Author Archives: Russo Family Farm

Quaker Creek borders one edge of the farm. The overgrowth along the edge helps to keep soil from eroding, but it also hinders access to the creek.  Locals have caught carp and trout.  Strands of stinging nettle are still green, … Continue reading →

Who doesn’t love a good hot sauce? Spicy and flavorful is how I like it.  More recently, I have been loving Korean-style gochujang, a red pepper paste that comes with bibimbap.  It has a sweet finish, even while your mouth … Continue reading →

Seeing the frost line in the shadow of houses and barns, you begin to appreciate the immediacy of temperatures. Most everything has tuned to a harvest gold. The galinsoga weeds, which turns out is edible and delicious, were killed by … Continue reading →

  This is what happens when you don’t discipline nurture young pumpkins. They push the boundaries, holding onto a lifeline, and risk everything to cross over to the greener grass on the other side.

A few weeks ago, I saw the tomatillos plants on the ground and shrugged it off.  The papery husk had gone brown and I had no expectations. Today, DH picked up a few and found they were still hard.  Talk … Continue reading →

Okra flowers are on their way out, and the pods are gigantic and inedible. Dan wanted to save some seeds for next year. Intuition told me that the dried pods on the stem were the ones to go for. Dan … Continue reading →

It was a decidely unorthodox decision, diametrically opposed to what average middle-class city-dwelling first-time parents would do.  One might be expected to be disabused of the romance of living small in a city apartment and upgrade to a bigger house.  One might be … Continue reading →