Community Garden Plot
My sister and I decided to try out a community plot at the church near her home. We had each started seedlings this year: tomato and bell pepper for me, lettuce and cilantro plus jalapeño and tomato for her boys. It seemed like a great opportunity to teach the boys about planting and caring for […]
Happiness is in the field
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul. – Alfred Austin I spent the evening picking tomatoes, beans, hot peppers, and ground cherries from our community garden. Not much was ripe today but I […]
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 […]