2007
09.28
I picked this book up the other day at the library because it caught my eye on the shelf and quite frankly I brought it home because of the design and not the self-help qualities it may posses. I finally flipped through it tonight and boy what garbage.
Quickly: he recommends incandescent/halogen lighting over fluorescent and while claiming you should buy things that are good quality and have multiple uses vs. quantity he also recommends buying items often as they become more efficient. He lost me right with the lighting bit. The fact that someone in this day can be so flippant about these issues really gets me. One of the easiest changes to make in energy consumption is using CF lightbulbs.
At least the book as bright colors….
2007
09.28
I’ve not bought anything at the last couple of Tuesday markets. I’ve been extremely busy at work and did not have the time to make it over the prior two weeks. I finally got a chance to get there this past Tuesday and Fall was in full effect in the vegetables available at the market. Lots of apples, squash, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, etc.
My friends at Nichols Farm had their usual, wonderful selection of apples and I picked up about 6 to try some heirloom apples that I haven’t had a chance to try yet as well as a newer variety.
- Roxbury Russet
- Fameuse
- Suncrisp
The Suncrisp variety is a pretty new (in the scheme of things) cross of the Golden Delicious and Cox Orange Pippen apples. Fameuse, also known as a Snow Apple because of its white flesh, is a very old variety mainly grown in Quebec. Roxbury Russet is known as the oldest apple variety in the United States, first being planted in Roxbury, MA (now a neighborhood in Boston) during the 1600’s. Both Fameuse and Roxbury are supposed to be great dessert apples.
4 more weeks to go for the market. It wraps up for the year on October 31st and boy will I miss it once it’s gone. But then there is always something to look forward to next May…
