Of all the crops we grow at Good Heart Farmstead, mesclun mix is the heart of our farm. We call the salad greens that make up our mesclun mix ‘gateway vegetables’—because even if you’re a meat and potatoes kind of person, you probably have a salad with dinner. Think you don’t like radishes? …
There’s a shortage of parents who tell children to eat their flowers. It’s always fruit and vegetables that get the glory of parental harping. (And even though my 3-year-old son is growing up on a farm, there are still a handful of vegetables we have to convince him to eat—these days it’s potatoes and cooked spinach). …
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I wish I could tell you we spend as much time cooking as we do farming, but it’s not true. At least not in spring. One of us is out in the field by 7:00 am, and often back out again after dinner. We balance garden time with toddler time, and more often mix the two …
