Happy Spring! The local northwest asparagus has arrived at the farmers market. Tomorrow is Earth Day, what better way to celebrate than to plant something, whether it be in your garden, a community pea patch or a container plant. Flowers are beautiful but my preference is to plant edibles. No petroleum based trips to the [...]
On my weekly visit to the Ballard Farmers Market, I was drawn to the Full Circle Farm’s stall by this beautiful bok choy with such slender stalks. The proprietor described how tender the stalks are, he said “they just slip onto your fork.” We then moved on to discuss the arugula and how it’s a [...]
Here we go again… to find out if your pistachios may be contaminated go to FDA website: www.accessdata.fda.gov For a some background on the contamination check out this Seattle Times article : www.seattletimes.nwsource.com Thankfully, the Trader Joes pistachios in my house are not on the list (at least for now)…
Here’s a cool T-shirt I picked up at last weekend at the Green Festival. It’s made by a company called Green Label www.greenlabel.com The shirts are made w/ organic cotton, sweatshop-free and low-impact dyes.Last weekend’s Green Festival in Seattle was a blast! I went last year and it seemed like there were fewer well known [...]
