Life In The Slow Lane
Posted in Photography on Nov 30th, 2009
These photos capture the journey from seeds to salad.
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Posted in Gardening on Nov 29th, 2009
Frost has finally nipped the peppers and eggplants in our vegetable garden. I harvested the last peppers this week just before Thanksgiving, while the eggplants stopped producing several weeks ago. We are having some Giant Marconi and Yummy peppers on our salads today for lunch. The ample rains this year have been kind to the many [...]
Posted in Recipes, Traditions on Nov 27th, 2009
My mom and aunt used to make this salad every Thanksgiving, and I’ve carried on the tradition by making it myself for as long as I can remember. If you don’t like cranberry sauce from a can then you might like this salad, which calls for fresh fruit and nuts with gelatin to hold it all [...]
Posted in Photography on Nov 25th, 2009
Posted in Misc Rants, Traditions on Nov 24th, 2009
My wife and I went today to a local tree farm to pick out and tag our Christmas tree. This will be the fifth Christmas we’ve spent together, and our third here at Happy Acres. We have chosen to put up a “real” tree each year, decorating it with our combined abundance of old and new [...]
Posted in Gardening on Nov 22nd, 2009
Much has been written about the current plight of the honeybees. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) as well as various insect and disease problems have caused an estimated one third of the nation’s honeybee colonies to disappear. Theories abound as to what’s causing the problem, including the increasing use of insecticides and herbicides, electromagnetic radiation from communication towers, [...]
Southern Indiana
USDA Zone 6b
An organic gardener shares his thoughts about gardening, nature, food and being self-sufficient.
