As many of you know, and have thankfully listened to my whining. Jim and I are having the upstairs of our very old house remodeled. One of the things that drew us to this house was that the former owners did very little in the way of updates. Ok, did nothing in the way of [...]
On February 27th, Forest Park Community Garden hosted it’s first public seed swap and it was a great success and tons of fun! A seed swap is where a group of gardeners get together to trade seeds, information about the seeds, and just have a great time hanging out. I’ve gone to one prior that [...]
Jim found a Hammond Organ M100 on Ebay. Just before Christmas we drove up to Lansing Michigan to pick it up. Starting on February 1st, I’m determined to learn all the piano basics on Garageband. This is my Winter Project. Like Mike has his pinball machines and Eric has his podcast and website, I need something [...]
Thanks to Eric and Tony, I’m poaching eggs like a line cook at a country club brunch. My local grocery store has a bin for the food pantry. I looked in my pantry and saw five cans of chicken noodle soup. I can’t remember the last time I ate soup from a can, because we [...]
Here comes Santa Claus! Here comes Santa Claus! Right down Santa Claus Way! I Love Christmas! The gifts and friends. Parties that drag you out into the cold. Everyone is happier! Like many of you, I’m involved with more than one gardening project during the spring, summer, and fall. Winter rolls around and we can [...]
Tried and true methods to stay cool in the heat!
Reviews of Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening by Louise Riotte, In The Green Kitchen by Alice Waters, and Edible A Celebration of Local Foods by Tracey Rider and Carole Topalian
SOS! The Six O’Clock Scramble to the Rescue. Earth Friendly, Kid Pleasing Dinners for Busy Families.Author of The Six O’Clock Scramble Aviva Goldfarb
What I found on my library’s New Arrival Shelf David Chang’s Momofuku and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.
Gardening by Moon Phase or just using Garden Common Sense… If you make a light weight cold frame, be prepared to search for it when it blows away. April showers bring May flowers and Mayflowers bring Pilgrims.
It’s dark, stinky, and I just find it beautiful. Compost! There. I said it. I enjoy it. There’s compost buried in the veg garden. Compost in the rotating container. Compost “aging” over the winter in planter boxes. There’s a lot of compost. I like the musty, sour, earth smell of it.
