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 [...]
Posted on July 30th, 2009 in Sustainability, food
So here’s what happened.
Back in May, I hadn’t planted anything but a few containers: tomatoes, lettuce, basil, parsley. We’d been thinking of moving, plus I just hadn’t had time to plant the plot we’d used last year.
Suddenly, wooden markers appeared around my garden plot. They were marked “driveway.”
You see, our house has two in-law-style apartments [...]
It’s January 30, and the last thermometer I saw said it’s 37 degrees, but it really is time to start thinking about gardening again. For me, this is complicated by the fact that we’re thinking about moving (not out of Portland, just someplace cheaper and/or possibly a different neighborhood). So I don’t want to put [...]
Posted on October 13th, 2008 in Sustainability
Right now, I’m breathing in the scent of fresh applesauce made from 15+ pounds of Liepold Farms apples. That’s my contribution to sustainability for today. Here are links to some other people’s stories:
From the Oregonian: Sure, you want it, but do you need it? This article profiles several households living simply and buying less — [...]
Tags: energy, environment, gardening, green, living, Sustainability, sustainable, Technology, transit
Posted on September 07th, 2008 in Uncategorized
I don’t have bushels of tomatoes. We have four tomato plants; we’ve eaten some as they ripened, and we’ve let some get past ripening (oops!). The kids are no longer interested in eating fresh tomatoes, so I decided to start picking and preserving.
I don’t have canning equipment, so I decided to just go ahead and [...]
Posted on September 07th, 2008 in Uncategorized
Today’s harvest is mostly tomatoes, to be peeled and frozen for later use in soups and sauces and casseroles. This may also be my entire crop of green beans. I have five vines out there, but these are the only beans that have come to maturity all summer. I may have to go to The [...]
Posted on July 22nd, 2008 in Uncategorized
We have a lawn. I hate it, because it’s difficult to take care of, but we keep it because the kids (and we) do actually play on it. In fact, the husband and kids are playing baseball right now.
While sitting out there today, I decided to pull a few tall weeds around the edges. As [...]
