http://wordpress.theinadvertentgardener.com It's amazing what I'll do for a good tomato. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:49:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you’re an organized person, you planned your Fourth of July menu weeks ago. You have a little menu card, a shopping list. Actually, you probably already shopped. But if you’re the rest of us, there’s still time to prepare properly for the Fourth of July. And by properly, I mean, ... http://wordpress.theinadvertentgardener.com/index.php/2009/07/03/tomorrow-declare-your-food-independence/ My coworker, Adam, was around the corner talking to Dave, the security guard, when I spotted the garden cart. Pots. Plants. Soil. Best delivery ever. “Stay away from my trees!” Dave yelled at me. “I’m just taking a picture,” I said, from my crouch in the corner. “Where’s this going?” Adam asked. “Third floor,” Dave ... http://wordpress.theinadvertentgardener.com/index.php/2009/07/01/a-lack-of-authority-on-this-matter/ When I was a little kid, my Grammy used to cook up beet greens studded with tiny baby beets, a dish that I both dreaded and adored. Finding the little beets were like going on a treasure hunt, but I always found the greens too bitter for my taste. That has ... http://wordpress.theinadvertentgardener.com/index.php/2009/06/25/greens-i-hardly-knew-you/ Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information. http://wordpress.theinadvertentgardener.com/index.php/2009/06/21/green-thumb-sunday-yerba-buena-pond/ I could tell you that I'm not doggedly stubborn, but that would be a lie that my parents would loudly and happily debunk. Most of my friends would happily join them in said debunking. And although I know a ton of people who would gladly attempt to debunk this particular statement ... http://wordpress.theinadvertentgardener.com/index.php/2009/06/17/call-me-stubborn/ I've spent a lot of time during the past few years educating myself on the food I eat, and have worked hard to make ever-better, ever-wiser choices. I'm by no means vegetarian, but I eat a lot less meat than I used to. I try to shop for locally-produced and ... http://wordpress.theinadvertentgardener.com/index.php/2009/06/11/possibly-the-most-important-film-youll-ever-see/ Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information. http://wordpress.theinadvertentgardener.com/index.php/2009/06/07/green-thumb-sunday-debs-tree/ About a week ago on Michael Bauer’s San Francisco Chronicle food blog, he broke the news that Bill Fujimoto of Monterey Market would be leaving the market as of today due to a business dispute within his family. The news shocked me, especially since, less than a year ago, I got ... http://wordpress.theinadvertentgardener.com/index.php/2009/06/03/eat-at-bills-not-any-longer/ Tomatoes need cages or stakes. It is a fact of life, and it is what it is. They get tall, they get sprawly, and there’s nothing worse than coming out in the morning to the garden and discovering that a heavy, ripening tomato… (Sorry. I needed a moment there. And what ... http://wordpress.theinadvertentgardener.com/index.php/2009/06/01/forecast-calls-for-tormatoes/ Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information. http://wordpress.theinadvertentgardener.com/index.php/2009/05/31/green-thumb-sunday-santa-cruz-wildflowers/