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Roasted Potatoes

I usually keep a little net bag of small potatoes around, since they are easy to roast for a worknight dinner. Or I’ll roast them on Sunday, and use them up during the week. Usually I toss them with olive oil, garlic, and rosemary, but this time I tried something different, lemon zest and thyme … Continue reading

Have some organic potato salad on the Fourth

A current article in Nature, a highly respected peer-reviewed scientific journal, describes research showing that organic potato farming practices promote more “evenness” in predator diversity which leads to more balanced pest control.  The end result?  “…their study found that the increased evenness of organic farms compared with that of conventional farms led to 18% lower pest densities and … Continue reading