(V is for) Victory Farms
A foray into home farming in Huntington Station, New York, Victory Farms, founded in early 2008, is named in honor of Vincent, a young man who lost his life in WWII (and whose family lived at and farmed this land in the 1940s) and the so-called victory gardens that Americans grew to supplement their rations during wartime. Vincent's family left a makeshift cement monument of sorts to him ("Our Boys") and his friend Pat that remains embedded in our patio.
Sleepy boys… (Taken with instagram)
Indy betrays his New York roots to root for Green Bay… (Taken with instagram)
Lazy Sunday… (Taken with instagram)
Turned our picked-too-late Padron peppers into jelly…
Homegrown and homemade sauerkraut..
Chefs gone wild! - NYPOST.com
Articles like this drive me mad. There is nothing ‘strange’ about dandelions, orache, or claytonia. Did the Post hire a writer who’s been in a coma for the last 20 years?
Questions About Organic Produce and Sustainability - NYTimes.com
Another reason to grow your own. Organic does not mean what you think it means…
Homemade goods deserve a pretty package too - latimes.com
Definitely could’ve done better dressing up our homemade goodies from VF this year…
A Visit to The Chef's Garden - WNYC Culture
Living the dream…
A Wish List for Cooks, Bug Lovers and the Well-Shod - NYTimes.com
Cute stuff for the ecologically minded!
The Grower - Keep eyes peeled for new pepper, tomato virus - Citrus & Vegetable
Far from Florida, but it seems to me that whatever begins there ends up in New York. Boo!
10 bales of straw in the back of our Chevy means we can close up the farm today!
California farms grow pumpkins for fun, not profit - latimes.com
Next year, we’ll do giant pumpkins!
50 restaurants for foodies - chicagotribune.com
I’m quoted in this, which is kinda fun. :)
In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites - WSJ.com
Clearly, I must start growing bintje potatoes.
