May
30
While on vacation over Memorial Day weekend, I got a chance to see the farmer’s market in Madison, Wisconsin. I didn’t get there until most vendors were packing up, so I didn’t get the full experience, but I did get an idea about this market. It’s in a beautiful area, surrounding the capital building in …
May
25
I grew some wax beans for the first time last season. They were good, but I wasn’t fully satisfied with the type I bought. I felt they got too beany too quickly. So this year I went for something different. I bought a packet from Seeds of Change called Beuree de Roquencourt (that’s a mouthful). …
May
25
One of the greatest ways to experience color in this world is in your home garden. When is the last time you saw purple beans at the grocery store? Probably never. But you can see them in your home garden. So for the fun of it, I decided to grown some Royal Burgundy beans right …
May
25
Blue Lake is the classical green bean. They are the first beans I ever grew. They are one of the easiest seeds to find. If a place sells seeds, they probably are going to carry Blue Lake. Why do people love them so much? They are reliable and heavy producers. If this is your first …
May
21
This past Wednesday, I met a friendly woman from the Crazy Horse Garlic Farm in Holland, Ohio at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. She was selling spring garlic for $3 a bunch. Spring garlic is garlic that was started in the fall, and has now sprouted in the spring. It is pulled before it has …
May
21
This past Wednesday was another beautiful day at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. It seems there were more vendors this time than last time I was here on a Wednesday, 2 weeks ago. At the market you could find arugula, asparagus, and lettuce a plenty. Now is the season for these crops, so get out …
May
21
Next up on my taste journey through “the islands” it is Calypso’s Mandarin lemonade. The ingredient list doesn’t give us any more information on the mandarin half of this drink, just saying it includes natural flavors besides the lemon juice. Was the combining of these two citrus flavors a good move? Not really, I didn’t think …
May
17
This is the 3rd week of the Saline Farmer’s market. This week, plants galore! Flowers, veggies, and herb plant could be found aplenty. Here is what I picked up: 3 pepper plants (1 purple bell, 1 yellow bell, and 1 Serrano) I purchased these from Prochaska Farms. They had a nice selection of tomato and …
May
17
Click here to read all my posts on Packman Broccoli. It’s been two weeks now since I planted my Packman broccoli in my raised bed. Typically I find that plants grow slowly at first after you transplant them. It’s been two weeks, there really isn’t any significant growth yet. But I know in time that the plant …
May
17
Click here to read all my posts on Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Peas. It has been 5 weeks since I planted my mammoth melting sugar snow peas. At this point they have climbed to about half way up the support I have for them. They are definitely fast growers. I am excited to see how …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (3 1/2) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
