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This is the weekend to gather linden blossoms
And preserve their scent in vodka.
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June 2024

Gathering peas, both wild and tame
Just enough to snack on. Just for a few weeks a year.
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May 2024

Planting an ever-bearing salad in the yard
Dreaming of spring salads made with home-foraged greens
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March 2024

Fighting the fear and loathing of weeds
Considering the necessity of spring's first greens
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Bring out your dead
Eating from the garden after the ice storms
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December 2023

Gathering solstice greens
Harvesting winter's last (and first) crops from my yard
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November 2023

Composing an end-of-season amaro
Making a bitter liqueur that paints a portrait of time and space
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October 2023

Gathering 70 pounds of abandoned apples
Finally attempting to press neighborhood cider
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September 2023

When autumn comes for the herb garden
And you hate dried herbs, what do you do?
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August 2023

Capturing high summer in the fennel forest
Tasting what the bees taste in my favorite weed-covered park
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July 2023

We cannot stop buying rare berries
The ever-growing collection of lesser-known species
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The walnuts have returned in full force
Want to make nocino? Act now--they're everywhere.
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