt that I felt motivated, but better late than never. My Dad is the self-titled …
Turning the Page on Winter! — Rootdown Organic Farm
The first transplants are up and the greenhouse is quickly filling up with great potential! Although at times, it has felt that winter would never quit, we are now seeing the early signs of spring, the first robins have returned, …
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Tips and tricks for starting seeds
With the promise of spring just around the corner, starting seeds initiates the growing season. Nothing conveys more optimism and hope for the future for a gardener. Seeds are amazing, wonderful little specks of embryonic life.They are relatively easy to …
Farm Story: The Biodynamic Ice-Break
Would you mind if we talked about Biodynamic farming? There. That’s how you keep your readership small. Those of you still with me have fought through eye-glaze and eye-roll and have resisted page turn. You will notice that even I …
Cannabis Cultivation (aka Growing Weed) Then and Now
With legalization finally here, and the stigma of using cannabis diminishing, I'm not incriminating myself to confess I've been growing my own for decades. Even though this ancient herbal medicine has been around in most cultures for millennia, the evolution …
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