Posted in chickens, personal, one local summer, locavore, gardens on Jun 26th, 2008
Tonight we ate the rockstar. It went from the garden to the steamer to our plates to our mouths in less than an hour. And we agreed that it was pretty much the best broccoli we’d ever had.
Luckily the rock star has groupies (side shoots) that we should be able to enjoy on Sunday night […]
Posted in personal on Jun 24th, 2008
A Sonoma Garden tagged me for 6 Random Things. I rarely get tagged so this is a bit of a treat.
First, here are the rules:
Link to the person who tagged you.
Post the rules on the blog.
Write six random things about yourself.
Tag six people at the end of your post.
Let each person know they have been […]
Posted in personal on Jun 18th, 2008
Confession time.
I’ve never been a gardener before and never really thought I wanted to be. Sure I put tomatoes in pots every year. And I planted perennial gardens with flowers, shrubs and trees. But I never gardened in the way that most people mean. I never watered on any kind of set schedule. I was […]
I never finished sharing my photos from Italy with you. The photo above was taken from the Torre Grossa in the town center of San Gimignano, Italy. It’s quite the climb to the top, but well worth every step of it.
I’m posting the photo because today I was contemplating what our country would look like […]
Posted in personal on Jun 15th, 2008
I had the absolute joy of spending 24 hours this weekend with my good friend Heather (hi H!). We’ve been friends for more than a decade, meeting in college in Salt Lake City. She and her husband moved to Portland from SLC a couple of years ago, but we still don’t see each other nearly […]
Posted in personal on Jun 11th, 2008
I’m not going to amend this post as I’d like to let it stand. BUT, the situation here is far more serious and dire for both life and property than anyone thought even just 24 hours ago. I am safe, as are all of my friends and co-workers as far as I know. The bridges […]
Posted in personal on Jun 7th, 2008
I usually try to avoid non-food/farm politics here, even though I’m usually more than willing to discuss them in person. And I’ll be honest and admit that I didn’t vote in this year’s presidential primary because here in Washington state you have to pick a party and can only vote in their primary. Due to […]
