The GGW contest for rose photos has announced the winners, and they are truly beautiful shots of a flower that is so beloved that there are millions of photographs taken of it, in all its glory and variation. Sample a few. No, I didn’t win anything… but I gained more than enough from the inspiration […]
Food
Molly Fisk on Asparagus
I thought my friend Johanna and some of you might enjoy listening to Molly Fisk’s thoughts on asparagus. It is an MP3 podcast. Or you can read the essay, here. I know we are past asparagus season, and well into the heat that makes lettuces bolt. Hopefully you have some Swiss chard which is delicious […]
Eye on the Future: growing our food
Article (found in the FAQ page, under ‘Commercial Growing / Becoming Self-Sufficient With a Small Market Garden’) on what you might expect from planning a small market garden offers up this advice: Advice for your Small Scale Market Garden II. Creating Your Own Successful Market Garden How do you prepare? 1. START SMALL! Don’t […]
Kitchen Garden Revival
From the Olive Barn Blog I was directed to a discussion taking place @ Garden Rant. Michele ended her post with this plea: Garden Rant: Dear Taunton, Make Me A Subscriber Again “Kitchen gardening is poised for a powerful revival. It’s always made infinite sense, and in the midst of a financial collapse and energy […]
Farm Markets – Organic Apples
I thought this was a very interesting video telling the rest of us about organically growing apples. Whole Foods is another source for getting your organic produce, if a Farmer Market isn’t nearby; also, they have have been more aware a supportive of locally grown produce (including apples!) I ran across this while writing a […]
Apple Recipes
Kathy has some diverse and great sounding recipes for your apple harvest (or those from the local farm market), “Our best apple recipes” from “Purdyville”. I posted my own favorite apple cake recipe in 2006. Take a look @ Hungarian Apple Cake; and better yet, treat yourself to some. Technorati Tags: apple recipes,
