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What I've said on Twitter 2009-05-31:
@SimplyHomestead @sssoap Not selling there yet 😉 just scoping in reply to SimplyHomestead # @teaandpetals I’d make this -> http://twitpic.com/5aqyx in reply to teaandpetals # @sssoap lunch! Yes! Soon! # http://twitpic.com/69bcl – At the Athens farmer’s mkt # @brambleberry http://twitpic.com/67s07 – looks about like my kitchen when I make sushi you eat! # http://twitpic.com/67fbh – Summer is official! # Well, I broke the lawn mower…guess it’s time to go to the pool! # @soapylove ordered your ezine last week too…seamlessly easy to purchase and download! in reply to soapylove # @indiebusiness agreed – regular folk on a twitter TV show would be more interesting in reply to indiebusiness # @GeorgiaOrganics…
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Confessions of a garden geek!
As an avid organic gardener, I love to shop for compost pails! Yep, I come by that garden geek title quite honestly! Compost pails come in several sizes and really many colors also. Copper, stainless steel, plastic in any color of the rainbow, ceramics, and sometimes a combination of these. Why you can even get eco-friendly with a bamboo model! MEOW! even Purple! Google will let you search images by color now! Here’s a snapshot of the compost pail search at Amazon.com: And another at Gardener’s Supply: And yet another by Lee Valley: You can get compost bags make of cornstarch that breakdown with the compost or carbon filters so…
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History and Tradition, Cafe Du Monde
Many will tell you that you have not been to New Orleans if you haven’t had a Cafe Au Lait and beignet at Cafe Du Monde. Cafe Du Monde products can be found in many cities far and wide for those that just can’t get enough of the decadent good stuff. Last month, I had an extraordinary visit at this special coffee shop icon. With a stroke of luck, I had a friend from Baton Rouge show up just in time to wisk me off from the airport to the French Quarter. The timing couldn’t have been better! Elizabeth Hill of Handmade at Homestead is also a fellow soapmaker that…
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What I've said on Twitter 2009-05-24:
Giggling over watching the bee movie with kidlet for the umpteenth time # Awful sick today…upside- able to e-mail running grocery list to hubby from groceryIQ app on iPhone # In the midst of training new pup and playing with kidlet & friend, I was able to make a scrumptious pear and blackberry sorbet using juicer! # If you twitter, these are good folk! #followfriday @cactusandivy @ladolcediva @sssoap @chefasata @simplyhomestead @carolinepond # @sssoap you got a good dad! high five! in reply to sssoap # @sssoap good news then Rain is coming! Neat store recommendation…wasn’t gonna tell hubby but then projects could be done! # @robinlemon Thanks so much Robin!…
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The Last Day of School
The last day of school is a significant milestone this year at our house.  Our little “june bug” is about to be an upcoming 1st grader. A comment made to her just yesterday was that she will only have 12 more of those glorious last days in her school career. Her reaction was funny. ” I have 12 more days of school left?”  Of course she doesn’t realize that she has 12 more grades to go through… It’s an interesting way to look at the last day of school. This summer there will be trips to the swimming pool, family trips, much playing in the yard with new and…
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What I've said on Twitter 2009-05-17:
@LaDolceDiva ha! in reply to LaDolceDiva # @LilPecan round up? Say it ain’t so missy! It’d kill ya! Try boiling water # http://twitpic.com/5aqyx – In case you wanted to know what was on the inside… # http://twitpic.com/5aqwy – This munchie is getting eaten right now! # @dearlyyours sounds like Manual’s tavern here in Atlanta… Good food and memories;-) location location location # http://twitpic.com/569ih – Here’s one of those teacher quilts we put together for teacher appreciation last week! # Off to teach the lil kidlets about Junior Acheivement – Did you participate in School?? # They announce winners of architectural design competition for 1st fully sustainable city block http://www.urbanrevision.com/ -via…
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Seeing Pete Seeger at the New Orleans Jazz Fest 2009
How many famous folk have you seen in your life time? It’s one thing when you pay your $ for a ticket and they perform on a stage that is many feet before you. It’s another to see them face to face in a normal environment. How do you react? Those that know us at Dr. Flower are aware that local music is a bit of a passion. There’s something about meeting up with starving artists and hearing good music at a reasonable price. Those are only a few of the reasons that local music appeals. Folk music in particular is a favorite. Eddie’s Attic has a couple of bar…
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What I've said on Twitter 2009-05-10:
Good morning! Headed to Washington farms to pick strawberries! # Had Muffins with Mom at kidlet’s school this am, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s out there! # @dearlyyours twitter makes thee look invinsible! HA! Can’t put it down for long 😉 # Finishing crayon quilt the kids did for teachers this week. Shhhh don’t tell 🙂 # @balmeras I gotta tell ya, I’m not your chicken. Not day or night… # Herbal tea is good for your new seedlings! http://bit.ly/FVJdv # @cactusandivy hope you’ll be posting piccies! in reply to cactusandivy # @LilPecan slides over another peep just to be helpful here on #wordlesswednesday – psst. you can…
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Herbal tea is good for your new seedlings!
I saw this headline on an email from Organic Gardening: “Herbal tea for healthy seedlings”. It got my attention as I have been saving my tea leaves from past tea brewing for another project. What has happened is that I have way more discarded loose tea than I need for that project. To hear that my tea can have yet another use besides compost makes me want to learn more! “To prevent damping-off from killing seedlings, try watering them with chamomile tea. Make a strong tea with 3 teaspoons of dried chamomile in 6 cups of boiling water. Let the tea steep and cool. Water the seedlings two or three…
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Joy of Sweet Potatoes
In our family, we have rediscovered the joy of sweet potatoes! I think it started out with an invite to a parent’s house where baked sweet potato was served instead of a russet baked potato. It was so yummy that I’ve been adding sweet potatoes to several of my main stay dishes since then. Did you know that sweet potatoes do fabulous in turkey soup? Well they do! We also cut up small potatoes and add a sweet potato to the mix when we saute potato slices as a side dish. So with all this talk about the joy of sweet potatoes AND it being prime planting season, it was…
