Tomorrow, August 28, is the big day! And pssst, guess what – with only a handful of entries, the vegetable categories are still anybody’s game. Since the contests are open only to DC residents, your back porch tomato or mid-size melon just might win! Enter here or just bring your vegetables the day of. [...]
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Gardeners: Enter your veggies in the DC State Fair tomorrow!
Posted in Gardening on August 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
September Food Blogger Happy Hour: The Anniversary!
Posted in Food, tagged DC food blogger happy hour on August 14, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Wow, it’s been a whole year since the very first Food Blogger Happy Hour! It all began when Mary (aka Arugula Files) had a fabulous interview in the Washingtonian. She gave my blog a shout-out in the interview, which was totally flattering, because I really liked her blog as well. So I emailed her to [...]
DC State Fair Idea Comes Full Circle
Posted in Food, Gardening, tagged DC State Fair on August 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A little less than a year ago, I bemoaned the fact that DC doesn’t have a state/county fair where district residents can show off their talents in vegetable gardening, pie baking, home canning, etc. Well, a few of us bloggers decided to make it happen. On August 28, The DC State Fair will celebrate the [...]
Not Every Year Can Be a Bumper Year, I Guess
Posted in Gardening on August 1, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This summer in the garden has been a disappointment in various ways. The heat has been bad in two ways: it’s stressing out a lot of the plants, which only makes them more susceptible to disease and pests, and the heat has also prevented me from spending the time needed to keep the weeds under [...]
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