My love of rhubarb is well-documented on this blog, and I’m not the only one. There have been several great rhubarb recipes in the blogosphere recently, like Modern Domestic”s rhubarb polenta cake and strawberry rhubarb jam, and Fessenden Farmstead’s rhubarb leather. (In related news, the prez has been enjoying rhubarb pie). As for me, I’ve [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Where no Food Blogger Happy Hour Has Gone Before
Posted in Food, tagged DC food blogger happy hour on April 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The monthly DC Food Blogger Happy Hour is a week away, on Wednesday May 5. Appropriate for Cinco De Mayo, we’re going south of the border…. All the way to Arlington! Yes, it’s true, we DO venture outside the district every once in a while. Join us. RSVP here if you plan to attend!
Bits & Pieces
Posted in Food, Gardening, sustainability, tagged DC on April 23, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Various little news items in DC’s food/gardening/sustainability universe that are noteworthy this week: DC doesn’t have a compost or yard waste collection system, as far as I know, so one entrepreneur has started offering a private compost pickup service: Compost Cab! Sounds like a good fit for people without access to compost piles who’d like [...]
Adopt a tomato or pepper seedling
Posted in Gardening, tagged DC, seedlings on April 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I started a lot of pepper and tomato seeds indoors this year under my grow light. A few of them have already made it out to the garden, and a few more will join them this weekend. Another handful are already promised to friends. But that leaves 10 or so extras that need to find [...]
Taste Test: Tru Organic Gin
Posted in Food, sustainability, tagged gin, Tru Organic Spirits on April 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
My mom was in town this weekend, and since we both like foraging, we went searching through DC’s park systems for some elusive early morels. Indeed, they were too elusive (from what I’m reading on mushroom hunter messageboards, dry conditions are giving this season a bad start). But mom and I were much more successful [...]
Tomorrow: Get Your Guerilla On
Posted in Gardening, tagged DC Guerilla Gardeners on April 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A sneaky gardener alerted me to some delightfully clandestine goings-on tomorrow morning. My mom is in town and, so I won’t be able to attend the event myself (brunch calls, alas). But I wanted to give some publicity to DC Guerilla Gardeners‘ very first event. I’ll definitely come to the next one. Good luck, guerillas! [...]
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