Monthly Archives: March 2009

Is a Food Revolution Now in Season?

By Ang Jordan | Published: March 22, 2009
At the New York Times, read a lengthy article on “the hopes for a green revolution in our nation’s food system”:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/business/22food.html. You can also read a reminder about “healthy eating from Mark Bittman”:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/weekinreview/22bittman.html?ref=business.
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White House Kitchen Garden: It’s Official

By Ang Jordan | Published: March 22, 2009
By now you’ve heard that “the White House will have an organic kitchen garden”:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/dining/20garden.html?_r=1&em to provide food for the first family and their guests. Ground was broken on Friday by Michelle Obama and a group of school children. I was hopeful that this dream would come to fruit when I read during the campaign that [...]
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Mobile Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale

By Ang Jordan | Published: March 11, 2009
WHAT: Mobile Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale WHEN: Thursday, March 19, 4-8pm; Friday and Saturday, March 20-21, 9am-4pm; Sunday, March 22, 11am-4pm WHERE: Mobile Botanical Gardens, 5151 Museum Drive, Mobile AL COST: $20 for the opening night party and sale on Thursday; all subsequent days are free ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Gardeners of all sorts – including [...]
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The Low-Carbon Diet

By Ang Jordan | Published: March 11, 2009
I had a back-issue of Audubon Magazine sitting around, and I read this article a couple of days ago. “The Low-Carbon Diet”:http://www.audubonmagazine.org/features0901/viewpoint.html by Mike Tidwell is an argument that vegetarianism is the best way to live lightly on the planet.
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Local Food Production Initiative Meeting on March 16

By Ang Jordan | Published: March 11, 2009
WHAT: Local Food Production Initiative public meeting WHEN: Monday, March 16 at 6:30pm WHERE: Parlor of the Fairhope United Methodist Church Christian Life Center, in Fairhope TOPIC: Kitchen Garden: Tips for Growing Great Vegetables in Baldwin County with speaker Harry Anderson, former President of the Baldwin County Master Gardeners ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Also at this meeting [...]
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Where to Buy Good Topsoil?

By Ang Jordan | Published: March 11, 2009
A reader asks where to buy good, rich topsoil for gardening. Let’s say you want to build raised beds and need something to fill them with, or you want to build up an area of your yard. I’ve bought soil but it wasn’t anything you’d want to garden in – very clay-ey, not much organic [...]
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On a Personal Note

By Ang Jordan | Published: March 8, 2009
After a lot of thought, I’ve decided to make public the fact that I’m undergoing treatment for breast cancer, and will be starting chemotherapy soon. It might help to explain the shortage of postings over the last couple of months, and it will also affect my gardening. I don’t intend to discuss my cancer on [...]
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Owls, Snakes, and Others

By Ang Jordan | Published: March 6, 2009
When the last cold front came through with those nights below freezing, our Great Horned Owl, who’d been absent or at least silent for a couple of weeks, showed up again and started hooting. We also used the last of our winter’s firewood, and when my husband picked up the remaining logs he uncovered the [...]
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