The mercenary army in my garden This morning, I got zapped while picking raspberries, once on the ankle and twice upside the head, above my ear, as if my... From the Editor 27 Sep 2023 | 02:25
A teenage camper gets his first flame using the bow drill method of making a friction fire. ( Becca Tucker) Higher education It struck me a few days in, what was different. Of course, it was all different – the endless sandscape of the New Jersey... Features 25 Sep 2023 | 02:21
Arugula Toad in her favorite garden bed. ( Becca Tucker) Arugula Toad Was it a trick of the eye or did that clump of dirt shift ever so slightly? On closer inspection, the clump resolved into... From the Editor 06 Jun 2023 | 03:45
The truck-tree, a Walmart checkout-aisle impulse buy, awaiting planting after fluorishing through the winter. ( Becca Tucker) “We don’t have to ever throw away our truck-tree, right?” asked Dion, my four-year-old. “Uh, right,” I hollered back over... From the Editor 03 Apr 2023 | 11:19
“Chef Danny” Amend’s favorite of the crops that he grows is salinova oak leaf lettuce, the middle row. “It’s a beautiful head lettue, it almost looks like a hedgehog to me,” said Amend. ( Michael Bloom) These greens are dialed in Growing up, Danny Amend spent a lot of time in the family garden in California’s Sonoma County, weeding and hauling wheelbarrows... Features 07 Dec 2022 | 11:58
We’d all but given up on tomatoes – until we stumbled upon a forgotten back swath of our half-wild garden. ( Becca Tucker) The wilds of garden three The kids and I came home from the Adirondacks at summer’s end – where I’d been daydreaming of rows of juicy Goldie tomatoes... From the Editor 01 Sep 2022 | 03:29
Shoplifting in the era of heavy surveillance Sometimes it’s a frazzled mom with kids in tow who’s fed up with a self-checkout machine that just won’t scan the sliced... Home 19 Jul 2022 | 12:03
The nouveau black dirt Springtime on a farm always feels like a race. Here, it’s a full-on sprint. The moment Alix Daguin materialized in the barn... Features 28 Jun 2022 | 02:23
One of the black racers we have acquired as a neighbor. ( Becca Tucker) Getting to know the neighbors Some people fear spiders, others, heights. My thing is snakes. Snakes of all sizes make me gasp and tap dance, but to state... From the Editor 28 Jun 2022 | 10:42
Harrison working his bees barehanded. He gets stung so often that by the end of the season, he hardly reacts anymore. ( Becca Tucker) The EpiPen kid Eleven-year-old Patrick Harrison was the EpiPen kid. After a bee sting at Cub Scout camp blew him up like “the Michelin man,”... Features 09 Feb 2022 | 12:03
A heritage turkey at Banbury Cross Farm in Goshen, N.Y., which is not raising the price of its birds this year despite quadrupled shipping costs for feed. (Photo by Becca Tucker) Stressed supply chains make for priciest Thanksgiving meal ever This year’s Thanksgiving feast is on pace to be the costliest ever, starting with record-breaking price tags for turkeys.... Home 05 Nov 2021 | 12:51
Zach Fisher in Cornwall. ( Becca Tucker) The deprogrammer I brought you cherry tomatoes, because sometimes wilderness folks are so busy they don’t actually get around to gardening.... Studs 25 Aug 2021 | 04:06
Juno, my middle child, has an uncompromising streak that reminds me of tennis superstar Naomi Osaka, who walked away from the circuit to focus on self-care. ( Becca Tucker) The badass art of protecting your energy What is it about the term “self-care” that activates my inner 13-year-old? Why can I not keep from rolling my eyes the tiniest... From the Editor 01 Jul 2021 | 07:55
Sarah Hambrick with a flat of marigolds growing in a greenhouse in Chester. ( Becca Tucker) ‘Bride’s best friend’ grows local roots Sarah Hambrick was 19, bouncing from major to major at Dutchess Community College, the winter she took a seasonal job at... Features 23 Jun 2021 | 03:13
“The jumps here aren’t as big as they were in Colorado,” said Shortway, 30. “I’m definitely hitting everything Creek has.” Yoga-teaching ski bum heeds a higher calling Navigating his fledgling studio, Ah-ha Yoga, through a pandemic, Shortway has plenty of reason to be stressed. But for once,... Studs 09 Apr 2021 | 01:25
