As promised, I walked over to the Select Michigan Farm Market at the Capitol today. As luck would have it, my order from Amazon arrived via UPS this morning and I was able to use one of my new Baggu Totes to haul my goodies back to the office. And goodies I got: 1 bunch [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Support Local Agriculture- C’mon, you know you wanna!
July 22, 2008 – 9:44 pm
On Thursday, you can attend a special Farmer’s Market on the lawn of the Capitol Building in Lansing. From 10 AM to 3 PM, you can buy fruit, veggies, flowers and more from 40 vendors. There will also be booths with information about where to find local foods. Go HERE to find out more about [...]
Mexico Newaygo
July 22, 2008 – 9:19 pm
Chris and I went camping this weekend, at Newaygo State Park along the Muskegon River. The park is small, about 100 sites and rustic. We made our reservation on-line which is a cool feature as you can see the site map and pick a specific location. What is not so cool is that the map isn’t [...]
Summertime Tomato-Potato Saute
July 21, 2008 – 9:57 pm
After harvesting a few of our cherry tomatoes, I decided to incorporate them in to tonight’s dinner. Yesterday, on our way back from a weekend camping trip, we stopped in Grand Rapids to visit The Fresh Market. This place has a really great meat market and a nice selection of organic produce along with a [...]
Tomato Time
July 21, 2008 – 9:31 pm
Last week, our tomatoes finally started turning red. Our first harvest came in on Wednesday: Well, that is actually our second harvest because a day or two earlier, we had one beautiful ripe red Cherry 100. And Chris proudly came to me and said “our first tomato is ready!” And then he ate it before [...]
