You’ll notice something about this blog. The moment the kitchen became usable, all posting switched to food and gardening topics. That’s not because we love writing about food and gardening more – it’s because we haven’t done a damn thing to finish the kitchen! Back in February, when we went to Florida, I took a slew of pictures documenting what the finish work remaining. I hoped to have time to blog there, but between the [...]

We will be at the Baby the Planet Expo, part of Columbus Parents Expo, this Saturday and Sunday, 11 AM – 5 PM. We are working in the Sprout Soup booth to help with sales of our water bottles and yoga mat bags. The Expo is held at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. You can get admission tickets to the zoo and expo for $3 (save 75%) by ordering online in advance at ColumbusParent.com/EXPO with [...]

This week marks the start of a new series, What’s Growing. We hope to post once a week a list and pictures of what’s growing in our backyard garden and around the neighborhood. So, this week, here’s What’s Growing: Tomato, pepper, foxglove, and broccoli seedlings, being hardened off for a growing number of hours a day Broccoli raab and broccoli in their beds Pea shoots about 3 inches tall Spinach and lettuce with second and [...]

This is the last time we will ask you to vote for Baying Hound in the Intuit Contest preliminaries. The voting ends in 24 hours! We want to be the online source for the finest eco-friendly outdoor gear. Here’s how we plan to grow should we advance in the contest: -finish our web redesign with the help of a programmer to make it more user friendly -add a dog gear category to our store -invest [...]

I was eating dinner with a friend today.  She asked how I prepared the micro green salad I served.  I said, simply, “Just wash in the salad spinner.”  “What?” she said, genuinely not knowing what a salad spinner does. This isn’t a story to make fun of her, because up until a few years ago, I had no use for a salad spinner either.  It seemed like a gimmicky one-use tool, precisely the kind of [...]

Last week, we received two dwarf sweet cherry (Prunus Besseyi)trees I ordered online from Sandusky Valley nursery.  They arrived quickly and were well packaged in reused newspaper and plastic. We planted them on Saturday.  Lil helped dig the holes and plant the trees.  Then she and Alex moved some mulch and we mulched overtop. Here we are after planting: Then Lil and Alex planted beans. We recognize that it could be faster to garden without [...]

The League of American Bicyclists promotes May as National Bike Month. Bike to Work Week is May 11 – 15. Bike to Work Day is Friday May 15. There are special events held in many communities to promote the healthy habit that is cycling. Bike to Work Week is active in Columbus OH. There is a challenge to see who can rack up the most rides in work teams from May 4 – 15. We [...]