August 2010

Fried Green Tomatoes

Recipes

The paths between three of my raised beds were so overgrown with untamed tomato vines that I had to walk all around the perimeter to get into the garden.  This puts me near the chicken yard which makes one squawky Australorp, the one who’s always eyeballing me, set up an opinionated rant. I don’t know [...]

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Practically Green: Measure your impact to get biggest green bang for buck

Green Up

Not all green behaviors are created equal. Some make a huge difference in your environmental impact, and others do very little. Some cost a bajillion dollars; others are nearly free. So how does a “Going Greener” decide what to do? I use lowimpactliving.com. The website ranks green behaviors on a 100-point scale. 100 points is [...]

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Bloom

Barnyard

In discussions of what sets fresh eggs apart from their factory counterparts, you’ll likely hear the word “bloom.” What exactly is “bloom” and what is it for? In short, it’s a coating, courtesy of the hen herself, deposited on the outer surface of the shell, which helps protect the contents of the egg from contamination. [...]

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St. John’s Wort

Garden

It sounds very Renaissance Fair, doesn’t it?  Anything with the word “wort” in it does, I think. I had to look up the word, in fact, for this post, hoping it had a bizarre, archaic meaning, but really it only means herbaceous (non-woody) plant.  Unless you are talking ale, then it means the liquid produced [...]

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Heirloom Red Okra

Garden

I ran into a neighbor friend at the market early this summer and she offered to bring me some red okra seeds. Of course I agreed. She walked over one day soon thereafter with an envelope with over a dozen nice round seeds.  To help them germinate I put them in ice cube trays, filled [...]

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