A few weeks ago, I started buying plants at the local farmer’s markets for my first-ever cool-weather garden. Kale, chard and spinach will make tasty springtime salads. Broccoli and Brussels sprouts for use as wholesome side dishes. Shallots and onions will flavor dishes raw and cooked. Meet one of my helpers. She can loosen the…
There wasn’t any springtime produce for sale yet at the Eagle Farmer’s Market when Susan and I shopped after a recent Saturday morning workout. I’d been hankering all week for fresh greens and I was secretly bummed as we nodded appreciatively at the handiwork of several artists and craftsmen on display in many of the…
What do you like best about your local farmer’s market?
Question: If a 140 lb woman walks 15 minutes at lunch and 15 minutes in the evening (perhaps walking a puppy named Pablo?), and she does this every week, Monday – Friday, how much weight will she lose in a year? Please state your answer in pounds. Answer: 8.9 pounds! And for those who like…
I’m learning a new language. This week I took a class on how to blog with WordPress. During the session, oodles of new techie terms swirled confusingly in my head. There was talk about widgets, tag clouds and archives. As someone who is not hip to the lingo of blogspeak, I started to imagine myself…
Shopping among the many vendors at the Capitol City Farmer’s Market recently I discovered a new spring flavor: green garlic. Looking like a fat scallion, green garlic is a young garlic plant that has been removed from the ground as the farmer thins out his rows, making room for the maturing plants that remain in…
I have huge plans for my garden this year, but before planting, I decided to make sure that I am able to keep Pablo, the new puppy, out of the garden (yes, he is a 60+ pound, 8 month old Aussiedoodle). Looks lovely, yes?Once again…success! Pablo did not get in to the garden. BUT SOMETHING HAS!…
Thanks to my local farmer’s market I have become more aware of the seasons. Moving beyond the knowledge that daffodils open in the spring and trees drop their leaves in autumn, my awareness has expanded to which herbs and vegetables are available locally during the first of the three growing seasons we have here in…
Iron Chef, I’m not Spring asparagus “three ways” Not delicious. Next.
I was fighting a nasty cold recently and got my hands on a huge reference volume called “Prescription for Nutritional Healing” by Phyllis A. Balch. The author is a certified nutritionist who offers drug-free remedies like whole foods, herbs, vitamins, and mineral supplements for ailments like the head congestion, sore throat and annoying cough I’d…
Bicycles and Blueberries 