June 29, 2010
Posted by Michelle
Last fall (September or October… I can’t remember) I decided that I wanted to attempt composting. Compost is the product of decomposing organic material. When it decomposes, you’re left with highly nutritious food for your garden. You’re also keeping a whole lotta stuff out of the landfill which is great. With those two huge benefits [...]
June 14, 2010
Posted by Michelle
Ladies, you know that feeling you get when you walk into a really great shoe sale? The rush of excitement. The feeling of possibility and hope. Imagine what I could do with these shoes! Well I feel that at the farmers’ market. Every week. My CSA box. The colors and ingredients on all of the [...]
June 11, 2010
Posted by Michelle
Oh what a week. I was away for work for the early part of the week leaving my husband to deal with the CSA box. While it was easy for him to pick it up and put it all away, starting to make his way through the veggies on his own wasn’t so easy. I [...]
June 3, 2010
Posted by Ona
After three years in our wonderful Takoma apartment, my roommate and I will be moving out in just over a month. I’ve experimented a ton in our little kitchen and feel so much more confident and adventurous in my cooking than when we moved in after 4 years of college living. My cooking endeavors are [...]
May 21, 2010
Posted by Ona
It took me a week to make this meal. I’m not kidding—between farmer’s market(S) browsing, grocery shopping, garden harvesting, menu-creating, and actual cooking, Mom’s Day lunch this year was truly an epic one. Out the window went my one-pot, 30 minute meals—for this lunch, I took my time and tried to make everything as tasty [...]
April 16, 2010
Posted by Michelle
Gonna make this garden grow… assuming I don’t kill it first. Last year I planted some oregano, basil, thyme, sage, and cilantro in a couple containers on my deck. I honestly didn’t think they’d make it through the season. My thumbs could not be less green. But low and beyond… they not only lived, but [...]
March 25, 2010
Posted by Ona
…Yet! Over the past week, we’ve weeded, we’ve tilled, we’ve turned over. And now, we plant! Yes, St. Patty’s day came and went, and with it arrived the first day you can reasonably plant early spring produce. What does that entail exactly? Peas! Broccoli! Radishes! Beets! I can hardly stand the excitement. I remember a [...]
