Importance of
The
Importance of
Pickles
CONCLUSION
The
Importance of
Pickles
CONCLUSION by Amy Le Blanc
Amy LeBlanc is an organic farmer in Whitehill Farm in East Wilton, Maine, who grows hundreds of varieties of heirloom tomatoes to sell as seedlings and for fruit, while passing her knowledge and work ethic( and pickle recipe!) on to young helpers each year.
Some of the joys of working with my teenagers – and young adults – can be expressed in really dry and pedantic teacher-talk... like how I’ m sure I’ ll have a lifelong effect on them. But the importance of teaching self esteem and self reliance and passing along old, simple skills far surpasses any pride I might try to have. It’ s what we DO every day, side by side, that’ s important.
We grow the seedlings, prepare the ground, plant, mulch, water, weed, make and spread compost. We sell seedlings to other gardeners. We give garden tours on Open Farm Day. We clean the barn. We mow. In the early fall we sift a mountain of compost. In the late fall and winter, we inventory our seeds, repair and sharpen tools, and build new raised beds. We make tomato sauce and catsup, prepare
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