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February 2015

Little Green Witch

by Ananda Fry Myhre On a stroll through the Texas hills, one might see prickly ash, prickly pear, juniper, agarita or nettles. To the untrained

Mercurial March in a Bowl

by Lucinda Hutson Disaster struck on my birthday in late February one year. I’d taken a huge potted agave plant out of my greenhouse a

The Fluff Stuff: Homemade Marshmallows

by Kate Payne • Photography by Jo Ann Santangelo Marshmallows and the great outdoors go hand in hand. Sadly, though, a fireside-charred marshmallow oozing delightfully

Romancing the Tomato

by Jessica Robertson • Photography by Jenna Northcutt March is possibly my favorite time of year in the Central Texas garden. Spring starts to take

“J”is for Jam

by Lisa Solomon “…you have what they have not, an intimate and profound feeling for nature and a power of brush, with the result that

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Niman Is a Pig’s Best Friend

by Jamie Feldmar The signs start showing up in Story City, about 60 miles outside of Des Moines; diamond-shaped yellow traffic signs, like the ones

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The Forces at the Front of the House

by Kristi Willis • Photography by Molly Winters When deciding between favorite restaurants, service usually takes a backseat to other considerations, namely, food and libations.

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Feral

by Elizabeth Winslow • Photography by Thomas Winslow Grassfed or grainfed? Pastured? Cage-free? For Chris Houston, owner of Feral, the best choice for meat is

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Eden East

by Jessica Newman • Photography by Kate Lesueur Though the food trailer and pop-up restaurant concept has saturated Austin, one mobile kitchen on the East

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Breed ’Em Horns

by Steve Wilson • Photography by Andy Sams When Debbie Davis turned 30 in 1992, her husband, Don, bought her a pair of longhorn heifers.