Update: Tecolote Farm

Travis County Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt was nice enough to respond to my email about the Tecolote Farm water crisis. (In fact, she was the only one out of the five to do so.) She said that “we are all to blame.” This probably has some truth to it: Austinites want inexpensive housing, residential developers descend […]

Meet Your Food: Amador Farms

Susan and Rusty Staub have a good thing growing. She calls it ‘stand up gardening’. They produce hydroponic lettuces at their farm in Henly, just a few miles outside of Austin. Year-round, pesticide-free greens including Boston Bibb, a variety of red and green leaf lettuces and a variety of Asian greens such as Tatsoi and […]

Dinner Plans

Wild Game Banquet at Hotel Saint Cecilia. Sunday, April 26th 6:30pm: 10 courses of wild game from Central and South Texas, served in the courtyard of Austin’s finest, newest and most exciting hotel. Join us for a feast of rare, esoteric, and hard to find truly wild ingredients. Exceptional attire is requested. Antelope, venison, game […]

Gardening Without the Work

Looks like a budding entrepreneur is cashing in on the gardening trend. ResolutionGardens.com will come to your house, install a garden and maintain it for a monthly fee. I’m not sure this is in the true spirit of gardening, but if you want Kale in your yard and you don’t mind parting with green-backs this […]