I just want to say that my chickens and I met Representative Jim McDermott today. More on that tomorrow. That is all.

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I never liked writing book reports as a kid, and I don’t enjoy them much more now. But the Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan has changed the way I think about eating, and likely changed my eating habits for life. It’s a book that anyone who thinks of themselves as a “foodie”, good cook, green […]

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Today was a day of making local connections. Big and small and in-between. It was a day of connecting with new people and finding new ways to plug-in to local food.
Eco Geek talks back
Last night I sent an email to Sarah Jackson over at Eco Geek to see if she had any recommendations for restaurants […]

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Every once in a while I have a moment where I’m looking for one thing, stumble across something else, and think “gosh, how come I didn’t know this before???” Turns out that the Everett Herald has a staff blogger focused on going green and with several great posts on eating local. Check out Sarah Jackson’s […]

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Tonight I should have blanched and frozen the 8 lbs of green beans in my fridge. I should have weeded my flower beds. I should have deadheaded my roses. I should have pruned the bushes growing in front of my window. I should have done a lot of things. But I did none of them.
Instead I […]

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This will be short as Jake is having a needy night - needing to find a way to put himself on my lap that is. Not sure if it’s the change in the weather, or my longer hours, or Mike being gone. But typing with one hand is not that much fun.
Anyhow, if you’re thinking […]

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I love fresh corn on the cob. But I love even more sweet corn in the middle of winter. To make that happen this winter, and bring back that long missed taste from my childhood, I bought 20 ears of corn from Gypsy Row today - 10 white and 10 yellow.
Putting up corn in the […]

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