The best reason to eat our strawberries is taste — once you try the real thing, it’s hard to go back to grocery store berries. But you might also consider […]
The Ultimate Conversation About What to Eat
The food writer Mark Bittman has eaten just about everything you might put on a dinner plate, and he’s written about a lot of that food — how it tastes, […]
Why Ferment?
In a world where the goodness of anti-bacterialism is taken for granted, encouraging bacteria to infect your food seems almost as wrong as flag-burning. Don’t the hand-sanitizing stations screwed to […]
First Curtido
My first ferment moved into the eating stage today, after just five days in the crock. That’s on the early end of the fermenting window, and I did wonder if […]
First-time Fermenter
I’ve been wanting to do this ever since I first made friends with lactobacillus, but I’ve been dragging my feet. Smiling at a milky-sounding bacteria is one thing, whereas cultivating […]
Why Local Food?
If you’re new to farm food or still considering your first CSA membership, you may be wondering exactly what makes this food different from convention grocery store fare. Most of […]
Best of Loudoun
Voting is open in the annual Best of Loudoun Awards, sponsored by the Loudoun Times Mirror, and we’re proud to announce that our guests have nominated us in several categories. […]
Ferment Your Own!
The next time you drive to the farm, glance to your right as you approach the Dirt Farm entrance: those shiny purple and green plants are cabbages. We have them […]
7 Secrets to the Perfect Pumpkin Picking Adventure
Do we choose a pumpkin or does it choose us? Sure, there are cardboard bins filled with pumpkins in all sorts of box stores, but there is just something special […]
5 Apple Varieties to Pick in September
It’s peak apple picking season in northern Virginia. I was thinking about posting tips for apple picking but found that there are already some excellent posts out there… my favorite […]
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