Jordan Shay
 This has, so far, been a ridiculously mild winter.  Balmy weather and sunny days gets me dreaming about tomatoes.  I’ve never had good luck with tomatoes in New Orleans, so I’m cer

Jordan Shay
 For is National Garden Mail Order Month.  This is news to me, although I shouldn’t b surprised because, at this time of year, the seed companies take advantage of us indoor-bound gardener

Jordan Shay
For the past two years, my chicken flock has foraged over a large vacant lot, scratching the ground for bugs, eating grass and weeds and being very active. They lay the best eggs I’ve ever tasted. B

Jordan Shay
 If you’re a laissez-farmer like me, you haven’t yet torn out your summer plants and replaced them with the cool season crops like lettuce and healthy greens.  I always feel guilty tearing

Jordan Shay
I cannot cook without garlic. Sometimes I like to think of myself as an artist in the kitchen, with a palette of ingredients laid out in front

Jordan Shay
I´ve been away from New Orleans for a good part of this summer, staying on a ranch in the Northern Panhandle of Idaho. There’s 90 acres there, and the ranch has more animals than I would ever want to be responsible for in my normal life: cows, horses, geese, chickens, ducks, turkeys, cats, dogs, and goats.

Jordan Shay
I grew up in California. Not just California, but temperate, coastal, California where the summer’s highs will reach into the ‘80s, but only for brief stretches because it takes too much effort for the sun to burn through the summer fog that typically enshrouds the Northern Coast of California.

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I measure the seasons in what is available to eat, so one of the most exciting things for me about June and July in the South are the blueberries. The delicious berries have been showing up at local f

Jordan Shay
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Jordan Shay
The humble parsnip is one of my favorite root vegetables, but it always generates a mixed response among both gardeners and people who like to eat. The white root vegetable, and close relative of the

Jordan Shay
I am a lazy farmer at heart – I like to grow things that produce the most with the least input. Maybe I farm and garden with the 80/20 rule in mind, where 80 percent of your productivity comes from 20 percent of your input.