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Water in Texas-The Crisis Underground

By Erin FlynnPhotography by Bill Albrecht There’s no mistaking when “Earthquake Katie” of Tecolote Farms is rockin’ the downtown farmers market. After 15 years of feeding ...

Part Two: What Lies Beneath the Soil

Story and Photography by Skip Connett "A Farmer's Diary Part 1: Bitter Harvest" can be found by clicking here Editor’s note: After befriending Joe, a farm manager for two Central Texas ...

Goat Cheese 101

By Beth Goulart Photography by Bill Albrecht May is going to be a crazy month for Chrissy Omo of CKC Farms in Blanco. Her spring-bearing goats—now more numerous than ever—will be producing high ...

Part One: Bitter Harvest

By Skip Connett Photography by Skip Connett If Joe Reider were ever desperate for work, his want ad would read: Seasoned Amish farmer seeks to pass on 50 years of knowledge to organic ...

The Gospel of Living Soil

By Dorsey Barger Photography by Dorsey Barger When I first saw the non-flag-making Betsy Ross on PBS’s Central Texas Gardener, I was transfixed by her strong face and ...

Tomato Tying Time

By Jo Dwyer Photography by Farmer John We all like to be needed in some way, don’t we? Being an especially attentive spouse, say, or an exemplary parent, a trusted friend or a pillar of the ...

Backyard Gardens

By Betsy Levy Photography by Carole Topalian It’s 8:00 a.m. on a summer Saturday and most Austinites are still in bed. But at Johnson’s Backyard Garden CSA, sleepy volunteers slam ...

Honoring the Animal

By Robin Chotzinoff Photography by Marla Camp In the morning, before the heat sets in, Hugh Fitzsimmons drives his truck down rutted wheel tracks, looking for signs of his bison ...

Purple Haze

By Andrea Abel Photography by Meg Griffiths Twenty miles east of Austin lies a bit of the Mediterranean in Central Texas—the two acres Randy Graybill calls Texas Lavender. A recent visit to ...

Summertime Greens

By Dorsey Barger Photography by Dorsey Barger As the owner of the Eastside Café, I’ve been on intimate terms with an organic garden for many years. So it may seem odd that ...