TechnoEarthMama

This is the first of two posts on The Six-o-Clock Scramble and its founder, Aviva Goldfarb.
Here’s how our evenings go: I leave work somewhere between 4:30 and 5:00. I weave through neighborhoods and past traffic on my Xtracycle (rain or shine), and pick up my two older daughters at their after-school program.
I ride home [...]

We officially started planting the vegetable garden this weekend.  I’ve been wanting to put in peas ever since a sunny Saturday in mid-January. I weeded the beds and stirred up the soil in short sleeves, reveling in the scent of rosemary, lavender, and good clean dirt.  I was tempted to sow a few seeds while [...]

I bought a Sunburst Squash at the farmers’ market the other day, even though I’d never seen one before! They’re gorgeous and sunshiny, and looking at them made me smile. PD Farms was selling them along with their usual meat products, so I bought one to make my purchase an even dollar amount.
Later, I looked [...]

I broke down and bought some spinach at the local farmers’ market this past weekend, because it’s one of the few vegetables actually available right now.  I admitted the other day that I normally buy pre-washed spinach in the plastic bag, because I hate washing regular spinach, but this week I figured I’d better just [...]

I never, ever videotape shows any more (yes, we still have a VCR, and no, we don’t have a DVR). On Tuesday, I’m making an exception, because Matthew Amster-Burton, author of Hungry Monkey (and my brother-in-law) will be appearing on CBS’s The Early Show with my niece, Iris.
What’s Hungry Monkey?  Originally, Matthew told me he [...]

Yesterday I made this year’s first trip to the local farmers’ market.  It’s a small, neighborhood market, so unfortunately the produce pickings were slim.  It’s still the early season for produce in Oregon, but the market also had only one real produce vendor (out of 15-20 total vendors).  That vendor had asparagus, kale, mustard greens, [...]

I’m posting this as part of Native American Momma’s Meatless Monday blog party.  Meatless Monday (or meatless any day) is a great idea for many reasons.  Vegetarian meals are generally low-fat and healthy.  Eat enough of them, and you may find yourself losing weight! Vegetarian meals are also good for the earth.  It takes a [...]

I’ve got one of those colds that seems to hang on forever (well, five days so far).  I noted a few days ago that I sometimes use garlic tea as home remedy.  My sister Wendy also suggested hot lemonade and chiles.  A combination of all three sounds awful at first, but Wendy pointed out that [...]