Category Archives: stretching your food dollars
Grace
Yesterday in Sunday School when we were discussing the meaning of the term “blessed” in the Sermon on the Mount (blessed are the meek, blessed are the peacemakers etc.) a number of people were finding a way to say that … Continue reading
A Garden is a lovesome thing, God Wot
A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot Rose plot, Fringed pool Ferned grot– The veriest school of peace;and yet the fool Contends that God is not. Not God! In gardens! When the eve is cool? Nay, but I have … Continue reading
Water
The other day I bought some plants to fill out some places in the garden where I had removed earlier plantings. Most of what I got was squash and sweet potatoes and since I was in a hurry when we … Continue reading
Why Do I Love to Grocery Shop With My Children?
First of all let me say that I am not a shopper. The thought of going to a store without a list and an efficiency plan is incomprehensible to me. S goes to stores and wanders about looking for … Continue reading
New Life?
One of the blogs I follow had a writing/thought prompt for this week involving looking for signs of new life as we finish out the season of Easter with Ascension Day (Thursday) and then Pentecost. I had thought to do … Continue reading
Garden Update: End of May 2011
In February I posted about how I was planning to build a raised bed in the backyard. I filled it with a combination of aged horse manure and fresh wood chips. I was walking down the alley one day and … Continue reading
Gardening: Book Review The Art of the Kitchen Garden
I am an avid reader of gardening books (in the days when I had television I watched a lot of gardening shows too), but I don’t usually decide to buy them. Ethne Clarke’s The Art of the Kitchen Garden really … Continue reading
“Oh to Make This Garden Grow”
Two weeks ago I started turning the backyard into garden-able space. When we moved in we set up the children’s sandbox but didn’t really do anything else. The yard is basically devoid of plant life so I’ve planned to put … Continue reading
Gardening:Desperate for Spring
Several weeks ago I read a post on Making Light about sprouting seeds for adding to salads etc. This reminded me how much I like sprouts and I thought I would do a little experimentation on my own. Accordingly I … Continue reading
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Baffling Food Myths
Some of the things that consumers think about food and the health properties of specific foods are just strange. For instance many people think that brown eggs are healthier than white eggs when actually shell color simply indicates that the … Continue reading