How to Store Vegetables without Plastic Always remove any tight bands from your vegetables or at least loosen them to allow them to breathe. Artichokes‐ place in an airtight container sealed, [read more]

As we roll from spring into summer, a common site we’ll see in seasonal weekly shares in Central Texas is Lamb’s Quarter, sometimes referred to as “Wild Spinach”. I found a [read more]

http://violetcrowncommunity.org/events/violet-crown-festival-2011 Violet Crown Festival 2011 Celebrate Spring With The Violet Crown Festival! 2011 Violet Crown Spring Festival Saturday, May 7, 2011, [read more]

Spring has arrived! We are starting to have an abundance of crops and eggs, and it’s time for spring share pick-ups. For the next few weeks we’ll slowly transition into the peak of the [read more]

“Happy New Year” has a different connotation for growers than it does for folks not connected with the ebb and flow of seasons. Spring is definitely the herald of all things new, and in [read more]

Once a year or so in Austin, we actually experience an event some call “winter”. Those who experience actual “winter” usually laugh, but to us it’s something to [read more]

. Fall is upon us, and in Central Texas that means the best growing season is at hand. That makes sense to gardeners and farmers, but what does that mean to those of us who eat our way through the [read more]