The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald includes an article about this year’s apple harvest,
“We have two orchards, and at the one in Manchester, which is near Augusta, we ended up with half a crop because of the frost when we were in full bloom,” said Marilyn Meyerhans, who owns the orchards with her husband, Steve. “But the rest of the crop is good. And then our Fairfield orchard, it’s a full crop but it’s coming so early that we’re picking like crazy about a week before we should be. But they’re ready.”
a report on the Apple, Swine and Wine menu taking place all this month at Evangeline,
“Since the apples are in microseasons all through September and October, and the pig has so many parts, it will give me the opportunity to do a new preparation every day,” Desjarlais said.
Look for shaved Liberty apple with peameal bacon and fennel.
and an interview with Lisa Fernandez and David Whitten on their permaculture backyard farm in Cape Elizabeth.
Tucked into a typical suburban neighborhood in Cape Elizabeth where lawns and flower beds dominate the landscape, Fernandes and her husband, David Whitten, have done away with their lawn and packed their third of an acre lot, just two houses from the South Portland line, with a growing backyard farm.