Posts about Herb Gardens as of August 11, 2009

by Alexandra Vrugt This economy crisis is sparking a renewed interest in yard sales and garage sales. Most people are trying to get the maximum bang for their bucks and they know that they can usually find fantastic stuff at yard sales. They are great events that benefit everyone involved with the consumer being able to buy for cheap and the sale host earning what could be much needed additional income. Even though people put on yard sales every day, the fact remains that not every sale will be a cash cow.

Planning an herb garden can be fun and rewarding. Herbs have been in use for centuries for culinary, medicinal and aromatic reasons. For generations tribal leaders and healers passed down the herbal secrets. Many modern medicines have an herb base. Modern herbalist mix medicinal herb for their clients. Many herbalists also mix aromatic herbs for beauty purposes. But, of course, the culinary herb is still the most widely used. You can become a kitchen gardener by growing an herb garden right in your kitchen on a sunny windowsill.

August 11, 2009 | By author In Cooking Tips | Wai Lana Yoga Pilates MatsWhat to feed vegetarians? If you’ve never cooked vegetarian food, cooking for a vegetarian can be intimidating. How will you choose a meal to prepare? Especially if you typically eat meat main dishes, going meatless may be uncertain territory. How will you know what’s good? How will you know what’s easy? How will you ensure that the meal you make is balanced as far as nutritional value as well as appetizing flavors? These questions might seem unanswerable to an inexperienced vegetarian cook, have no fear, the options are numerous.

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If you don’t want to leave a comment here, please email me and be brutally honest but don’t be mean, ok?(1)  Why do you read my blog?I know some want more quilting, some want more recipes, some want more Chad/Vince/Speck stories.  Really, folks . . I write about what’s going on in my life.  Lately, quilting just hasn’t been happening so much.  I don’t report on here much about when I’m gone but lately, I’ve been gone more than I’m home.  And, when I’m home, I’ve been trying to put up fruit and veggies.  I will get back to quilting .

Zachary Jacques in Pleasant Valley (Placerville), California Mollie, our GPS, let us down at the last minute.  Normally she gives us due warning that our destination is coming up, but not this time.  We were right on top of Zachary Jacques when she said ‘destination on the left’ and we sailed right past.  For the next mile we searched in vain for somewhere to turn around and eventually found a suitable place.

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Monday, August 10th, 2009 | Cooking, UncategorizedThough you might’ve heard that less herbs need to be used when using the dried versions, cooking with fresh herbs is an experience for all of the senses. Each herb has its own unique texture, shape and fragrance. Instead of looking to a bottle or a premixed seasoning for flavor, visit the herb garden in your back yard or pick up a few herbs at the store. They’re so affordable, you can usually pick up quite a few for a couple of dollars.

The first part of July was very full of relatives here at the homestead, and my relatives run the gambit in ’size’ designations between morbidly obese and thin as rails. I’m a sort of in-between person. Weigh the same now (approaching my 40th anniversary next month) as I did the day I graduated from high school and the day I got married. Don’t tend to gain or lose and never have.

“ Vous avez dû attendre pendant longtemps ? ” (Did you have to wait for long?) my parents asked. We were standing at one end of terminal E in Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, hugging and kissing. My parents were as eager to see us as we were to see them. But I knew that, in fact, they were even happier to greet and hold their little grand daughter. Lulu was snuggled cozily against my stomach in her ergo . We could only see the top of her head and hair and eyes which she had wide open.