We’ve still got quite a ways to go, but everything in the spring plan has been planted, and all but two crops (tarragon and chervil) have germinated. Here’s the difference 11 days makes: I broadcast the tarragon, dill, parsley, and chervil, while I sowed the beets, carrots, scallions, radishes and mesclun mix in rows. I am sort of wishing that [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
A vegetable garden on the White House lawn!
We hinted of it here and here, and now it seems there will actually be an organic veggie garden at the White House. The White House has even released the planting plan. Looks great! I’m disappointed Obama confessed to disliking beets. Who dislikes beets?! Then again, it seems like an easy out for a disliked vegetable. Can you imagine the [...]
Our one-block diet in the spotlight
Good news! Our print story last August about our summer one-block feast, We Had a Dream, has been nominated for an International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) journalism award. To read our story, click here. We’re thrilled about the nomination, since the IACP has thousands of members—and other nominees include such food-magazine luminaries as Gourmet, Saveur, and Food & Wine. [...]
