“From seed to salad in only one week,” says Good Sprout News about vegetable sprouts. Sprouts are nature’s fast food! And, “they can be locally grown and available in all four seasons.”
Radical. But so simple. All the hunting I’ve been doing for local Colorado vegetables in winter, and really, I didn’t have to go any further than my kitchen for an astounding array of vegetable variety.
Before this week, if you asked me what type of sprouts, sprouts are, I would have said “sprouts are sprouts.” If pressed, I might have said “bean” or “alfalfa” sprouts. But then I noticed radish sprouts and brought them home for my husband, who has been packing vegetable sandwiches for lunch. They were spicy… And then, daikon radish sprouts. They were even spicier.
Cracks began appearing in my sprout-es-sphere. Read more »
Have you ever thought about building a greenhouse in your backyard? Ed has. A lot. From inexpensive yet effective materials, to passive heating and vegetable yields, this greenhouse in South Denver is more than a casual hobby. Stepping through the sliding glass door out of the snow, Ed welcomed us into his world with socked feet, standing on a small patch of grass. The warmth enveloped me and I immediately began planning my own backyard greenhouse in my head. Read more »
While campaigning, Obama asked a group of Iowans, “Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.” Obama was trying to make a point that prices at grocery stores have risen, yet farmers haven’t seen their prices go up. Detractors were quick to point out that there are no Whole Foods stores in Iowa. Arugula-gate was born. Suddenly, arugula became a symbol of elitism, a vegetable litmus test.
I wonder how arugula felt about all this. Read more »
