“Best Laid Plans”: a catalogue of this year’s seed failures so far
Starting from seed is full of little heartbreaks. Continue reading “Best Laid Plans”: a catalogue of this year’s seed failures so far
Category: Edible Thoughts
meditations on food and growing
Why Bother With A Garden? A reminder of sufficiency
It’s my fourth year gardening now. I’m starting to recognize the cycles. Around late spring each year, I hit the turning point between “feast and famine.” For weeks, I sow seeds, buy transplants, coax the little guys to grow, and all of the sudden, everything is ready to go. I gather my first basket of greens and look … Continue reading Why Bother With A Garden? A reminder of sufficiency
Meeting & Meating Pt.1: giving my food a face
I am looking for a way to articulate and act upon my growing conviction that the way we consume meat today is deeply misguided. What I am trying to do is to look my food in the face. Continue reading Meeting & Meating Pt.1: giving my food a face
Wendell Berry: Sabbath 2005 no. VIII
Here’s a meditation about the beauty of what happens around the table. This is from Wendell Berry’s recent volume of poetry Leavings (2010). The series is “Sabbaths: 2005-2008” As I read this I think about dinners with my husband’s family, where I hear about their growing up, his grandpa, raising lambs in the summer, all … Continue reading Wendell Berry: Sabbath 2005 no. VIII
The dream
It doesn’t take much. But I am so thrilled to finally have a garden. I chose the header for this blog FIVE years ago. The archetype of the vegetable garden was in my mind, but I haven’t even had a successful houseplant in that time. And now, in 2012, hubs and I have a community … Continue reading The dream
Green Earth Organics pt.2
it’s glorious… These delicious, fresh, muddy fruits and vegetables were delivered to my door in a big blue bin (see previous post). To celebrate, I just made a red leaf lettuce salad with tomatoes, with a lemon, garlic, and fresh cilantro vinaigrette. Also, I don’t know if you can tell how large those bananas are, … Continue reading Green Earth Organics pt.2
Green Earth Organics
I am PRETTY excited. On Sunday night I signed up for home delivery groceries from Green Earth Organics. Here are a few reasons why this is so fabulous: 1) I get box full of fresh, organic, locally grown fruits and veggies. 2) I DON’T have to go to the grocery store in this mucky weather … Continue reading Green Earth Organics
Introduction
This is a food blog. I have been thinking recently about why I want to eat better and how I’m going to do it. I thought a fun way to do it would be through a photoblog: recipes, student-friendly ideas, ethical eating, good meals… You can read a bit more about my thinking on the … Continue reading Introduction
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