Tag: veggies

take the peas from the pods

or the lima beans…at Murphree’s Market & Garden Center in Birmingham, Alabama. An open Market of fresh, locally grown fruits & veggies.

ok, so this is how life works…

in America…simplified by me. I think of America as a game of Monopoly. I grew up in the small State capital of Vermont–Montpelier. A town where all business were owned by my neighbors. Everyone knew that if we wanted Montpelier to thrive, we needed to support our neighbors. Easy enough, there were no giant Wal-marts…

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Garden art for my Mother’s day…

So a Jewish girl wanted a St. Francis for her gardens. Crazy? No, I loved why he was Sainted. He belongs in every garden to remind us ALL to love animals & gardens. I love that he holds a bowl of seeds for my birds to snack on.

teeny tiny kitchen

These images were photographed by Launie Kettler. She lives in Northern Vermont. She shops at local organic grocery stores (Plentiful organic, buy local, grocery stores…i grew up with them in Vermont). Launie has a wonderful, well-lit apartment…the one downfall, to me, is the kitchen. Launie took the lack of space as a personal challenge. Her…

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growing salad

There are lots of food you can grow this way. If you put celery bottoms in an open jar with a little water, you will have celery. Green onions too. All those chives that are growing in the Alabama soil right now…pull them up & chop off the top, put the bottom in dirt &…

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