I was browsing somewhere online recently where I came across an article that claimed that you could grow celery from using the bottom of a celery plant, even without roots. I've planted things before from the supermarket like spring onions that contained roots, and planted pineapple tops, but I was very sceptical that this would …
Category: food
How to get children to eat vegetables
In our garden at the moment we have two main crops happening ("We're farmers!" but I think that's a bit of an ambitious claim) - snow peas and strawberries. We have a few carrots growing and pull up a few a week "to see how they're growing". The strawberries are growing well, better than last …
Friday Night Meatballs
I read this article on Friday Night Meatballs yesterday, and from sharing the link on facebook, many friends seem to enjoy the idea too. The author writes that they decided to connect with their community of family and friends by hosting an open invitation dinner every Friday night - meatballs and pasta, so nothing fancy, but …
Eating local
I just finished reading this post on Eating Locally by Cityhippyfarmgirl. The challenge is to eat locally one meal a month. I thought at first, "I can do that!" Then to think about it a bit more - how local is local? Even the local farm food boxes that I'm thinking of signing up for …
