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...
Read more →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...
Read more →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...
Read more →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...
Read more →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...
Read more →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....
Read more →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...
Read more →That’s no dyed egg! It’s the most deep aqua aracauna eggs I have ever seen, provided by one of Ahlam’s awesome chickens. Pretty natural colored eggs are just one of the pleasures of eating locally! May your eggs be colored and baskets overflowing this year.
One of the pleasures of CSA membership is receiving produce that we would never choose for ourselves. It forces us to learn how to cook and eat different things. Somethings we agree we wouldn’t choose to purchase again, but some things have become favorites. My current favorite CSA vegetable is kale. We will be...
Read more →We receive 1 1/2 gallons of un-homogenized whole milk every week from a local farmer. Every week we skim the cream. A few nips are used in coffee, but the rest is dedicated to butter. While at first I thought making butter might be a chore, I remain amazed every week at the transformation...
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