Kale is a number one nutritious green. I’ll have to admit that I’m not much on cooked greens–story time…..Several years ago…well, about 10 years ago, my family and I were eating supper one night. Supper was the typical Southern supper which consisted of pinto beans, cornbread, and greens. Believe me, I’ve tried to eat cooked [...]
Archive of entries posted on February 2010
Get to know your veggies–spinach
When I was a kid we had never heard of “fresh, raw spinach”; all we were ever offered was slimy canned stuff that mom had put some sort of meat (fat usually) to give it some kind of flavor. I can remember choking it down just so I could get up from the table to [...]
Old Man Winter
I never really thought about just how hard winter is on “everyone”, but since I’ve been a farmer, I’ve come to realize that it’s really hard on all the critters that live outside during the winter. They all need extra attention this time of year; the cats, dogs, cows, chickens, horses; everything needs water, which [...]
Get to know your veggies: Chocolate
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought it appropriate to highlight the most popular vegetable for this holiday in the Wild Things’ ‘vegucation’ series, and that would be chocolate, of course. Chocolate is one of the most versatile veggies in the kitchen; well it’s probably the one veggie that’s eaten away from the [...]
Get to know your veggies-Swiss Chard
Swiss Chard is a wonderful plant to grow in the garden. Not only does it taste good, it’s pretty as well. At Wild Things there are several different varieties of Swiss Chard in the garden; Lucullus, Bright Lights, and Sea Foam are the three main varieties grown. Lucullus is a very hardy plant, withstanding summer [...]
Get to know your veggies—Cabbage
I know that things are going to “get wild” around here pretty soon, so I’m getting a head start on “vegucation” about the vegetables grown on the farm. This article is about cabbage. The cabbage grown at Wild Things is a mix of mini-cabbages including a purple cabbage, savoy cabbage, and green cabbage. The [...]
Its all in the details…….
While sitting in the house (eating a bite of lunch) a couple of days ago, I was looking out the window and sort of daydreaming. It’s nice being able to relax a little compared to the fast approaching busy growing season. The scene above is what I was looking at; it’s the big hill behind [...]
Mid-Winter in “the holler”
I subscribe to the Old Farmer’s Almanac newsletter and today’s newsletter was on the subject of Groundhog Day. The newsletter stated that this day traditionally marked the midpoint of harsh winter weather……yuk! Mr. Groundhog isn’t going to see his shadow here today because we’re just coming out from under several inches of snow, then enough [...]