Vegetative Hedonism
Eat local or not at all. Who’s your farmer? No farms, no food. Support your local farmer.  The slogans are many, and the logic is sound....
top of page
Search
Jennifer Hill
Aug 153 min
Carrying Culture in a Tortilla
Eating is a human constant. It provides the energy necessary for physical survival, and structures celebrations like Thanksgiving...
2 views0 comments
Jennifer Hill
Jul 154 min
Eating Ovaries
I recently had the good fortune to visit Sandpoint, Idaho, in support of the folks there who are working to return some sanity to...
26 views0 comments
Jennifer Hill
May 151 min
The Basics: A Photo Essay
My thoughts of late have turned to planning for the seasons ahead. Who can I invite to live at the Patch? What twittering crowd can I...
12 views0 comments
Jennifer Hill
Apr 155 min
A Surfeit of Seeds, a Bevy of Bieledorfs, a Gaggle of Geese
I am a dedicated list maker, a firm believer in making my values visible on the page. Alongside reminders to spend time with my banjolele...
26 views0 comments
David (Max) Maxfield
Mar 157 min
Guest Post: Finally, I Get to Eat My Friends
Hi, all. This month, my friend Max contributes his perspective on carnivorous consumption. Enjoy! I eat my friends. I didn’t always....
65 views0 comments
Jennifer Hill
Feb 152 min
Essential Workers in the Web of Life
Spiders arrived this year. In the past, I spotted an occasional spider, usually a small one marching solo. In the last growing season,...
7 views0 comments
Jennifer Hill
Jan 155 min
Thoughts on Chocolate
Winters in Montana can be long and dark, so it was with pleasure that I found myself working in New Mexico for a week last month. I took...
10 views0 comments
Jennifer Hill
Dec 15, 20234 min
An Assemblage of Herbs
I tell myself that herbs are part of any respectable grower’s garden. But then I count more than forty distinct species thriving in the...
15 views0 comments
Jennifer Hill
Nov 15, 20234 min
Spilled Milk
I bundled up this morning and set out for a run, only to discover that the incessant wind was funneling snow grit down the valley with a...
14 views0 comments
Jennifer Hill
Oct 20, 20233 min
Sacred Tomato
My earliest tomato memory features my younger brother languishing for hours at the supper table in the late evening light, limp tomatoes...
19 views0 comments
bottom of page