The vegetables keep coming! I have to admit, I am a vegetable addict. Something about the look of freshly harvested vegetables, like the radishes above, embody such vibrance and freshness, that I love just walking around the market looking at all the v... »
The vegetables keep coming! I have to admit, I am a vegetable addict. Something about the look of freshly harvested vegetables, like the radishes, embody such vibrance and freshness. See what vegetables you can find this week with our Local Calendar an... »
It was close to 4:00 am Sunday morning when the alleged assailant began sizing up his victim. She was walking alone on Lincoln avenue in the Lincoln Square area of Chicago, listening to her i-Pod when... »
The markets are beginning to get greener, and thanks to the warm weather all these harbingers of spring are arriving earlier than usual. Nichols Farm had these huge bunches of green garlic on their table at the Green City Market this past Saturday. The... »
The markets are beginning to get greener, and thanks to the warm weather all these harbingers of spring are arriving earlier than usual. Nichols Farm had these huge bunches of green garlic on their table at the Green City Market this past Saturday. The... »
In The Land Connection’s 2012 farmer annotated calendar, A Year on the Land, the day asparagus is slated to be harvested is April 26th. Due to the unusually warm weather or maybe it is the new “usual”weather, asparagus has made appearances on the farme... »
It is that time of year for ramps. Thanks to Iliana Regan of One Sister and of the forthcoming Elizabeth’s Restaurant for the picture. The tag lines on her blog are Love, Forage, Bounty, Sustain, Grow, Give, Farm. She is known as the urban forager, so,... »
Longtime Lincoln Square resident Ron Psenka roused himself quickly when he heard a woman being assaulted in an alley near his home early Saturday. »
