May 18 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. @ the Horn Farm Center.
These classes are held every 3rd Saturday of each month.
Lead by Jonathan Darby and Nathan Carlos Rupley
as well as other area foragers and plant nerds.
We will be discussing and demonstrating many uses of wild plants
with an emphasis on learning to actually work them into our lives.
Ana’s mint always wants to engulf the garden – I just want to make tea!
Me: I don’t what is up this year, I hate spring but this year I am loving it!
Bones: This year you’re really gardening …
Me: Oh, yeah!
It’s one of those weeks where I debate about whether I should post or not. My mother would have turned 62 today except she passed away six years ago on Tuesday. It’s a week that annually finds me in a rather melancholy mood, short on attention, and more introspective than I usually am. It’s a pit of blues that can be all to easy to fall into and not something I am prone to really sharing. This year, I had a realization that snapped me out of that pit. You see, this week I was introduced to the concept of “Urban Tribalism” Read more…
Ready, set, garden!
I don’t know about you but I have been waiting all winter to get out there and play in the dirt. Well, it finally arrived! On Sunday, we gathered together members of our community and enjoyed a day at Ana’s that was full of friends, food, and most importantly setting up the garden. Ana has a lovely yard full of gorgeous blooms, strawberries, herbs, and all variety of vegetables. This year Ana wanted to reclaim her yard from the blooming bulbs threatening to overtake her beds and grow food, food, and more food. I was thrilled with this not only because it means I get to help her grow stuff but it’s going to give us a shot at trying urban homesteading. Read more…
Just for fun!
Picture by Ana Frazier
I wish you all a happy, joy filled, and blessed Easter!
Yup, that’s the snow today!
Yeah, we might be snowing at the moment but all I am thinking about is spring being just around the corner! Of course I blame the excitement on last weekend’s seed swap - can’t wait to get these heirloom seeds in the ground. So, what has me really excited? All of the awesome classes coming up in our area! So why not get excited with me!? Here are some of the classes coming up and how to join them -
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Saturday, March 16th, 10 - noon.
At the Horn Farm Center (4945 Horn Rd Hellam, PA)
Classes are held every 3rd Saturday of each month.
Lead by Jonathan Darby and Nathan Carlos Rupley
as well as other area foragers and plant nerds.
We will be discussing and demonstrating many uses of wild plants
with an emphasis on learning to actually work them into our lives.
I love those ah-ha moments prompted by others. I can readily recall one day at a friend’s house when I was 22; I was lamenting that while all our friends where graduating college I was only just about to begin. My friend looked at me with a look that was a cross between exasperation and incredulity – “but look at all you’ve done! You’ve had experiences none of us had.” She was right and it’s a lesson that has stuck. My path was my own and it didn’t follow the more traditional path of many of my peers but it had given me so much more than I could have imagined.
Last week I got to reuse that lesson. You see, I turned 30 last week. For some reason that feels like a huge milestone, 30. It is the first birthday that really made me freak out a little inside. You see I am not where I expected to be when I turned 30 – at least not where a younger, say 18-year-old, me expected me to be - but you know what? That’s ok! I just need to adjust those expectations. The journey I have taken has been so much more fun and so much more interesting than anything I could ever have planned. So while I mourn a little where I thought I would be, I also want to celebrate what I have done.
Hitchhiking in Corfu, Greece
Lettuce wrap bar!
We celebrated Bones’ and my birthdays this past weekend. Since I was cooking for an eclectic group of friends (and dietary needs) I really had to think about what recipes to pull out. This lettuce wraps were our one meat dish to help out my more carnivorous friends while bring ing in some flavors that would easily please both those new to Thai cuisine and those who already love it. You see a few years back we celebrated some family occasion at a well know pricey chain chinese american restaurant. They had these lettuce wraps that were so delicious! The crisp cold lettuce struck me as a perfect vehicle for the complex, must eat more flavors I love. I wanted to take that original dish a step further and bring in some Thai influence. Ah Thai food! I don’t see how anybody couldn’t love it! Read more…
