Dandelion harvest time — sauteed greens (including nettles) to Dandelion wine! Dandelion Greens Nettles — in the background,  simmering nettles; use the cooking water to lightly irrigate starts, moisten composts A cornucopia of greens and garlic — steamed, then sauteed with good salt

A successful fermentation event with Daravan Marith, Carla Witham, and Tanja Kanoa!!!! In the words of Weston A. Price, “You teach, you teach, you teach!” Saurkraut Fermented Kimchee, relish, catsup (with fish sauce)

Another quarter has us poking around the Arntzen gardens, imagining permaculture designs and bountiful harvests. Brian Kerkvliet of Inspiration Farm, one of our many teachers. Arntzen Garden harvest Brian Kerkvliet, Inspiration Farm

My remarks to the Bellingham Herald (interview yesterday) What are the health and economic advantages of buying local foods? Mostly — it’s fresh…you know where the food is coming from, how it’s grown — there’s a connection with place. Growing the food (for some farms) and buying the food (at the Market) is a social event. It…

As in the critically-acclaimed film, Bag It! if you forget a shopping bag, there’s always commando-style (in your arms) or pocket-style (in the pocket, so to speak). At the Bag-It film showing — Bellingham, WAJill Witt (right) — organizer extraordinaire carrying fresh produce, commando style (Isabelle of Broadleaf — left) carrying fresh produce, pocket style …

Spring is here (see Steiner’s Agriculture and and Farmer’s Almanac) — and with that, the start of starts!Critical elements: good potting medium (soil is almost a misnomer), good seeds. Use plastic sparingly — but moisture retention is a must! Once germinated, seedlings must be exposed to adequate-intensity light to avoid weak, spindly starts.

Chuck Antholt lecturing in Gigi Berardi’s spring class

potluck Our very last class session featured a lovely potluck and even more nutritious presentations!

Please check out this important event! Bag It event in Bellingham! https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116985241712439

I just saw Queen of the Sun at the Pickford (I fear that tonight may have been the last screening). –Vandana Shiva is at her best, talking about GMOS and their production (being quite clear regarding the mechanism of identifying the transgenic cells (via their antibiotic-resistant gene))…. –Jeffery Smith does us home girls and boys…