Comments on: On the path to freedom from the big box grocery store http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/ in the garden, in the kitchen and on the page Fri, 16 May 2008 03:42:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Belle http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59814 Belle Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:36:10 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59814 Hi, I just found your Blog and thought I would comment. My favorite dressing recipe is a table spoon of Jam, white balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Any kind of jam works, but my favorite is red currant or blackberry jam. Hi, I just found your Blog and thought I would comment. My favorite dressing recipe is a table spoon of Jam, white balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Any kind of jam works, but my favorite is red currant or blackberry jam.

]]> By: Meredith http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59805 Meredith Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:28:51 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59805 Just the inspiration I needed for these cold gray days! I've been debating whether to do a greens box again this spring, since we might move, but you've convinced me. Just the inspiration I needed for these cold gray days!

I’ve been debating whether to do a greens box again this spring, since we might move, but you’ve convinced me.

]]> By: Rae http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59689 Rae Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:50:58 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59689 Oh, it all looks so good and inspiring. In this crazy traveling year I just can't wait to find a place to be and start another garden! Oh, it all looks so good and inspiring. In this crazy traveling year I just can’t wait to find a place to be and start another garden!

]]> By: steven http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59662 steven Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:14:23 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59662 What did we ever do without digital pictures? I know we didn't spend six cold months looking at last season's harvest and grumbling when we paid $4 for a head of Romaine in February. What did we ever do without digital pictures? I know we didn’t spend six cold months looking at last season’s harvest and grumbling when we paid $4 for a head of Romaine in February.

]]> By: Kelly http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59636 Kelly Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:34:41 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59636 Susan, thanks so much for the dressing idea! That sounds heavenly. I like to mix a creamy something with a vinaigrette something in my salads... yum! Do you mulch the potatoes over if you leave them in for winter? I lost at least one giant potato off of each plant by leaving them in the ground an extra month in the summer...so I'm not sure that would work for me, and we have very sandy soil in the garden beds next door. Hmmmm...food for thought! oh, and I added Kohlrabi to my Fedco seed order last night! Susan, thanks so much for the dressing idea! That sounds heavenly. I like to mix a creamy something with a vinaigrette something in my salads… yum!

Do you mulch the potatoes over if you leave them in for winter? I lost at least one giant potato off of each plant by leaving them in the ground an extra month in the summer…so I’m not sure that would work for me, and we have very sandy soil in the garden beds next door.

Hmmmm…food for thought!

oh, and I added Kohlrabi to my Fedco seed order last night!

]]> By: Kelly http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59634 Kelly Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:32:24 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59634 Jen, I realize I'm long overdue for a chat with your hubby about the coming season! We haven't had our seed starting talk, or our seed buying talk, or any of it...dang. I can't let the whole thing pass by without at least one good talk. Jen, I realize I’m long overdue for a chat with your hubby about the coming season! We haven’t had our seed starting talk, or our seed buying talk, or any of it…dang. I can’t let the whole thing pass by without at least one good talk.

]]> By: Farmgirl Susan http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59596 Farmgirl Susan Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:30:45 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59596 Yes, very inspiring! Your bounty is beautiful. I love to make salad dressings with homemade yogurt - yogurt, mayo or sour cream (not much), dijon, splash balsamic vinegar, garlic and onion powder, salt and pepper, and if you feel energetic some fresh chopped parsley, chives, or whatever herbs you have in the garden. As for all those cute little potatoes, I've found the best place to store them is in the ground - even in raised beds, even in our Missouri heat, even when it gets down to freezing in the fall. I leave them in the ground for months and only lose a few to bugs or rot. In the hot pantry or (relatively) cool root cellar, they would have shriveled up and sprouted in a matter of weeks. Plus sometimes you get a whole new batch of baby potatoes! : ) Yes, very inspiring! Your bounty is beautiful. I love to make salad dressings with homemade yogurt - yogurt, mayo or sour cream (not much), dijon, splash balsamic vinegar, garlic and onion powder, salt and pepper, and if you feel energetic some fresh chopped parsley, chives, or whatever herbs you have in the garden.

As for all those cute little potatoes, I’ve found the best place to store them is in the ground - even in raised beds, even in our Missouri heat, even when it gets down to freezing in the fall. I leave them in the ground for months and only lose a few to bugs or rot. In the hot pantry or (relatively) cool root cellar, they would have shriveled up and sprouted in a matter of weeks. Plus sometimes you get a whole new batch of baby potatoes! : )

]]> By: Jen http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59464 Jen Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:07:07 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2008/01/24/on-the-path-to-freedom-from-the-big-box-grocery-store/#comment-59464 yum...it's about 13 degrees out but we've got our seeds ordered and vin's talking about maybe getting a new light and building a bigger seed table. violet's also excited to help out planting this year and we've been talking about the food we eat and where it comes from....so nice when i can look at our plates mid-winter and see chard from the freezer, tomatoes and from the cellar, peppers from both. it's the most wonderful time of the year when those seed catalogs start turning up and I find them tucked in every reading corner of the house...enjoy this moment in between to reflect and enjoy yum…it’s about 13 degrees out but we’ve got our seeds ordered and vin’s talking about maybe getting a new light and building a bigger seed table. violet’s also excited to help out planting this year and we’ve been talking about the food we eat and where it comes from….so nice when i can look at our plates mid-winter and see chard from the freezer, tomatoes and from the cellar, peppers from both. it’s the most wonderful time of the year when those seed catalogs start turning up and I find them tucked in every reading corner of the house…enjoy this moment in between to reflect and enjoy

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