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  Today I took a partial bushel basket of rosemary, sage, oregano, and sweet basil to trade at the market.  I got in exchange a large, ripe cantaloupe and a quart basket each of small yellow squash and medium and small cucumbers.  We’ve got lots of our own fresh tomatoes, chile peppers, and onions, so [...]

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Vichyssoise?  on a homestead?  Vichyssoise is a perfect soup for the hot days of an Arkansas summer, but the original chilled soup is a bit too wasteful for me.  Vichyssoise is ordinarily a creamy white color, brought on by using just the whites of leeks and peeled potatoes.  This soup is more rustic and much [...]

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This morning my husband and I cut some overgrown herbs to trade at the nearest farm stand.  Here’s what we got in trade for what was, in essence, prunings: Are you wondering why we are buying squash in June?  We were out of town for two weeks and have squash bug problems, so I waited [...]

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