Monthly Archives: June 2010

Landon, Landon’s sister (Aislinn), and I took a visit to the farm yesterday after a long hiatus. We were delighted to find the fields covered in a downy soft coating of buckwheat. Maybe the term “covered” is a little favorable: my first time with the broadcast seeder yielded some patchy […]

Cover Story

June 23, 2010 in Blog / Farming How-To tagged buckwheat / cover crops / farm update / fields by Lindsey

The day started with some tractor complications and ended with some lighting complications. In between though, Landon and I chalked up all sorts of successes. Well, one. We finally got the buckwheat seed into the fields, and I got to do the seeding honors. Which means I basically looked like […]

A Soundtrack Changes Everything

June 7, 2010 in Blog / Musings tagged buckwheat / fields / firsts / planting by Lindsey

It’s populated by some really dynamo folks. Today, I had the pleasure of visiting Leotah’s Place–a newly opened coffeehouse in East Kensington. I first learned of Leotah’s Place back in February ’09 when it was just the thoughtful vision of one Brittney Lewis (Blew). As Blew’s classmate, we planned for […]

Philly’s a Lucky City

June 3, 2010 in Blog / Musings tagged badass / business / leotah's place / philly / small by Lindsey

Back when Landon worked at Keith’s Farm and sold produce at the Union Square Greenmarket, I met the proprietor of Rick’s Picks. The man was clearly devoted to his pickles, but beyond that, he worshiped their flavor-rich life source–the pickle brine. Over and over again, Rick of Rick’s Picks implored […]

Save Your Brine

June 3, 2010 in Blog / Recipes/Cooking by Lindsey

Landon spent most of yesterday atop the tractor, sweating bullets in the late-May heat. With my computer on my lap, I’m reminded of the sort of heat machinery can give off. It’s hard to imagine the degrees emitted by that giant engine. (Although his sweat-drenched Red Sox hat gave me […]

Buckwheat

June 1, 2010 in Blog / Farming How-To tagged buckwheat / cover crop / fields / preparation by Lindsey