Market Report: Green plus

August 5, 2010
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Burgundy green Purple green (beans) Speckled green

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Green gardeners

August 4, 2010
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green: \grēn\; adjective: immature in age or judgment; untrained; inexperienced: a green worker. This year, for the first time, we planted a garden. In our front yard. We dug up a patch of what passes for grass chez nous, put together a couple of raised beds from kits, and planted them with both seed and [...]

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Greens

August 3, 2010
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greens: noun; the edible leaves and stems of certain plants, eaten as a vegetable (The stems are multi-colored, but this rainbow chard still counts as greens.)

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Green garlic

August 2, 2010
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green: \grēn\; adjective: not fully developed, unripe, immature

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Green

August 1, 2010
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green: \grēn\; adjective, noun, verb Etymology: from Middle English grene, from Old English grēne; akin to Old English grōwan to grow

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Dark Days: Greens with beans

February 28, 2010

The combination of beans and greens is a particular favorite of mine, especially when the beans are creamy garbanzos and the greens are young, tender leaves of swiss chard. If I have cooked garbanzo beans on hand, as I did from another meal this week, I know I can have a quick, simple, delicious dinner [...]

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Dark Days: Frittata di pasta

January 24, 2010

After a several-week winter hiatus, coinciding closely with my unplanned break* from the Dark Days Challenge, our little backyard flock has begun laying again. This week, the girls have given us 3-4 eggs each day, and although my husband eats an egg or two almost every day, the egg carton has been slowly filling up. [...]

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Home again

December 27, 2009

We’re home. The cats are staying close. If not on top of one of us, they’re in the same room, talking or just watching. In bed, they’re under the covers, or perched on a hip, and purring, always purring. Looks like they’re glad we’re home. If they missed us, they don’t seem angry about it. [...]

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