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Monthly Archives: June 2008
USDA Stops Tracking Pesticide Use
We need MORE information about the safety of our food, not less. In disturbing news, in late May the USDA announced that it would stop the collection and public reporting of pesticide use data, citing budget cuts. For me, this just reinforces the fact that we need a sustainable agriculture system that does not rely [...]
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Tomato Sandwiches at the Mobile Farmers Market
This is short notice, but I happened to see a flier for this event at the newly opened Mellow Mushroom in Midtown. Presumably the sandwiches will be made from homegrown tomatoes! We’ve been loving the tomatoes in our garden; had some more delicious bruschetta last night. From the City of Mobile web site: WHAT: Tomato [...]
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A Meal From My Garden
This for tonight’s dinner, all from my garden: sliced tomatoes, boiled new potatoes, and blanched pole beans. The beans are Kentucky Wonder, and they are delicious! So far this season our beans are doing a lot better than they did last year. I’ve added compost to the soil, and we’ve probably gotten more rain, but [...]
How NOT to Go Blueberry Picking
Don’t forget to get cash. Don’t forget to stop at the bank once you’ve forgotten to get cash. Don’t forget your check book if you’re going to forget the cash. Don’t take a three year-old. If you do take aforementioned three year-old, don’t mention that the place you’re going after picking berries is the beach. [...]
Mobile Farmers Market Update
After being away from the market for two weeks, it was fun to get back, though even at 8am the heat and humidity were making everyone sweat and look uncomfortable, except the kids and dogs playing/laying in the fountain. Items included: baked goods, blueberries, candles, collards, cucumbers, corn, eggplant, flowers, herbs, honey, melons, peaches, peppers, [...]
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In My Kitchen Garden: The End of the Potatoes
Are you tired of seeing photos of potatoes yet? Here are the last couple of baskets of this year’s potato crop. There’s Desiree and the Russian Banana fingerlings. I also had my first handful of pole beans yesterday, and we’re continuing to get very tasty tomatoes. As Bill Finch noted in last week’s garden column, [...]
Dancing for Local Food
A fundraiser for the Fairhope Local Food Production Initiative will be held tomorrow evening. WHAT: “Sentimental Journey” Dr. Jazz Normand Dance Orchestra WHEN: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 6:30pm – 10:30pm WHERE: Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 1150 Fairhope Ave, Fairhope AL (across from the satellite courthouse) COST: Suggested donation of $10 per ticket or $15 for [...]
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The Bad Thing About Summer Vacations
When you’re a gardener, there’s part of you that never looks forward to summer vacations. What will the aftermath be when you return? How high will the weeds have grown? Will lack of rain cause plants to shrivel or stress? Will invading insects have decimated a crop without your being able to prevent it? Will [...]
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Local Food, Indiana Edition
We’ve been visiting my parents in Indiana, where strawberries are still in season (yay!) and about two hours from my parents’ house some of the finest goat cheese in the United States is produced at “Capriole Farm”:http://www.capriolegoatcheese.com/. Situated in the wooded limestone hills of southeast Indiana, the farm produces a variety of artisan cheese, including [...]
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The 2008 Farm Bill: Pollan, Eschmeyer on a bittersweet victory