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Big News — the Pantry is on Instagram!

To say that I’m a late adopter of social media would be an understatement, hahaha… it feels like I’ve taken another step into the 21st century. Actually, it’s a lot...

A Matter of Perspective

Way (way!) back when I went to landscape gardening and architecture school in Germany, we were taught that soil is a substrate to keep plants upright, that plant food comes...

Organic Everything: From Ecological Niche to Ma...

For all whose livelihood is tied to lovingly working with the land, winter is a welcome time to pause and reflect. Looking back, as well as forward to Spring, I...

Winter is for Learning: Delightful-insightful r...

Happy New Year 2023! Thanks to all of you, this is my Year Fourteen running the Pantry, and I’m more inspired than ever to be a force for “green good”...

Gardening in a Changing Climate

This may well turn out to be one of the most important blogs I’ll ever write, and I owe huge gratitude to Linda Gilkeson, renowned food gardener, author, and educator...

Spring 2022 Equinox

Dear Friends and Pantry Customers, Hope you had a happy vernal equinox!  Spring seems to be taking its own sweet time this year. On my daily bicycle commute to the...