Journal II · The village garden

The Backyard

Salad leaves, tomatoes, herbs and whatever is ready next. Then into jars, the dryer or the 150-year-old family brick oven.

Vegetable seedlings in the village kitchen garden

Backyard notes

Small beds, quick crops and the kitchen work that follows the harvest.

The Farm · The Backyard27 September 2026Early autumn on both plotsWhat to sow, bring in and put right before the first dependable rain.Read the note The Backyard26 September 2026Preserving the surplusFreeze, dry, ferment and can the produce that will not keep fresh.Read the note

Fire burning inside the family’s old brick oven — The family brick oven, still in use after 150 years.

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