Comments on: Dark Days 2008: Finale http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/ Tales of a country girl and her hens. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:43:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: (not so) Urban Hennery » Blog Archive » One Local Summer: Week 1 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1331 (not so) Urban Hennery » Blog Archive » One Local Summer: Week 1 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:53:36 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1331 [...] seems like the Dark Days Challenge just ended, but here we are at the start of the One Local Summer 2008 challenge. I’ll be [...] […] seems like the Dark Days Challenge just ended, but here we are at the start of the One Local Summer 2008 challenge. I’ll be […]

]]> By: Farmers Market Fare 2 : Eat. Drink. Better. http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1122 Farmers Market Fare 2 : Eat. Drink. Better. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:55:24 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1122 [...] McRae, who started the over-winter local food challenge “Dark Days,” submits her final post for the winter long eating local adventure. Let’s hear it for a new spring [...] […] McRae, who started the over-winter local food challenge “Dark Days,” submits her final post for the winter long eating local adventure. Let’s hear it for a new spring […]

]]> By: donna http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1117 donna Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:40:17 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1117 Thanks again, Laura, for such a great wrap-up. I really enjoyed your challenge and I hope I can participate again next year! The way you did the weekly summaries must have taken a LOT of work, but it was really fun to read and it made this challenge special. Thanks so much! Thanks again, Laura, for such a great wrap-up. I really enjoyed your challenge and I hope I can participate again next year! The way you did the weekly summaries must have taken a LOT of work, but it was really fun to read and it made this challenge special. Thanks so much!

]]> By: Danielle http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1114 Danielle Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:41:36 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1114 I've really enjoyed playing along with the challenge. It's made me see both how much we do as well as how far we still have to go to achieve zero mile status. I've loved reading all the blogs and seeing all the delicious food, and I love having a photo record of our own cooking here on the farm. Thank you Laura for all the hard work and effort you put into this, and I'll look forward to Dark Days II! I’ve really enjoyed playing along with the challenge. It’s made me see both how much we do as well as how far we still have to go to achieve zero mile status. I’ve loved reading all the blogs and seeing all the delicious food, and I love having a photo record of our own cooking here on the farm.

Thank you Laura for all the hard work and effort you put into this, and I’ll look forward to Dark Days II!

]]> By: El http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1103 El Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:07:34 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1103 I just want to congratulate everyone for doing the challenge. And great work, Laura, at herding all the folks together. I've had lots of fun keeping up with it all. Great work!! I just want to congratulate everyone for doing the challenge. And great work, Laura, at herding all the folks together. I’ve had lots of fun keeping up with it all. Great work!!

]]> By: farm mom http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1101 farm mom Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:48:06 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1101 Laura, you did a wonderful job with the challenge, you should be very proud. I cannot even begin to imagine how much work it must have been on a weekly basis, especially while in the middle of house selling, hunting, buying and then moving!! Thank you for inspiring us all with this challenge and for all your hard work. Laura, you did a wonderful job with the challenge, you should be very proud. I cannot even begin to imagine how much work it must have been on a weekly basis, especially while in the middle of house selling, hunting, buying and then moving!! Thank you for inspiring us all with this challenge and for all your hard work.

]]> By: Joan http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1098 Joan Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:35:42 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1098 Speaking as the rookie in the group, I have to echo the gratitude for this opportunity you gave us, Laura. I have tried and enjoyed many vegetables that were new to me, now automatically check to see where everything in the grocery store comes from and learned so much from all the participant blogs. And, now we have already started a small garden, are signed up for a CSA, and have some friends who want to do some canning with me later on (all things we used to do when our kids were young, but had abandoned over the past several years). Looking forward to a new round next fall. Speaking as the rookie in the group, I have to echo the gratitude for this opportunity you gave us, Laura. I have tried and enjoyed many vegetables that were new to me, now automatically check to see where everything in the grocery store comes from and learned so much from all the participant blogs. And, now we have already started a small garden, are signed up for a CSA, and have some friends who want to do some canning with me later on (all things we used to do when our kids were young, but had abandoned over the past several years). Looking forward to a new round next fall.

]]> By: Denise http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1097 Denise Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:25:17 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1097 Wow.. everything looks so amazing. We're talking seriously about building a root cellar this year, and I'm planning to do some canning, and am making reminders to myself to plant winter crops this summer. Hopefully, I'll join you for next year's challenge! Wow.. everything looks so amazing. We’re talking seriously about building a root cellar this year, and I’m planning to do some canning, and am making reminders to myself to plant winter crops this summer. Hopefully, I’ll join you for next year’s challenge!

]]> By: Melinda http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1096 Melinda Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:16:35 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1096 Go team! Wow, Laura you really have changed Matt and my lives & ways of eating. Thank you for that. I look forward to watching your new garden grow, and seeing all the amazing meals you cook from it. And I ditto what Ed said - well said, Ed! Go team! Wow, Laura you really have changed Matt and my lives & ways of eating. Thank you for that. I look forward to watching your new garden grow, and seeing all the amazing meals you cook from it.

And I ditto what Ed said - well said, Ed!

]]> By: Anita http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1095 Anita Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:13:42 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/08/dark-days-2008-finale/#comment-1095 Laura, thanks so much for a great roundup and a truly inspirational challenge. I thought we'd already 'gotten' the whole locavore ideal, but I know that without Dark Days to motivate me, we wouldn't have done as much (if any) digging to find local sources for things like pasta and grains. We're pretty much cooking 90-95% local now all the time, and I have you to thank for it. I can't wait for November! Laura, thanks so much for a great roundup and a truly inspirational challenge. I thought we’d already ‘gotten’ the whole locavore ideal, but I know that without Dark Days to motivate me, we wouldn’t have done as much (if any) digging to find local sources for things like pasta and grains. We’re pretty much cooking 90-95% local now all the time, and I have you to thank for it.

I can’t wait for November!

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