All Blog Posts Tagged 'strawberries' (11)

Weekly meal plan and shopping list - check.  Garden plan with scheduled reminders - check.  Budget, school calendar, workout sessions, holiday checklist, softball roster, daily routine, spring cleaning plan, repair list, email, texts, calls, blogs...STOP!  Time to schedule in some downtime.  I'm inspired and motivated on this mission to get down and dirty with what goes on my plate, but all this healthy living chasing…

I'm on a strict budget according to  my husband - or a tight leash if you ask me.  Since beginning my quest for clean, local, organic food our grocery bill has blossomed considerably - not to mention the added expense of driving to all those farm…

The chives I planted last year in a small pot on the deck are a good six inches high already and I'm remembering advice from my sister-in-law to wait til they've flowered and then chop them off to about an inch high.  The first year I tried to just clip what I needed when but now know they need to…

I want to be Laura Ingalls - or better yet, her husband Almanzo Wilder as he was as a boy in northern New York State.   Life was simple but more importantly, eating was pure.  The sheer simplicity of living off the land, enjoying the sweetness of sugared off maple syrup - eating as much pumpkin pie as you…

It’s easy to bite off more than I can chew playing around with Garden Minder and planning my summer bounty.  I did my best to restrain myself considering availability of equipment, time management, and growing zone.  The app made it easy to create my gardens in my mind but the app won’t do the work for me – just remind me what work I…

Making a plan has never been my problem - sticking to it? - well now there's the rub a dub dub.  I spent most of yesterday surveying, measuring, clearing out old vines, leaves and plant matter from last year's garden.  Taking before pictures, comparing with Aldo's clean, trim, thriving colony of plant life and plotting a tract for my garden's expansion made all the more easier by…

As the tow truck slowly backs up the driveway to cart away my husband’s persnickety BMW that almost left us stranded at LaGuardia Airport last night,  I realize I’ve succeeded in eating only one meal this week that was whole, fresh, organic, in season and local.  Every other meal sacrificed at least one of the above categories – even an amazing meal at the innovative new Seasons 52 on the rise in cities…

My eyes open wide as the produce clerk in the grocery tells me they have no Florida oranges-only California.  Seriously?  but I'm in Florida!!  "You must have something?" I say.   "Well we do have some bagged oranges at the back on that small display. "  Tucked out of sight like the relatives you never want your spouse to meet are the Florida oranges so prized for the juice I buy back in Connecticut.   "This is crazy ," I think to myself.  In the few days I've been focusing on eating…

I have always loved Easter eggs. I have fond memories of creating Easter eggs as a child at my gramma’s house with my cousins. Naturally, I thought this would be a tradition to share with my little guy this year.

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