Awhile back I had a pantry makeover which the lovely Kat won. I brought my friend Joshua with me to capture some of it on video which I’ll be editing sometime this month (maybe when we are on vacation?) But rather than waiting I really want to wrap up what we found and our suggested [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Eating locally'
Sustainable Pantry Makeover Wrap Up
July 1st, 2010 · 8 Comments
Tags: Eating locally · Growing Groceries - Plants, Seeds and Growing Tips
Guest Post: Agricultural Biodiversity and Sustainability for the Future
June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
My guest post today is from Jack Lundee who writes for www.EverythingLeft.Wordpress.com. Jack’s impassioned plea to protect crop diversity while shopping locally and in season is near and dear to my heart.
Agricultural Biodiversity and Sustainability for the Future
“In other environmental issues we tell people to stop something, reduce their impact, reduce their damage,” – [...]
Tags: Eating locally · I'm Looking for You
Yet Another Twist in the Pantry Giveaway
May 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments
This morning I announced a winner for the pantry giveaway but I’ve got another twist. Myrnie graciously suggested I pick another winner since she already makes almost everything from scratch so……
I once again used www.random.org and came up with a winner.
That means that Kat – you win! I hope you don’t still find this scary. [...]
Tags: Eating locally
Where to Begin
May 9th, 2010 · 6 Comments
I want to thank everyone for the kind comments on the giveaway post. I’ve been deliberately abstaining from responding there in order to keep the comments just from readers since I use those counts to generate the drawings numbers. But I do want to address this one comment in particular from Mama2Joel:
“What were for [...]
Tags: Eating locally · Local Grains - Where to Get Them and What to do with Them
Smashing “Fun”draisers & a New Giveaway
May 2nd, 2010 · 21 Comments
I’ve been busy baking for the Transitioning to a Resilient Seattle function and Goatfest 2010 – a fundraiser for our local Seattle Urban Farmers Coop which both happened over the weekend. I demonstrated chevre, made cajeta and goat’s milk soap, baked goat cheese pizzas with dried tomatoes from my 2009 garden and squash gingerbread [...]
Tags: Eating locally · Green Resources
Fancy Farming?
April 29th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Do you want to be a farmer but live in the city? You can! This weekend the Seattle Urban Farming Coop is having an awareness and fundraiser at Ravenna Ridge SPOT Farm (7355 33rd Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115.) It’s the first annual big Mini Goat Festival!
May 1, Sat., 5-7pm wine & [...]
Tags: Cheesemaking · Chickens in the City · Eating locally · Goats in the City · Growing Groceries - Plants, Seeds and Growing Tips
April Eats
April 29th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Now that Dark Days are over I haven’t been posting what we’ve been eating so I’m doing a monthly round up for you all.
April meals are a little bit like the weather – sometimes wintery and some springish.
Baked potato soup with fresh garden chives, carrots and Beecher’s cheddar, brussel [...]
Tags: Eating locally
Guest Post – Where Does Your Food Come From?
March 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment
This guest post is brought to you by Leann of Dinner at the Osbornes fame. Is that not the cutest baby ever? Maybe I’m partial because it could totally be either one of my guys before the hair came in and after they quit crying all the time.
What I love about this post [...]
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