Summer Veggie Variety vs. Locally Grown Limitations

Are you as eager for the fall weather as we are? This heat is enough to drive us all indoors and forget about growing summer vegetables. But then where would we be? We'd be buying retail vegetables that have, at best, half their life force remaining before we even get them home. Speaking as a Market Manager, I too am frustrated that we don't have the variety and volume now that we will have more easily with cooler weather. But what we are growing is growing well in this heat. The trick is to shift our consciousness into "making do" with what is locally available and that isn't an easy nut to crack. Why? Because we

Adding summer greens to your smoothie

I have been blessed with access to fresh Egyptian and red Malabar spinach.  I have been adding them to my fruit smoothies ad find them delightful.  1 cup frozen pineapple 2 frozen bananas 2 cups herbal tea 2 cups spinach then blend till smooth, Add ice if needed.  Holy Basil makes a nice herbal tea for the smoothie.   

Summer 2011 - A Great Community Read!

Nathan in our Summer Garden

It occurs to me that not everyone understands what “eating local” means because there are so many distances (in mileage) related to it that it can make your head spin.  So I am turning to Barbara Kingsolver for definition and guidance by tapping into her book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracles". This book was a turning point for me that propelled me to embrace totally The Garden that Nathan has been building for the past five to ten years. I finally "got it" when I completed this easily read book.

First let me state that, for the purposes of this blog, “eating local” means