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Wild Edibles in Your Yard

By Amy CrowellPhotography by Andy Sams If you’re not interested in fussing over a vegetable garden, you can still eat fresh from your yard. In

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Saving the Future

By Laura McKissack There are many reasons to save seeds from your harvest. The first, of course, is an economical one, but other reasons include

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New Wave Hunter-Gatherer

By Jeremy WaltherPhotography by Jody Horton To some people, hunting is a sport, in which winners and losers were determined by the evolutionary development of

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Organics by Gosh

By Jessica DupuyPhotography by Aimee Wenske The evening grind for the kitchen at Hopdoddy Burger Bar, South Congress Avenue’s hip beer-and-burger joint, plays out as

Eat Your Roses

By Jim Long Is a rose an herb? Most people would say no, believing herbs to be merely parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme and a few

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Let It Bee

By Jeremy WaltherPhotography by Jody Horton For those of you with an already-full plate and a love for new projects, a warning: do not talk

Martineau & Bird

Photography by Sarah Wilson Congrats; you’ve made it to adulthood. Various career and aspiration boxes have been checked and rechecked, the routine is set and

Yard Labor

By Ellen SweetsPhotography by Andy Sams It’s a mild, blue-sky weekday that finds seven men in identical turquoise-and-gray-striped shirts and pants working on nicely banked

Wild Salad Season

By Amy Crowell It’s salad season in Central Texas. While many gardens and farms in this country are buried under snow right now, a stroll

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On the Hunt

Story and Photography By Carol Ann Sayle Occasionally, a person will stroll through our farm stand in the winter, their eyes appraising tables full of

Doing Time in the Garden

By Spike Gillespie It’s early afternoon on a gorgeous autumn day as Municipal Judge Ronald Jones drives around Smithville checking on four community gardens. There’s

Edible Landscapes

By Amanda Moon There is a growing trend in this country to get back to the basics when it comes to both eating and landscaping.