What’s the Mission?
We watched a documentary last night — THE END OF SUBURBIA: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream. It’s very interesting, and some of what they predicted (the movie came out in 2004) has already happened. But here’s one takeaway for me. There’s another reason for buying local, besides just feeling good about [...]
We’re now getting a handful of cherry tomatoes every day. But the really exciting news is that the canning tomatoes are starting to ripen! They’re just beginning to turn yellow. These are Heinz 2653, specially bred for canning. I have frozen tomatoes before, but have never canned them, so I’m looking forward to it. Post [...]
I mentioned in my car-free wrap-up that I’ve been doing the Couch to 5K running program this summer. Want to know more? Sure you do! There’s even a tech component. The Couch to 5K running plan was developed by Cool Running. It’s a nine-week program that starts you off by alternating 60 seconds of jogging [...]
My middle daughter turned eight today. She planned her own celebration, including the transportation. This is what she chose to do. First, we biked down and picked up her friend. Then the three of us biked to the local Izzy’s restaurant (for which we had a coupon) for lunch. Then we biked home for presents, [...]
So far, all of my pictures and most of my updates have featured the vegetable bed in the front yard. It’s pretty well established now, and I don’t have to do much with it right now besides water and weed. The tomatoes aren’t ripe yet, and the beans haven’t started beaning. I’ve been picking about [...]
No, we did NOT get Chinese take-out! Chicken Fried Rice was actually a great way to use up leftovers and things we already had on hand. I used the remains of a roasted chicken, some long-frozen carrots, homemade chicken broth, and fresh green onions and zucchini from the garden. Here’s my recipe, adapted from an [...]
It’s been a week since I wrapped up the car-free challenge. Things have pretty much gone back to the way they were before, meaning that I don’t go out all that much, but I generally do use the car. That’s the status quo for summer. When I go back to work, I will be bicycle [...]
I follow a wide range of people on Twitter. Well, truthfully, I’m probably more likely to follow people who are like me. But they’re not 100% like me. Anyway, some of the people I follow are in agriculture. Some are organic farmers, and some are more conventional farmers. Farmer Haley falls more on the side [...]
