Month: February 2011

  • Spring is On the Way

    Last night we had a pretty big storm and the weather channel claims there is a possibility of snow tonight. What’s even stranger is that while we had mainly blue skies and sunshine today, my friends who are only thirty minutes away were experiencing hail and thunderstorms. Despite the winter like temperatures my yard is…

  • Winter Harvest: Romanesco

    One of my goals this winter was to grow more varieties of winter vegetables. The community garden enabled me to grow more than my usual lettuce crops. I expanded the garden to include kale, cauliflower, broccoli, and my personal favorite Romanesco. Ironically, the lettuce did terribly this year. The record rain fall resulted in a…