Unfortunately I have not had much time to keep current on the blog. Working full time in Cubicle Central has really reduced the energy I have available to read and write about the things I love. What time and daylight that I have available to me I have been devoting to my own garden projects [...]
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It’s that time of year again. Starting last Friday, my yearly throat cold came a-haunting as it normally does with the shift from summer to fall. Usually I make small adjustments to my diet to eliminate “troublemakers” like dairy, but this year I went more on the offensive. I made my medicine. And it sure [...] Holy Rapini! I didn’t like the taste so I let it bloom and it put on quite an impressive show An experiment in quickly creating patches of deep, abundant, living soil and long term fertility in the organic garden. I had a serendipitous moment this morning. It was still pitch dark outside, but I woke up [...] Lemon Thyme (Thymus citriodorus variegata) Botanical Name: Chenopodium quinoa This was one of my experiments this year that was quite successful. I have been working towards a lower maintenance, more self-sustaining garden design, and as a low-fuss, high value annual, quinoa has definitely earned a place as one of my preferred edible plants. Since it has been so [...] Title: Edible Forest Gardens – Volume One: Vision and Theory My Experience: I am a pretty voracious and quick reader, but it took me several months to work my way through Volume I. The writing style of the authors is very readable, and the content is fascinating and information rich, [...] Nora Campos and Amie Frisch plant the first tomatos On Saturday, June 20th Veggielution celebrated the groundbreaking of our new acre. Amie Frisch, Mark Mederos and Lisa Benavides have done an amazing job of showing what sheer determination, passion and enthusiasm can accomplish in a short amount of time. With the help of an incredible number [...] Veggielution Groundbreaking – work session panorama Around this time last year my yard was besieged with house flies. I would walk out on to the lawn (ok, more honestly, the mowed weed patch) and a hum would erupt around my feet as flies would swarm up. Needless to say it was not that appealing to be [...] Overview of the prepped site as we began forming the earthworks. This little blip from Seeking Alpha calmly states that global food production will be reduced 20 to 40 percent due to droughts in the world’s bread baskets. As a resident in one of those dry breadbaskets, I find it hard to fathom the abstract tone [...] Raphanus sativus When I was a kid our family just didn’t do radishes. In fact, we avoided a lot of the mustard family in general, no radishes in salad, no horseradish sauce, no mustard greens. On very rare occasions, wild harvested watercress would venture into a plate or two. But that was about it. Well…things changed [...] Well, I suppose there are plenty of excuses I could find for not having been a more consistent blogger. As this is the height of the planting season, it HAS been busy both in my own garden and at the Veggielution Emma Prusch farm. Veggielution has been expanding its growing capabilities and with the addition [...] |
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