Eat locally, seasonally produced food. Buy direct from the farmers and the makers. Grow your own, make your own. Start a farmers' market today.
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter on Apr 26th, 2008
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER APRIL 26
“HOW TO COOK LIKE JULIA CHILD”
by Sandra Harper
“Presenting the Chicken sisters: Miss Broiler, Miss Fryer, Miss Roaster, Miss Caponette, Miss Stewer and Old Madame Hen,” announces a very tall cook as she levels a giant butcher knife at each chicken in turn.
“Welcome to the “French Chef,” I’m Julia Child and [...]
Posted in Bees, Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter on Apr 19th, 2008
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER APRIL 19TH
THE BEE IS NOT A MACHINE
In a cave in Valencia, Spain there is a painting of two Paleolithic men hanging off of a cliff by ropes. From a hole high in the cliff, the painting shows a man extracting a honeycomb and placing it into a basket.
Egyptians may have been [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Gardening on Apr 12th, 2008
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER
APRIL 12TH
THINGS TO DO AROUND THE HOUSE AND GARDEN TO CONSERVE WATER. THEN WATCH YOUR PLANTS BLOSSOM.
CONSERVATION IN THE HOME
_stop leaks_replace old toilets, the biggest water user in the house _replace washing machines with Energy Star rated ones and washers rated with a Water Factor lower than 9.5, saving 35-50% water [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter on Apr 5th, 2008
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER APRIL 5TH
RAINWATER HARVESTING
We have water in Far West Texas, deep in the paleogroundwater aquifers and close at hand coming from of our taps. Springs flow in scattered pockets greened by cottonwoods, but most of the creeks run only during the monsoon months of August and September.
Native Americans established trade and travel [...]
