As you may remember, Betty (our second hive) swarmed in March and we named her replacement Midge. Well, Midge didn’t live long. We are pretty sure that about six weeks ago we killed Midge. Oops. It was a hard day at the hives. How do we know? About 4 weeks ago (2 weeks after Midge’s estimated demise) we did a […]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Food Inc.: A great argument for eating locally
Even though I knew that going to see the movie Food Inc. would not be mind-changing for me–I mean, talk about preaching to the converted!–it’s so worth seeing, even if you’ve been a Michael Pollan fan for the past 10 years and can recite passages from Fast Food Nation. My top reasons: * It communicates the difference between mindless slaughter and […]
My radicchio is the wrong color and my quinoa is flopping over
My sweet gardeners, please help. Problem #1 – Radicchio This is what I planted: See the nice red leaves? The thick white veins? This is what mine looks like: Where are the nice red leaves? Where are the thick white veins? There is a hint of possible reddening: Can I really expect the entire plant to change color so […]
Water, honey, and yeast? Can mead be that simple?
In hopes of some insight to making the intoxicating draught for our One-Block Diet, Margaret, Kimberley, and I paid a visit to theRabbit’s Foot Meaderyon a quest to learn more about honey wine. Since the meadery is located in a business park in Sunnyvale, California, we expected to visit only the production site of Rabbit’s Foot mead. Instead, we […]
