Posted in personal, growing challenge, locavore, gardens, eat local, canning on Sep 17th, 2008
I think I’m bonking. Or for those of you that don’t mountain bike for fun, I think I’ve hit the wall.
I’m so sick of green beans that there’s a gallon in the fridge that have started to mold and another 2 gallons that I’m not interested in eating, freezing or pickling. I think I’m going […]
When one of your favorite farmers invites you to stop by anytime?
I spent yesterday morning setting up and working the PUD booth at the Green Edmonds fair (pretty good event). Afterwards I strolled down to the Edmonds farmer’s market to pick up some fruit, bread, cheese, etc.
As it was the end of the market day […]
There are times that I know that moving here was the right decision. Most of the time I believe it and I feel it, but nights like tonight I know it deep in my bones and my soul.
Mike left this morning on his annual elk hunting trip. I’m home alone tonight, then my dad arrives […]
I’m not convinced that my tomatoes are going to ripen before we get the first frost. So on Sunday at the farmer’s market I checked in with one of my favorite farmers for his advice both on how to improve my chances and to hedge my bets.
His advice was to top all of my plants […]
In two weeks there are two excellent opportunities to tour farms in Snohomish and Skagit counties. Since Mike will be out of town on his annual elk bow hunt I think I’m going to join in them both!
Skagit Valley Harvest Tour
Presented by the North Cascades Institute, this full day tour on Sunday, September 21 gives […]
No pictures this week as the camera is on the fritz and died just as I walked out to the barn. But the chicks have had a BIG week.
On Wednesday they hit four weeks old and now have most of their feathers. So that was the last night that they had a heat lamp on. […]
Posted in growing challenge, one local summer, locavore, eat local on Aug 31st, 2008
Hanging in the barn is a collection of onions all braided and ready for winter. From left to right are walla walla sweets, red burgermasters and copras. The walla wallas got braided and hung first and my skills got better for the other two varieties.
Also the walla wallas were braided into smaller bunches so that […]
