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Organicology & seeds

Posted in Garden, Ramblings on Mar 5th, 2009

I spent the latter part of last week in Portland for Organicology and then stayed through the weekend to spend time with friends. Many of the sessions at Organicology were appropriately focused on farmers, but I took away tons of valuable information even as a non-farmer. There was a particular focus on seeds, which I [...]

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Let it snow

Posted in Ramblings, Winter garden on Dec 15th, 2008

We woke up this morning to about 4 inches of snow. Here are a few photos from our beautiful, crisp winter day.

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Local foods for the winter and food security talk

Posted in Ramblings on Dec 6th, 2008

I got an unexpected email from our CSA farmers (Groundwork Organics) this afternoon. We received our last box of the year on Wednesday so I was a little surprised to hear from them already. They let us know that they would be setting up a mini-stand at Hideaway Bakery on Saturday for a few hours [...]

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On meal planning

Posted in Ramblings on Dec 5th, 2008

One of the many, many things I’ve learned from my mom is the value of making a weekly meal plan. As a single mom with four busy kids and two jobs, she didn’t have time to go to the grocery store several times a week, let alone make fussy meals. But we never ate fast [...]

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