Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Growing Goodies on May 25, 2010
I write a series titled Farm to Fork detailing her visits to local farms and could not resist the pun reversal. When I was a child I was encouraged to throw my apple core onto the dirt – a thrill for a city child. My grandparents taught me to take the byproducts of cooking and [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Growing Goodies on April 14, 2010
Have you ever called the MSU hotline with plant questions? Or sent in to the MSU extension mysterious creatures from your sheets you think are bed bugs? Then you have communicated with the legions of MSU extension Master Gardener [MG] volunteers. Last week we finished our 12 classroom lessons, and the second half of the [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Growing Goodies on February 24, 2010
I recently took Oprah’s Test Your Food IQ online quiz. It is five questions about food choices, food miles, pesticides, and antibiotics in animals. Such quizzes remind me of a constant choices I make as a food consumer when I vote with my wallet. Especially in the pesticide debate. In my recent Master Gardener class [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Growing Goodies on January 11, 2010
Michigan grows great tree fruit. I was reminded of this fact this summer when extolling to a MI native how much I love cherry season. “What kind of cherries are you getting?†“The red ones.†“What variety?†I looked at him uncomprehendingly. When I grew up in Washington DC we would be able to find [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Growing Goodies on December 28, 2009
Until I took Art History walking through museums was an exercise in futility and irritation. “Why are pictures of a soup label art?” “Why is this painting of a bunch of people huddled around a candle eating potatoes worth so much money?” After learning Art History, museums became more fun as I understood the context [...]
