Photo by Andrew Scott Let’s talk about #1 (aka pee pee, urine, pee, or urea) and #2 (aka poop, poo,or sh*t) . Frankly, #2 gets alot more attention. We use the word to express our unhappiness, when we bang into something, or drop something on our toes. (No maybe that is the “F” word.) We […]
Arnold Swarzenegger-like Parsnips
In the past, I read that you should let your parsnips stay in the ground until after your first hard frost date. Apparently the frost makes them sweeter. In my case, I let them hang out until the first week in December, long past my first frost date. As the end of my gardening season […]
Green Speed Links: September 13, 2009
Watch this trailer park movie of the upcoming BagIT. It will break your heart on what are plastic consumption is doing to our animal friends. Our very own Green Mom, Beth Terry of Fake Plastic Fish, was interviewed for a segment in the film. See her account, here. Sharing Backyards via EarthEasy’s newsletter. What is […]
Planning Meals Around your Garden: Stuffed Kale Rolls
It is funny. I used to plan meals around what my children ate (which is basically hamburger meat and potatoes). One night was tacos, other night was hamburger, and perhaps a third night was spaghetti. I was only “allowed” to serve chicken once a week. Fish, forget about it. Vegetarian? Not in this man cave […]
Mother Earth Intended Food to Be Eaten From the Vine
Heirloom lettuce growing under a trellis. There is nothing like food which has literally been ripped right off the vine and stuffed into your mouth. Just envision plucking a ripe tomato from the vine and enjoying the burst of flavor as you take your first bite or taking apart a pea pod and plopping the […]
NYC Restoration Project Veggie Seed Giveaway
Remember Eat the View, the campaign asking the Obamas to create a White House vegetable garden to feed the staff? Well, the campaign worked and Michelle Obama is busily creating an amazing organic garden at the White House. Feel like a little dirt under your fingernails or eating amazing home grown veggies? If you live […]
Mystery Weed or Amazing Flower?
One of my biggest problems in my garden is I have no idea what are weeds and what are flowers. I recall last year planting Sweet William in this particular bed but could swear that the seed package said it was an annual. In April, this lovely plant appeared. It does not look like Sweet […]
Sage Gardening Advice from One whose Learning the Hard Way
You know the saying, “do as I say, not as I do?” Here is the skinny of what I learned this year so you don’t repeat my gardening mistakes. I find gardening can be like an Indiana Jones movie. There is peril, unsolved mysteries, and triumph all in one season. Many of my loyal Green Talk readers […]
