The garlic is harvested! This is a most exciting time, seeing the product of our gardens' winter work piled in the sun, ready to be hung in the Longhouse for curing. Working together in the fields on hot days pulling out the hidden bulbs, it is always a surprise to see which varieties got the biggest, which smell the strongest, and which were most prolific.

I love thinking about all the tasty dishes that will be inspired by this harvest as much as our health will improve from the amazing bene...
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There is nothing quite like a summer day in the garden- dogs laying in the shade after chasing butterflies with Waylon, the sun on my back as I weed gardens in preparation of the next planting. Watering the plants, myself, and and the nearest person who is least suspecting it...!

Now that the rains have subsided, the plants are shining with the sun. Dark green potato leaves are shading cool and colorful tubers; spiny, curling leaves hide little yellow flowers that are quickly developing into c...
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