Squarefoot Gardening

Steve took me to the RBG where they had an interesting 100 Mile Veggie Village display. I made the local veg pledge online “to grow a smaller global footprint by using locally grown produce in at least one meal a week for a year.” With my preserves and commitment to market fresh foods all summer, […]
Have you ever tasted a pepper right from the plant?

One of the few things I have never experienced before is fresh peppers picked from the bush and brought directly into the kitchen. The fresh crispness as I cut it with my knife. The juicy crunch when biting into it with our teeth. Wow! There were also two small red tomatoes that had ripened, along […]
It’s all about the schedule

[This was first published in April 2009 as a blog post about my own personal journey. We did finish the basement with a home gym, where I walk indoors.] After working out for 3 years with a personal trainer who wasn’t a good fit with my goals, I realized that my cardio strength wasn’t actually […]