Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

12 • ZUCCHINI LARCENY July The president succumbed to weeds. So did the lost dogs, the want ads, and our county’s Miss America h ...

174 animal, vegetable, miracle tions where a mulching system like ours is impractical, organic farmers often employ three- or fo ...

zucchini larceny 175 a shirt. Cucumber and melon plants begin their lives with suburban re- serve, posted discreetly apart from ...

176 animal, vegetable, miracle months of taxing our creativity to feed ourselves locally, we had now walked onto Easy Street. Th ...

zucchini larceny 177 do, on days when the work seems as overwhelming as any second job. But most of the time that job provides r ...

178 animal, vegetable, miracle ening our backs and wiping a hand across our sweaty brow, leaving it striped with mud like some c ...

zucchini larceny 179 did. Industrialized Europe has lately developed suspicions of the central- ized food supply, precipitated b ...

180 animal, vegetable, miracle / In summer a young rooster’s fancy turns to... how can I say this deli- cately? The most ham- fi ...

zucchini larceny 181 nighttime roost (hence, his name). The feminist in me balks to admit it, but a flock of free- range hens be ...

182 animal, vegetable, miracle saved caterpillars I pulled off my garden so I could throw them into the chicken yard and watch M ...

zucchini larceny 183 any bird native to the eastern United States by ear, and can nail most in- sects, mammals, and amphibians a ...

184 animal, vegetable, miracle fore. Prior to our move to Virginia I’d raised a few Bourbon Reds as a trial run, to see how we l ...

zucchini larceny 185 day, and only had to be shut in at night. The turkey side had a hatch open- ing into a large, wire- enclose ...

186 animal, vegetable, miracle ample. We kids voted for the pies but got overruled; Dad brought home artichokes. Mom dutifully b ...

zucchini larceny 187 tas are still delicious at this size, though daunting. We split and stuffed them with sautéed onions, bread ...

188 animal, vegetable, miracle was raised by frugal parents who themselves grew up in the Depression, when starvation seemed a g ...

zucchini larceny 189 bit surprised when I started double- checking the security of doors and gates any time we all were about to ...

/ zucchini. man’s job in our house- he’s it’s left to climb ladders The Spirit of Summer by camille It’s a Saturday afternoon in ...

zucchini larceny 191 out of reach for everybody that doesn’t have wings. The blue jays get their share, but we still brought in ...

192 animal, vegetable, miracle y 2 tablespoons dill 1 tablespoon bottled lemon juice (optional) y Summer squash (an assortment) ...