http://farmtofork.net/fresh Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:45:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been neglecting you.  I realize now how long it's been since I've written you as I peruse my last entry and notice I was yammering on about eggplant.   I'm currently looking out at my eggplant patch as I type and it is as white as Santa's beard and ... http://farmtofork.net/fresh/2011/11/confessional/ Well, that’s not meant to sound so ominous.  It’s just that summer is finishing and fall is nearly begun and maybe it’s my favorite time of year for seasonal eating.  I like the idea of late-summer tomatoes colliding with autumn squashes and those types of transitional pairings.  Plus, I have ... http://farmtofork.net/fresh/2011/09/the-beginning-of-the-end/ I wrote that on a piece of my daughter's construction paper in pink marker and scotch-taped it to the front of our fridge.  I've been taking note of a nasty little habit our family's been falling into lately.  It looks like this: Pulling the trash basket and compost bin next ... http://farmtofork.net/fresh/2011/07/operation-eat-from-the-fridge/ The truth: I haven't been cooking much lately (for my family, anyway).  May, I always forget, is one of those months where I just can't be relied upon to do anything responsible inside the house or to get anywhere on time.  You'll find me in the yard, in the berry ... http://farmtofork.net/fresh/2011/06/in-the-garden/ Alright, I have a new personal rule.  It’s this: Once I begin to feel any sort of self-pity or downtrodden I hurriedly take that energy and redirect it into something charitable or practical.  That said, a garden is a great place to encounter therapy and well, grow food.  A place ... http://farmtofork.net/fresh/2011/04/yards-to-gardens/