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End of Season Harvest
Over the last 2 years I’ve acquired several varieties of mulberry trees. Mulberries were once a southern (United States) staple crop. Everyone reportedly had one in their yard. They are known to yield fruit abundantly & stain your fingers with their sticky juice. In addition to generously bearing fruit, the mulberry tree’s leaves make a…
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Goodbye Moon
Last week during my pre-dawn commute to the farm, it occurred to me that I should savor this moment. It would be natural to question what there is to savor about waking up at 3 a.m. to labor in— by most accounts— miserable conditions. Donning a headlamp to begin tending the land before the sun’s…
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Slow Down!
Seasonal transition is the time I start seedlings indoors so that once the weather is conducive, they can go out into the wild world of the farm with a strong head start. Having the seedlings inside my home allows me to tend to them closely. For weeks I reflexively compare each day to the last;…
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Wild Woman
“Let’s admit it. We women are building a motherland; each with her own plot of soil eked from a night of dreams, a day of work. We are spreading this soil in larger & larger circles, slowly, slowly. One day it will be a continuous land, a resurrected land come back from the dead. Mundo…
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Winter’s Around the Corner
As the daylight hours are getting shorter, I’ve been hard at work prepping for an abundant Fall/Winter season. Now that the farm infrastructure is largely in place, I’m ramping up production & planting enough to hopefully share with a small group of community members. It’s not too late to sign up to receive early notification…
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Where My Salad Lovers At?!
All my salad lovers, this one’s for you! I’m thrilled to announce that Mahaba Farms will be selling a limited supply of our premium, naturally grown (chemical-free) salad mix during the upcoming winter season. If you want to receive early notification of when our salad mixes are available for purchase, fill out the “Salad Lovers”…
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Seeding Local Passionfruit
I was able to get my hands on a few local yellow passionfruits this Summer. I already have a purple passionfruit vine growing, but the flavor of the yellow passionfruit is unbeatable. Passionfruit seeds quickly lose viability, so I wasted no time planting the seeds once the fruit was ripe. A couple weeks later, several…
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Farm to Table: Thai Soldier Long Beans
Thai Soldier long beans- as the name suggests- originate in Thailand. I’m guessing their name comes from the fact that the outer shell looks a bit like camouflage. They thrive in heat & humidity which makes them perfect for growing through south Florida Summers. In the below video I share a harvest & quick meal…
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Waning Summer
It’s hard to believe that Summer is almost over😳. One thing I can say for sure is that I made the most of the time. Every day I made progress. That was the daily quest: just keep moving forward. I’m proud to say I did that with minimal suffering— shorter days with plenty of breaks;…
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Chaya: Not Your Colonizer’s Spinach
Chaya, also called tree spinach, has been eaten by people all over the world for eons. However, you rarely see it sold or grown in the United States. Instead the most readily available spinach in the U.S. is European in origin. My growing conditions couldn’t be more dissimilar to Europe😶. Rather than expend a lot…
