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Lemon Tree Very Pretty First appeared in Grainews on March 2020 Articles I’m standing in my auntie’s orchard on a mild afternoon, the temperature about 18 C. In Canada, it’s deep winter, but here in California, the citrus trees have bloomed, and the fruit is ripe.... 
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Giving Up the Garden ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews in September 2019 This spring, I stood in Mom’s back yard with a wheelbarrow and a shovel, digging out all the soil in her raised beds. “Take it all,” she urged when I slowed down. “I’m done with it.” “Not even... 
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Articles Firsts First appeared in Grainews on 23 August 2022 Gardeners, cooks, and farmers all know, respect, and sometimes love the cycles that circulate throughout our lives. Those cycles – the annual return of summer, for instance – mean that each year we... 
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Apple Crepes to Say Farewell ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews on 19 February 2019 I learned recently that my culinary mentor, Madeleine Kamman, died in July 2018. At the time, the event went unnoticed. But when I got word, the news flattened me. Madeleine was the...