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I’ve been thinking and pondering on the fact that eating local is easy during the spring and summer. The farmer’s markets are in full swing. There are greens and berries, veggies and fruit, potatoes and fish. And I still feel really good about our participation in the One Local Summer Challenge and […]
Monthly Archive for October, 2007
Hmmm, so before I decided to announce a personal eat local challenge and hold myself accountable, we had our first all local meal of the fall season. The search for ingredients was pretty painless, between the steer in the freezer, my trip to the Edmond’s market and a stop at the grocery store, we had everything […]
It’s raining, it’s pouring
Posted in urban chickens, locavore, gardens on Oct 7th, 2007
Of course today, the only day I had to work in the garden before leaving for Italy, it’s raining. And it rained its hardest while I was working in the yard / garden. Oh well - at some point I was so wet that it no longer mattered that it was raining.
Luckily I got a […]
Now what do we eat?
Posted in locavore on Oct 5th, 2007
Just kidding. There are a lot of things to eat this time of year, they’re just a bit harder to find because all of the farmer’s markets are closing down for winter. The Snohomish, Everett and Mukilteo markets are closed for the season, and this is the last weekend for the Edmonds market. So I’m […]
Gearing down for winter
Posted in urban chickens on Oct 4th, 2007
Late fall seems to have come early to the PNW this year. It’s been cold and rainy for more than a week, with today topping out at 50 degrees and the forecast not promising anything better for at least the next five days. We may get lucky and be graced with a bout of indian […]
One of the best benefits of having a 1/4 steer in the freezer is steak any night you want it. When we ordered our steer we asked the butcher to maximize the number of steaks and minimize the amount of ground beef that we got. So we have a lot of border line steaks in […]
Chickens on the radio
Posted in press on Oct 2nd, 2007
This week is crazy for work and at least tonight I don’t have the energy to put a coherent sentence together. I spent my day writing work stuff and I think my abilities for interesting thoughts and correct grammar have been exhausted.
So instead, I offer you a link to a podcast that our local NPR […]
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