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Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Gardening, Recipes on Sep 27th, 2008
FARM STAND MARFA SEPTEMBER 27
Fragrant Dish of Pickles
“Oh, Hamlet, how camest thou in such a pickle?”
Gardeners Leslie Wilkes and Bob Schwab grow just about everything you can think of in their home garden on the west side of Marfa, but they have a particular passion for peaches and cucumbers. Some years when the late frost [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter on Sep 13th, 2008
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER SEPT 13
MONSOON LIVING
In far West Texas a good year means we have attained our average rainfall of 12 inches. It is not uncommon for six months to pass with no more than an inch of rain. During these dry stretches – when the desert soil begins to lift and blow across [...]
