Before you pick up that rake or shovel, consider the critters nestled inside stalks, and snuggled under those blankets of leaves (those are your friends in pest control and pollination).
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The Garden City Harvest JEDI Committee asked the staff to submit their favorite JEDI + Farming related books. Wow! We got a great list of books, so we're sharing the list with you!
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Kat Cowley, UM Food Pantry founder and Director of Bear Necessities, sees clearly that food should be about more than staying alive or getting by.
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Rachel joined the Army at 17 and found herself in Afghanistan as a combat medic at age 18. She has struggled with severe PTSD from unimaginable experiences like treating Afghani children burned by the Taliban and facing starvation after weeks cut off from supplies.
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We are posting this Montana Senior News article from 2019 with sadness in our hearts. Paul passed away in September at the age of 102, after a long and wonderful life (more about that below). We will miss him and his wonderful smile.
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Here at the River Road Farm, our final weeks of fieldwork are full of digging. Potatoes and carrots, parsnips and celeriac. These hearty crops are the last to be harvested and the final addition to the pantry as we prepare for a long winter.
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Our window for eating fresh, ripe, local peppers is narrow in this climate. Our farmers have honed in on varieties that are both delicious and quick to ripen- Jimmy Nardellos, Hungarian Hot Wax, Czech Black and Bulgarian Carrot Chilis to name just a few. This post includes methods for freezing, fermenting, canning and marinating peppers.
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Though gardens begin to wind down in the fall, it is also the time to plant garlic! In this blog, we outline the process of planting garlic in the fall and then harvesting and curing it in the summer.
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