I took Sharon’s Independence Days Challenge to heart. I’d post garden pics, but I can’t get the newly reformatted computer to recognize my digital camera. Argh. Anyway, here’s my update:
For me, the big one was getting over my fear of the unknown by finally diving in and planting seeds on my little balcony. I’d never [...]
Posted in food storage on Apr 30th, 2008 3 Comments »
I love me a good challenge, even though I tend to fizzle out after a few days or weeks. That used to make me feel like a quitter, but now I see that I’m actually making slow progress in developing new and better habits, so what the hell.
Grandma always said, “If at first you don’t [...]
Posted in food storage on Apr 8th, 2008 No Comments »
While the Volvo is sidelined, a friend offered to take me along a few days ago on her weekly trip to the local organic food co-op. I bought almost exclusively bulk items like beans, quinoa, powdered milk, nuts, dried herbs, spices, salt, popcorn [gotta have my treats!] and several cans of diced tomatoes on sale.
I [...]