Katie Kraemer Pitre of Tecolote Farm in Manor, Texas says she loves this recipe from one of the farm’s CSA basketeers — and cooking master — Kristin Schell.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer’ and you’re finally ready to join one. Now what?
Before farming near Austin, David Petri and Katie Kraemer Petri farmed in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of Alaska with its long summer days and deep glacial soil, and also in central coastal California.
When you cook (or, heck, when you just want to eat), you need good food–and that’s where David and Katie of Tecolote Farm come in. They grow good food, and have been for about 20 years now. They also lay claim to having the longest running Community Supported Agriculture program in Texas.
Try this simple and delicious recipe from veteran gardener and talented cook, Judy Barrett, which can be found in her new book from Texas A&M Press: “Recipes From and For the Garden”.
We love honeybees; one reason we love them is in their name: honey. But what about native bees such as bumblebees or solitary bees that don’t make honey? Where’s the love for them?
Michael Warriner likes to stay out of the spotlight. But when it comes to letting others know about native bees, especially bumblebees, he’ll make an exception.
We’ve been looking for answers and ways to reverse the trend of colony collapse disorder among European honeybees, but in our fervor to save this imported species, we’ve neglected our native bee species.
Mother Nature promises nothing less to her Lone Star State residents than heat, drought, and pestilence, and she always keeps her promises. While gardeners can’t do much about the heat or drought, we can take some action to lessen pest problems.
Elizabeth “Wizzie” Brown likes to “play” with bugs, and has for as long as she can remember. She says her favorite insects are beetles. She puts her interest in insects to good use as an entomologist with Texas AgriLife Extension Service.
