Monthly Archives: May 2008

Blueberry Season Is Around the Corner

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 20, 2008
I’ve received an inquiry about blueberries, and can confirm that both “Betty’s Berry Farm”:http://bettysberryfarm.com/ and Bee Natural Farm will be open for u-pick this year, beginning around June 1 (possibly by the end of May so check with them directly if you just can’t wait to go). You can find other u-pick locations (as well [...]
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All-Local Dinner

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 19, 2008
We bought some crab this weekend so we enjoyed eating locally the past two nights. (OK, I’m stretching it to say the crab is local because all I know is it’s from the Gulf.) SUNDAY NIGHT MENU: Crab Cakes (recipe from David Rosengarten’s “Taste: One Man’s Journey Through the World’s Greatest Dishes”:http://www.amazon.com/Taste-Palates-Journey-Through-Greatest/dp/037575265X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211243886&sr=8-3) Wax Beans, blanched [...]
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In My Kitchen Garden: Potatoes, and More Insects

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 19, 2008
Here are some more of our Caribe potatoes. The plants were starting to droop and that seemed like a sign of trouble, so I went ahead and dug up the row. I found that the stems beneath the soil were crawling with fast-moving tiny white insects, smaller than the head of a pin. The stems [...]
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Alabama Goes Green with Lakia Richardson

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 15, 2008
Friday May 16 at 7:00pm on “Alabama Public Television”:http://aptv.org/ In this week’s installment of Alabama Stories, “Alabama Goes Green with Lakia Richardson”:http://aptv.org/Schedule/showinfo.asp?NOLA1=AS&ID=178438: bq. In 2008, Forbes magazine named Alabama one of the worst “green states” in the country. Alabama leaders, businessmen and homeowners are working to shake this stigma. Find out which businesses and communities [...]
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Goodbye Driving, Hello Riding!

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 14, 2008
OK, this IS a bit off-topic, but it is environmentally-related… If you watch the WKRG news, you might have seen my husband interviewed tonight in “this story on alternative transportation”:http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/goodbye_driving_hello_riding/13914/. Incidentally, May is “National Bike Month”:http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/, and Bike to Work Day is this Friday, May 16. Bike commuting may not be for everyone, and Mobile [...]
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Hello to Lagniappe Readers

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 13, 2008
“We received a mention”:http://www.lagniappemobile.com/article/1484 in the May 6 edition of Mobile’s alternative weekly, “Lagniappe”:http://www.lagniappemobile.com/. In the Word of Mouth column, food editor Kinnon Phillips also mentions that a Buck’s Pizza will be opening downtown in the former Janino’s location, and that they plan to use local produce. I’m not familiar with Buck’s; anyone ever had [...]
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Perdido Vineyards

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 13, 2008
“Perdido Vineyards”:http://perdidovineyards.com/ 22100 CR 47 Perdido, AL 251.937.9463 PRODUCTS A variety of wines and vinegars produced from Alabama-grown fruits and vegetables. Depending on the product (red wines in particular), a portion of the fruit may be grown elsewhere, but whenever possible local produce is used. The wines feature muscadine grapes, and in the case of [...]
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In My Kitchen Garden: Insect Pests

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 13, 2008
Another harbinger of summer: insects in the garden. A few of my tomatoes have been damaged by caterpillars that are either “Tomato Fruitworms”:http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg319.html, also called Corn Earworms, or “Beet Armyworms”:http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg320.html. “Holes are chewed in the fruit”:http://centralfloridagarden.blogspot.com/2007/12/tomato-fruitworm-damage.html; they start small and shallow but if you don’t catch the worms they can do quite a bit of [...]
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Readings: Recent Fare from Orion

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 10, 2008
Two pieces from Orion within the last eight months, “Where Have All the Joiners Gone?”:http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/2874/ by Bill McKibben, from the March/April 2008 issue. A meditation on peak oil, the importance of neighbors, and the idea of “embracing nonindependence.” “Horse Power”:http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/343/ by Dick Courteau, from September/October 2007. A small farmer with a lifetime of horse experience [...]
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Mobile Farmers Market Update

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 10, 2008
There was a good crowd at the market this morning, and a few more vendors than last week (last week a deluge blew in at around 9). Available: summer squash of several varieties, new potatoes, collard greens, radishes, peaches, green beans and wax beans, sugar snap peas, lettuce, onions, wine, vinegar, honey, candles, cut flowers, [...]
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