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Category Archives: Local Food
Iron Chef America – White House Garden edition
Food Network had a special Iron Chef America episode on tonight where all of the vegetables came from the White House vegetable garden set up by the Obamas when they first moved in to the White House. Protein (meat, cheese, … Continue reading
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Tagged Food Network, foodnetwork, Iron Chef America, White House garden
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Getting ready for homebrewing
I was sitting in my basement tonight feeling pretty excited about the 120 or so empty beer bottles I had just counted, enough to hold 10 gallons of homebrew beer. Step 1, for me at any rate, collect enough bottles … Continue reading
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Seed order for 2009 is done!
Whew. Big piece of work for the summer out of the way. Looking forward to starting some of this stuff in the basement soon. That is the next step, getting the basement set up for seed growing!
Posted in Food and Drink, Garden Journal, Gardening, General, Local Food, Sustainability
Tagged Garden, Garden 2009, Garden Journal, Local Food, Sustainability
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The second plot
I completely forgot to write about the second garden plot I put in. I planted three kinds of corn with seed from Vermont Bean Seed Company. My daughter and I planted: Silver King Hybrid white sweet corn Incredible Hybrid yellow … Continue reading
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Tagged greenability, greenabilityblog
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On rain and expectations
We didn’t get Indianapolis-level rains this past weekend but we did end up having about 3 inches fall over the weekend with nary a break for things to dry out a bit. It really had me thinking about how I … Continue reading
Week 5 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 6/10/2008 – Strawberry time!
Strawberries, rhubarb in full effect at the market this week and asparagus still around in profusion. Nichol’s Farm had the first sugar snap peas of the season. They also had some salad greens. Slowly we’re getting there…it’s going to be … Continue reading
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Garden Journal: Replanting
I replanted the cucumbers and most of the peppers into bigger containers (8-1/2 ounce Styrofoam cups to be exact). They need to get outside but I’m still not happy with the weather we’ve been having. It has been real cool … Continue reading
Week 1 – Daley Plaza Farmers Market – 5/15/2008
Same as Federal Plaza in that there wasn’t much to be had veggie-wise (no surprise). Nichols Farm was there again and my friends at Labriola were there with their fantastic bread. I picked up a loaf of marble rye which … Continue reading
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Week 1 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 5/13/2008
Well, there wasn’t much to see but damn was it good to see the market back (not to mention it was a perfect day weather-wise). Nichols Farm was back and one of the few with any actual vegetables. They also … Continue reading
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Farmers Markets!
They’re back! The city of Chicago downtown farmer’s markets started on Tuesday at Adams and Dearborn. The season is under way!
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