tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61943710878657650522024-03-13T00:39:05.997-07:00Exit 104Life off Highway 101 during the OlympiadMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-76771010110930114682023-02-08T21:22:00.006-08:002023-02-08T22:31:14.296-08:00Garden Plan, 2023<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> (click any image for a larger view)</b><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkS8V6G1iBXmJlHoVPdlkdGjO6BE1J0O7-_YkLkf8t0deomuOHCwCmXmHDLzbrwTep50-TVz_Dnz3gU9mLMpQYE6kNkoSbjdcqCMAD5rzL87nWZZQKsYUtyuDmBZUyiBpBCV2iWzGRpIDjCsZV982gcJaa4A4xj5BJRXTkXzsIVTMjzptncYf8DZwf/s3095/garden%20compass.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="3095" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkS8V6G1iBXmJlHoVPdlkdGjO6BE1J0O7-_YkLkf8t0deomuOHCwCmXmHDLzbrwTep50-TVz_Dnz3gU9mLMpQYE6kNkoSbjdcqCMAD5rzL87nWZZQKsYUtyuDmBZUyiBpBCV2iWzGRpIDjCsZV982gcJaa4A4xj5BJRXTkXzsIVTMjzptncYf8DZwf/s320/garden%20compass.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aerial view of my plot, summer 2022. That's me in the hat.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the space I am working with. </span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Pictured here is the 2022 Garden. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Bearing in mind that I had serious health </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">issues all winter, surgery in May and </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">recovery all summer I was happy to</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> be able to garden at all. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHxVXneBBVmQMt2wRCaZ3YcGNwxUIQltyt2tHz8eLmuMDVxPXBGfRGGFPLJpeKWOQJOYF1p4Y_dmacYSHPq9e8Mg2fjsa_oJQ8HRMY9Fj6MHhnIQAG-hOlJoXnYy-GvhJJTpSwqf4GwACXnSC98qEeqebUWjYhoauVkPqSkdUPoAhxi_QpHMg_Y6N/s3813/herbs.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2417" data-original-width="3813" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHxVXneBBVmQMt2wRCaZ3YcGNwxUIQltyt2tHz8eLmuMDVxPXBGfRGGFPLJpeKWOQJOYF1p4Y_dmacYSHPq9e8Mg2fjsa_oJQ8HRMY9Fj6MHhnIQAG-hOlJoXnYy-GvhJJTpSwqf4GwACXnSC98qEeqebUWjYhoauVkPqSkdUPoAhxi_QpHMg_Y6N/s320/herbs.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbs for tea loaded for the dryer<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> My idea of a fun garden is a space where I can try new things every year. I don't want a space that is set in stone. I want a space where I can try new plants every year. And I want a space where I can keep the elements that work. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For instance, the center of my plot is an herb circle. I grew culinary herbs such as oregano and thyme and I also grew herbs for tea, </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHnF7d-F3ho8Ef5rtuffv_8e8n2EEExmTJZ_93c6FB5AS5hfzuTLVFoI3B129xkaE3TgOViDgl4T4AczYGed5x-2EhYVqs9NNBdSVnoBGKUo_Rj_n7H4YERVjVZ5GenUADlgHkRfdjoPQVnymg-2xpDiBqVbXP_-wxFlL97bk4tVrVBg2NZRovs9I/s3984/tea.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3984" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHnF7d-F3ho8Ef5rtuffv_8e8n2EEExmTJZ_93c6FB5AS5hfzuTLVFoI3B129xkaE3TgOViDgl4T4AczYGed5x-2EhYVqs9NNBdSVnoBGKUo_Rj_n7H4YERVjVZ5GenUADlgHkRfdjoPQVnymg-2xpDiBqVbXP_-wxFlL97bk4tVrVBg2NZRovs9I/s320/tea.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A delightful herbal tea mix<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">such as catnip, anise hyssop, golden hyssop, mint and chamomile.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Herb Circle was a big hit with the bees, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">seen here partying on the flowering oregano.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1DjNIOjIPPFSEcH99VXU63SlwbzEueyJGNZOvac42RKjcinkRQO9Ud_dZrsMzwhQccfAEkXlQzgBq4-Rxtyj5TgJnxk87nHvjbODvwdrPOd-RfSEgN_y4vuV-l_x3DWWfKcpa7Xn10bZgdAEmMWhazwNk5RPNSymaFWyQ928jxCHCtASByahaQ8k/s1280/beesknees04.gif" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1280" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1DjNIOjIPPFSEcH99VXU63SlwbzEueyJGNZOvac42RKjcinkRQO9Ud_dZrsMzwhQccfAEkXlQzgBq4-Rxtyj5TgJnxk87nHvjbODvwdrPOd-RfSEgN_y4vuV-l_x3DWWfKcpa7Xn10bZgdAEmMWhazwNk5RPNSymaFWyQ928jxCHCtASByahaQ8k/s320/beesknees04.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh how the pollinators love oregano!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the Northwest corner I made a squash and bean tunnel. I really liked this and the squash and beans did great but the orientation was wrong because it ended up throwing shade on the Northeast quarter of the garden so in the plans for this season I am re-orienting it in an East-West direction.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OEK3__cbF8ZxoknWeI32zZeKM_od5ewkPHeHr3EoEg2rNe0hwy4rsqODNaaiSOFpK5sN72-ffdWCIAolpMx5uVIaRyOlh7alTJQDBEjuIWwDqir4EhUV-gfkMl_YM7VJm96clODRe3gHKp1jWByZpitytWy4NNM2P8-c8sTjbzrPGJAXnoOA4RCN/s1646/tunnel01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1646" data-original-width="1268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OEK3__cbF8ZxoknWeI32zZeKM_od5ewkPHeHr3EoEg2rNe0hwy4rsqODNaaiSOFpK5sN72-ffdWCIAolpMx5uVIaRyOlh7alTJQDBEjuIWwDqir4EhUV-gfkMl_YM7VJm96clODRe3gHKp1jWByZpitytWy4NNM2P8-c8sTjbzrPGJAXnoOA4RCN/w309-h400/tunnel01.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squash Tunnel, 2022. North-South orientation. That's me in the hat.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> On paper I have the squash, beans, cucumbers and tomatoes trellised on the North end of the garden. The peppers will be grown on the southeast side. In the southwest corner I am going to make a straw planter. This will be planted with culinary herbs but its main purpose will be as a backstop for the garden bench I plan to build and to create next fall's mulch. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2492" data-original-width="1722" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhridB6wJqlAHL5dm91CA4t3pIoQ6RsV16DDp5l-jY0VN4mR8Yjmr5HF-XLeDiOFGiVb3rFJQFrC9rFB-909vJWY3rYRodXiMh98kMqXpWN-NeFztPaMB8cy9qFXo_1RcmV5gI7hoBmcDjqRt70dOeu6p_p80x3iKx3t1aY8OeAqFx8xUVFZWLCDWkA/w442-h640/plan.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="442" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garden Notebook, each square is one ft²<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my plot now (facing north). Resting for the winter. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLL1EK092vhsKT6SAVf6E0u_tc1S1mum5sF-vvJtCR2JOKenvRFoNKePq1FIBjb6AmC0mDPvr5nzOI-UPtA1MkanQalDhXDm5kladE6cQTmjAGyGm9Gby1nADN-oeXIiSyuL9G3yxftfdLnr7UBa3cBzAHJr_XprCI6n6u93uD3OLcOCr58pn-oYf/s3264/plot001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLL1EK092vhsKT6SAVf6E0u_tc1S1mum5sF-vvJtCR2JOKenvRFoNKePq1FIBjb6AmC0mDPvr5nzOI-UPtA1MkanQalDhXDm5kladE6cQTmjAGyGm9Gby1nADN-oeXIiSyuL9G3yxftfdLnr7UBa3cBzAHJr_XprCI6n6u93uD3OLcOCr58pn-oYf/s320/plot001.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made the garden gate last year from scraps of cedar fencing<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxwSTqduiTon24Uae3KS2uaPvoT_b4T3k6HwcOxLekycxrRasgF-fBKuZTClS5ZDgy8c8OQ_OGhztuwk5jNo9YvKYgh_F_fNSKW5DRDWH0n2qKlLbzfrymaYByYJfhrMfApd4_aPNV17GdVE0elN1M5zr78Z3O-JGrvKOTTZp0ISR_INtHH_xWCN5/s2793/bench.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1831" data-original-width="2793" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxwSTqduiTon24Uae3KS2uaPvoT_b4T3k6HwcOxLekycxrRasgF-fBKuZTClS5ZDgy8c8OQ_OGhztuwk5jNo9YvKYgh_F_fNSKW5DRDWH0n2qKlLbzfrymaYByYJfhrMfApd4_aPNV17GdVE0elN1M5zr78Z3O-JGrvKOTTZp0ISR_INtHH_xWCN5/w320-h210/bench.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bench brackets found at the Re Store for $10<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">About 3 years ago I found these bench brackets at Habitat For Humanity. I am finally going to build the bench and put it in my garden in front of the straw planter which will have something tall planted in it like a sunflower which will shade the bench in the afternoon.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarKndhKM06P_bHmfLEUrR8J4hCB65A2_yp3oNVFPVddgQTOx1-HDJ88lNzBEo3fHLL7E8dW23sO16ZeqD11FmydhxR0v2Bu-lxTGPd45fdK2G8xQVhxvHrHRSLpf9lslnIz7FjR6-qzsRvOYjwKCnC92xqw4bgw_ISVakkDmHRQ_XMoZ_pPK3KB6w/s3264/strawbed.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarKndhKM06P_bHmfLEUrR8J4hCB65A2_yp3oNVFPVddgQTOx1-HDJ88lNzBEo3fHLL7E8dW23sO16ZeqD11FmydhxR0v2Bu-lxTGPd45fdK2G8xQVhxvHrHRSLpf9lslnIz7FjR6-qzsRvOYjwKCnC92xqw4bgw_ISVakkDmHRQ_XMoZ_pPK3KB6w/s320/strawbed.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginnings of a straw planter<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Today was a great day to do some of the prep work so I got the straw planter started.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEnQCY_hSjiXx6n8z1d25cW7Jr1Uh_OkjqSqA-u76Aj-najyKF4tAmdfv1Yw-G4LL5xjEk9IZJwA5NFwbfGXPduDGDLK_kKuIGdXaLSLXz3gVNXSfbMRviXRP1oHDx4lEYGVfbt8wrb2nqlJ1DktcgopOEIemeTjF3Gz4V3IXl_cgncsKgo2In9EQ/s3264/hotbed001.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEnQCY_hSjiXx6n8z1d25cW7Jr1Uh_OkjqSqA-u76Aj-najyKF4tAmdfv1Yw-G4LL5xjEk9IZJwA5NFwbfGXPduDGDLK_kKuIGdXaLSLXz3gVNXSfbMRviXRP1oHDx4lEYGVfbt8wrb2nqlJ1DktcgopOEIemeTjF3Gz4V3IXl_cgncsKgo2In9EQ/w225-h400/hotbed001.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">20 ft. x 2 ft. beds.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I got my squash, bean, tomato, and cucumber beds covered </span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">with a light treatment of aged chicken </span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">manure and I started the trellis tunnel. </span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Most of my soil prep I did last fall so I did not </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">disturb the soil and I stayed on established walkways.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2tlagndYjQaIqovWXQ85gqKwWQUW2cJKGubFOQrkpXlkNiLvC5Xt4SZ8O4SF2k9iAnOiPRoxv91LU6v3h27XlkL6MizoVAe3LxvK6LLkn0brFz0hgYrImN4J4_NTKZrP__1frwoPp6ErdcleMGUhs1_y98Ld-OR04-Q3ApOklwGwDM4NNrS4r4fP/s3264/tunnel002.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2tlagndYjQaIqovWXQ85gqKwWQUW2cJKGubFOQrkpXlkNiLvC5Xt4SZ8O4SF2k9iAnOiPRoxv91LU6v3h27XlkL6MizoVAe3LxvK6LLkn0brFz0hgYrImN4J4_NTKZrP__1frwoPp6ErdcleMGUhs1_y98Ld-OR04-Q3ApOklwGwDM4NNrS4r4fP/s320/tunnel002.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squash Tunnel, 2023. East-West orientation<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQlDsFYdqio7YgQOpegoXCH8JXb0B2baDxoBXf0rGHCN20yeAxFMCmHFHjTt0L4RDvycwujSoh19ry_5rmZx77qshotlq2n49QUJVp_6PxEEDlvz5T91EvfznOqTSuWTsQr1cfriyUpyBULljk-4vGuLalwggYuNPa15vptH8pjA4Tfnq-XQ6mzBY/s2201/garlic.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2201" data-original-width="1618" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQlDsFYdqio7YgQOpegoXCH8JXb0B2baDxoBXf0rGHCN20yeAxFMCmHFHjTt0L4RDvycwujSoh19ry_5rmZx77qshotlq2n49QUJVp_6PxEEDlvz5T91EvfznOqTSuWTsQr1cfriyUpyBULljk-4vGuLalwggYuNPa15vptH8pjA4Tfnq-XQ6mzBY/s320/garlic.jpg" width="235" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This years garlic off to a good start<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCDBga0ZdgfTuwoeoqrdYU0DaBxwjJiszay8b3XyrPgSFUiMGPnFqgnbxhZxvyXOyIp2Oz__lkg-_W31p3Sp2o4eCfn0x-dfbiZvd7f2U6rO1l7OI0vtgEzyaXOcjLATp5lbo7b7CViuvFXxQoQox99AJOi5Z9rOUzy0Oi4mFWkJkFfP_dbXd2_Au/s3137/garlic002.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3137" data-original-width="1809" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCDBga0ZdgfTuwoeoqrdYU0DaBxwjJiszay8b3XyrPgSFUiMGPnFqgnbxhZxvyXOyIp2Oz__lkg-_W31p3Sp2o4eCfn0x-dfbiZvd7f2U6rO1l7OI0vtgEzyaXOcjLATp5lbo7b7CViuvFXxQoQox99AJOi5Z9rOUzy0Oi4mFWkJkFfP_dbXd2_Au/w231-h400/garlic002.jpg" width="231" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2022 Garlic curing before storage<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The western border, outside the fenced area, is where </span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I planted my garlic.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Last year I planted it on the eastern border. I had an excellent garlic harvest, seen here curing before storage.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSXDRvJqwOQ_sbKf2t8aEfL7h7GCw-rVBVXQWQk3T_W6sxRqnwS7BUPmJuKH6c2BiuHUNeUkTKWMHMM6vXJROGgbw9gcR3erA9reH8vaReTWqHlnMjSswr9dRt7U5lXhQkj3Y7ZeGpTS8VznCbMj_8Uh_OdR7dVb6JCP72IDm6htzpVw9qj6JJHbs/s3801/phac006.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="2841" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSXDRvJqwOQ_sbKf2t8aEfL7h7GCw-rVBVXQWQk3T_W6sxRqnwS7BUPmJuKH6c2BiuHUNeUkTKWMHMM6vXJROGgbw9gcR3erA9reH8vaReTWqHlnMjSswr9dRt7U5lXhQkj3Y7ZeGpTS8VznCbMj_8Uh_OdR7dVb6JCP72IDm6htzpVw9qj6JJHbs/s320/phac006.jpg" width="239" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I planted the northern border last year with Phacelia. I love this plant because the bees love it so much. <br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSdKwvLmSLNTdMdzTikhfPj0kvORm86NRqDTpE8m3pK07snEoePklBcUc6YW2Ql5PgKMOC4Ybn9DYGCcEGcHvtpTuadX7RZVxpQF_9eDZNXUlTGVu46y_mmTexbV5qMskAfJU21q2WnYqI-0gAfQeZoK2ELoUTchXWkuOfDwQtXvISg_-2hRdOYop/s1467/phac5.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1435" data-original-width="1467" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSdKwvLmSLNTdMdzTikhfPj0kvORm86NRqDTpE8m3pK07snEoePklBcUc6YW2Ql5PgKMOC4Ybn9DYGCcEGcHvtpTuadX7RZVxpQF_9eDZNXUlTGVu46y_mmTexbV5qMskAfJU21q2WnYqI-0gAfQeZoK2ELoUTchXWkuOfDwQtXvISg_-2hRdOYop/s320/phac5.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bees love Phacelis<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">It is a heavy self-seeder and from the looks of things so far I think it is going to come back</span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">strong in the same place (and in a whole <br />bunch of other places </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that I will have to remove).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1ndnAZxsd4AnyBW6wxgH8j519jYwjG16bsQHUsuQafVGtVKu8vP-wf61JfvgyIA72KKXlGjOJPiZ8B7LGC7KRefyQHAEjJpJxRrwqyCQ3Gk62MPq458fVrHyI0r-m5jcJhCuLXFc2fGkNCb2jr-50H0S7KuztRDzWpwIdAhvof_upat_CLB-y9et/s2547/phacelia.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="1466" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1ndnAZxsd4AnyBW6wxgH8j519jYwjG16bsQHUsuQafVGtVKu8vP-wf61JfvgyIA72KKXlGjOJPiZ8B7LGC7KRefyQHAEjJpJxRrwqyCQ3Gk62MPq458fVrHyI0r-m5jcJhCuLXFc2fGkNCb2jr-50H0S7KuztRDzWpwIdAhvof_upat_CLB-y9et/w230-h400/phacelia.jpg" width="230" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter, 2023. It is re-establishing<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Along the east side I plan to plant my "exotics". These are not really exotic plants, they are just the new things I am trying this year. So far I have started...or attempted to start... Horseradish, Turmeric, Sweet Potato, Cumin, and Peanuts.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYjybaAaeTEjbww_XLrESNZbpgSLqpoVz1jYGQ227Xf2jYzUYVXqws4x6eiLIH9SKXi8LdaQoMZ3Xt1hehhj51yc87Vqa3eEnH5KlzWeqWQddI0N04wyqDgLWGqrqw6O5wOhYBbg9sXOG0efU5uBiU2TePDx3BP7T5vVZi53mB-bIHFGOPHw8h2OM/s3700/exotics003.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="3700" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYjybaAaeTEjbww_XLrESNZbpgSLqpoVz1jYGQ227Xf2jYzUYVXqws4x6eiLIH9SKXi8LdaQoMZ3Xt1hehhj51yc87Vqa3eEnH5KlzWeqWQddI0N04wyqDgLWGqrqw6O5wOhYBbg9sXOG0efU5uBiU2TePDx3BP7T5vVZi53mB-bIHFGOPHw8h2OM/s320/exotics003.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The Sweet Potato and Horseradish have already sprouted. The Cumin did nothing. The Turmeric has not show anything yet, but it takes a long time to germinate. The Peanuts sprouted right away...too soon. 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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I had to make a few modifications to this recipe. First of all, my local, <a href="http://www.olympiafood.coop/">amazing Co-op</a> did not have water chestnuts...which is fine with me because I think canned water chestnuts are lame...so for the crunch factor I substituted half of a Chioggia beet (which is a beautiful thing) lightly blanched and cooled, and a few stalks of celery. Second, I added one fresh jalapeño, finely diced, to give it a little zip. Third, I love citrus so I used the juice and zest of a whole lime, not just a half. It improved the salad.</b></span></div>
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<b>THE QUICKEST BLACK BEAN SALAD</b><br />
<b>By Ann and Jane Esselstyn</b><br />
<b>Makes 4 bowls</b><br />
<b>Ready In: 8 minutes</b></div>
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<b>INGREDIENTS:</b><br />
<b>Two 16-ounce cans black beans </b><br />
<b>(I used beans that I soaked overnight and then cooked. Why use canned beans??)</b><br />
<b>drained and rinsed WELL!</b><br />
<b>1 very large tomato, chopped</b><br />
<b>1 package frozen corn (I bought frozen organic corn from the <a href="http://www.olympiafood.coop/">Co-op</a>)</b><br />
<b>½ Vidalia onion, chopped (next time I will use less than this)</b><br />
<b>1 can sliced water chestnuts, drained </b><br />
<b>and rinsed (I substituted as noted above)</b><br />
<b>1 bunch cilantro, chopped</b><br />
<b>½ lime, juice and zest (I used a whole lime)</b><br />
<b>3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar or</b><br />
<b>more to taste (I used 4 tbsp.)</b><br />
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<b>1. Add beans, tomatoes, corn, onion, and water</b><br />
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<b>Rinsing the beans well keeps the salad from looking</b><br />
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<b>2. Add cilantro, lime, and balsamic vinegar and mix</b><br />
<b>again. Serve alone or with cucumber open-faced</b><br />
<b>sandwiches for a perfect meal.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <b><a href="http://matthewsbookexit104.blogspot.com/2015/01/46-recipes-for-2015-week-one.html">Link to Last Weeks Recipe</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week I am doing the <a href="http://www.forksoverknives.com/recipes/rice-casserole-lentils/">Rice Casserole with Lentils</a> from <a href="http://www.forksoverknives.com/recipes/">Forks Over Knives recipe page</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If anyone is looking for some new ways to cook vegetarian meals, this is a great site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ended up making the various components of this recipe on different days. I made the rice one day, the delicious tomato sauce and lentils the next day and then by Day Three I had enough time to prepare the vegetables and finish the casserole. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are all the components assembled in one place. You can see that this ends up being a total meal all by itself. Brown rice, lentils, tons of vegetables and some good healthy oil from the cashew nut topping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I followed it more or less to the letter. I used twice the amount of garlic and our <a href="http://www.olympiafood.coop/">local Co-op</a> had some purple sweet potatoes so I could not resist using one.</span> </div>
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Obviously everything is organic, much of it locally grown.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the finished masterpiece. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am eating some as I write this and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I definitely proclaim this dish "Potluck Worthy"<span style="font-size: x-large;">*</span></span></div>
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RICE CASSEROLE WITH LENTILS</div>
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By Darshana Thacker</div>
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Makes one (9 × 13-inch) casserole</div>
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Ready In: 100 minutes</div>
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This dish is a real crowd-pleaser, and is
especially</div>
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good for big gatherings like Super Bowl
parties. I love</div>
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it with rice, but it’s also really good
with pasta. Both</div>
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options are given below. The lentils need
to be</div>
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soaked for at least six hours, so be sure
to plan</div>
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ahead.</div>
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FOR THE CASHEW CRUMBLE</div>
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CHEESE</div>
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½ cup cashews</div>
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3 tablespoons nutritional yeast</div>
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½ teaspoon low-sodium tamari or soy</div>
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sauce, Bragg’s liquid aminos, or fresh</div>
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lime juice</div>
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1 cup brown lentils, rinsed and soaked</div>
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1 teaspoon Italian seasoning</div>
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Sea salt</div>
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1½ cups brown rice, or 3 cups penne</div>
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pasta</div>
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FOR THE SAUTEED</div>
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VEGETABLES</div>
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2 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed</div>
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and cut into ½-inch dice</div>
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¼ medium cabbage, chopped into</div>
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½-inch pieces</div>
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½ medium red onion, cut into ½-inch</div>
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dice</div>
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2 cloves garlic, minced</div>
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1 teaspoon dried basil</div>
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2 cups low-sodium vegetable broth</div>
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2 medium zucchini, cut into ½-inch</div>
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dice</div>
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1 bell pepper, any color, seeded and</div>
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cut into ½-inch dice</div>
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1 tablespoon arrowroot powder</div>
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FOR THE TOMATO SAUCE</div>
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½ cup finely chopped onion</div>
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1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes with</div>
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their juice</div>
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1 teaspoon dried basil</div>
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⅛ teaspoon freshly ground white or</div>
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black pepper</div>
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Sea salt</div>
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1 cup roughly chopped fresh basil</div>
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Instructions:</div>
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1. To make the cashew crumble cheese, in
a food</div>
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processor, grind the cashews into a meal
(do not</div>
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overprocess into cashew butter). Transfer
them to a</div>
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small bowl, and mix in the nutritional
yeast. Little by</div>
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little, add the liquid of your choice,
stirring with a fork</div>
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so that the mixture does not form clumps.
The</div>
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mixture should be crumbly. Set aside to
dry until</div>
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ready to use.</div>
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2. Place the soaked lentils in a medium
saucepan</div>
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with the Italian seasoning, salt, and 1
cup water.</div>
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Bring to a boil over high heat, then
reduce the heat</div>
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to medium, and cook, covered, until the
lentils are</div>
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cooked but still firm, about 15 minutes.
Be careful</div>
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not to overcook them. Set aside.</div>
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3. Meanwhile, if using rice, place it in a
medium</div>
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saucepan with 2½ cups water. Bring to a
boil and stir</div>
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once. Cover the pan, reduce the heat to
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simmer, covered, until the rice is
cooked, about 25</div>
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minutes. Remove from the heat and let
stand,</div>
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covered, for 5 minutes. Remove the cover
and fluff</div>
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the rice. Set aside.</div>
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4. If using pasta, bring a large saucepan
of water to a</div>
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boil. Add the pasta and cook according to
the</div>
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package instructions until the pasta is
al dente. Drain</div>
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thoroughly and set aside.</div>
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a lid, combine the sweet potatoes,
cabbage, onion,</div>
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garlic, dried basil, and 1½ cups of the
vegetable</div>
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broth. Cover and cook over medium heat,
stirring</div>
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occasionally, until the sweet potatoes
are almost</div>
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tender but still resist a bit when
pierced with a knife,</div>
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15 to 20 minutes.</div>
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7. Add the zucchini and bell pepper and
cook,</div>
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uncovered, until the vegetables are
completely</div>
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softened, about 10 minutes.</div>
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8. In a small bowl, combine the remaining
½ cup</div>
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vegetable broth and the arrowroot powder.
Whisk</div>
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until blended. Pour the mixture over the
vegetables</div>
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and stir gently to coat them. Cook over
medium-low</div>
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heat, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Remove
from the</div>
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heat and set aside.</div>
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In a</div>
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Cover and cook over high heat until the
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very soft, about 10 minutes.</div>
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thickens</div>
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a bit and the flavors merge, about 15
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basil. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
Set aside.</div>
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pan that is 2 inches deep. Layer the
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rice to cover completely. Spread the
sautéed</div>
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cheese all over</div>
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the top.</div>
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light brown,</div>
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about 20 minutes.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am not doing them in any particular order, but as it happens I did the first one, named "Autumn Vegetable Stew" first. Just finished making it. I followed it (more or less) to the letter the first time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my hopes while I am here in Olympia is to join or start a Potluck Club for people who like to, and/or are learning to, cook healthy can come together and share their experience with recipes and share delicious, healthy food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Obviously all the ingredients in my version of this stew were organic. Most were grown locally, some by me others purchased at our great <a href="http://www.olympiafood.coop/">West side Food Co-op</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One exotic ingredient in this recipe was Saffron. This is the first time I have ever cooked with Saffron. I hope it is worth it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I write this I am eating a bowl of this stew. I pronounce it Delicious! This definitely fits into my category "Potluck Worthy" which, unlike foods you cook only for yourself, is a category of foods you would be happy to serve for others. I think this stew would go over better with folks who appreciate variety, are into new flavors and enjoy hearty, healthy food. The "Where's the beef!!?", Folgers Coffee folks might have a harder time savouring it the way it deserves to be savoured.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am copying this recipe below in case <a href="http://www.forksoverknives.com/recipes/?recipe_type=soups-and-stews">Forks Over Knives</a> goes off the air..</span><br />
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<li> 1 large onion, peeled and chopped</li>
<li>2 large carrots, peeled and chopped</li>
<li>2 celery stalks, cut into 1⁄2-inch slices</li>
<li>3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced</li>
<li>1 tablespoon grated ginger</li>
<li>1½ tablespoons sweet paprika</li>
<li>2 teaspoons ground cumin</li>
<li>1 tablespoon ground coriander</li>
<li>Two 1-inch pieces cinnamon stick</li>
<li>8 cups <a href="http://www.forksoverknives.com/recipes/vegetable-stock/">Vegetable Stock</a>, or low-sodium vegetable broth</li>
<li>1 medium butternut squash (about 1 pound), peeled, halved, seeded, and cut into ¾ -inch pieces </li>
<li>1 turnip, peeled and cut into ½-inch pieces</li>
<li>1 russet potato, peeled and cut into ½-inch pieces</li>
<li>One 15-ounce can crushed tomatoes</li>
<li>2 cups cooked chickpeas, or one 15-ounce can, drained and rinsed</li>
<li>2 large pinches saffron, soaked for 15 minutes in ¼ cup warm water</li>
<li>2 tablespoons finely chopped mint</li>
<li>Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste</li>
<li>½ cup finely chopped cilantro</li>
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The spices in this hearty soup are classic flavors of North African
cooking—a mix of sweet, savory, bright, and earthy all in one dish.
Saffron may be the world’s most expensive spice, but this recipe, like
most, only calls for a small amount. This dish also calls for sweet
paprika, which usually refers to a milder form of the spice.<br />
From <a href="http://shop.forksoverknives.com/Forks_Over_Knives_The_Cookbook_Over_300_Recipes_p/3018.htm"><i>Forks Over Knives – The Cookbook</i></a><br />
<b>Instructions:</b><br />
Place the onion, carrots, and celery in a large pot and sauté for 10
minutes. Add water 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time to keep the vegetables
from sticking to the pan. Add the garlic, ginger, paprika, cumin,
coriander, and cinnamon sticks and cook for 3 minutes. Add the vegetable
stock, squash, turnip, potato, tomatoes, and chickpeas and bring to a
boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, uncovered,
for 25 minutes. Add the mint and the saffron with its soaking water and
season the stew with salt and pepper. Cook for 10 minutes more, or until
the vegetables are tender. Serve garnished with the cilantro.<br />
Photo by<a href="http://keepinitkind.com/" target="_blank"> Keepin’ it Kind </a><br />
<i><i><i>For more recipes and convenient meal preparation<i>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/id903911740?at=11lKfm">download the Forks Over Knives Recipe App</a> for iPhone and iPod touch. </i></i></i></i><br />
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My addendum to this recipe:<br />
1. I do no agree with a "No oil" philosophy because my research indicates that oil is a crucial part of a heathy food plan so in Step One (the onion, celery and carrot) I sauteed in 1 tbsp of good oil instead of water.<br />
2. I would add: "Wherever possible, pick out the cinnamon stick after cooking." I chomped down on a couple of pieces of cinnamon bark and it disrupted the texture and flavor blend.<br />
3. All my mint froze during our cold snap. It will come back when it warms up but in the mean time I used (face turning red) the mint from a bag of organic peppermint tea, which I tore open and soaked in a similar manner to the saffron. This would not have been my first choice, but under the circumstances I consider it genius.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Below this post are posted some of the pictures fro Porch Garden 101, which was mostly culinary and tea herbs and a tomato pruning trial.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am finally going to try my hand at container fruit trees. As the founder of </span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body" style="font-size: large;"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">Rescue Tree Program® </span></span></span></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body" style="font-size: large;"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">which is
like the rescue animal program, except trees live longer with proper
care. </span></span></span></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body" style="font-size: large;"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">One time </span></span></span></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body" style="font-size: large;"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">I rescued a tiny 8 inch spruce from the sidewalk out front of a
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needles. That was 9 years ago and it has been my Solstice Tree ever
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".3.1:3:1:$comment10200627963701994_4890065:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0">Both the apple and the cherry have more than one variety of fruit grafted onto the root stock. Many fruit trees need this variation in order to pollinate. This grafting technique, if successful, will work well in a small space where you can only have a few trees.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Here is the little apple tree during the summer of 2014. Because the porch it started in was enclosed, I hand-pollinated many of the blossoms. The tree set a lot of fruit but because it was so young I pruned most of the off. I know I probably should have pruned ALL of them off but I coud not resist letting 5 or 6 apples grow. They were delcious. The cherry tree did well in 2014 also, but never blossomed. I await spring of 2015 to see what it will do.</div>
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it is decorated this last December. It has gone through a bad mite
infestation where it was completely defoliated in 2007, and last summer
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Community Garden within a Community Garden: </b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>S.O.A.P. a GO! for 2014!</b></span></h2>
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In addition to the 65+ pea-patch style garden plots, the Evergreen Community Gardens also features a large team plot, gardened by a dedicated group of people A community garden within a community garden.</h3>
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<b>A Part of the Evergreen Community Garden Club, </b></div>
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<a href="mailto:tesccommunitygardens@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: small;">tesccommunitygardens@gmailcom</span></a></h3>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ecogardens"><span style="font-size: small;">https://www.facebook.com/ecogardens</span></a></h3>
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We have a HUGE plot in Evergreen Community
Gardens dedicated to
people who do not want an individual plot, but still want to get their hands
dirty at Evergreen’s garden. It works great for anyone who thinks they might be
gone for part of the summer, isn’t sure they want their own plot, can commit
some time, but aren’t sure how much, and people who just like the idea of
working on a team in a larger plot, with more crop options.</div>
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Originally proposed by graduate student and gardener, Matthew, the project is loosely modeled after the Wendell Berry Community Garden in east Olympia </div>
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Every year is a lot of fun. Last year we started with around 20 gardeners. A few moved out of the area and we ended up with way more of
some food than we could use. Some things do really well, and some things
kind of
flop, so we learn as we go. Every season is different and there are no
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Team gardener and Masters of Environmental Studies student, Kim J. in our bean trellis</td></tr>
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<b>The basic plan behind the project: </b></div>
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<li>10 to
20 gardeners </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Regularly
scheduled meetings especially during the planning and work party stages,
but come and go as you please.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Everyone
who participates shares in the harvest</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most beloved of all farm managers, Rose, holding one of many harvest baskets</td></tr>
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As of
today the soil is still too wet to work but there are several things we
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Get
together and create our crop plan</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Go
through seed catalogs</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Decide
what we want to plant (so we can get seeds) and where we want to plant
them (crop rotation from last year)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Draw
a plan on garden map</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Make
a “To Do” check list to help guide gardeners who come at different times</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Tool
familiarization</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S.O.A.P. team starting seeds in the beautifully expanded greenhouse, 2013 season</td></tr>
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<li>Start
seeds in the greenhouse (can start now, on-going through the season)</li>
<li>Some
good things to start now are hearty greens (kale, collards etc), onions,
etc. </li>
<li>Working the soil – creating seed beds</li>
<li> Clear
out old beds</li>
<li>Dig
and/or double dig</li>
<li>Add
soil amendments (compost, etc.)</li>
<li>Let
rest for a week or so, then</li>
<li>Plant
our starts</li>
<li>Garden
Feng Shui</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2012 team clowning at first work party of the season</td></tr>
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<ul>
<li>Creative
use of space </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Thinning</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Vertical
gardening</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Shape
of the beds</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Ornamental/Insectary
borders (flowers and herbs)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Culinary
herb patch </li>
<li style="text-align: left;"> What
herbs do we want to grow </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Tending
and maintenance</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Watering</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Weeding</li>
<li>Pruning </li>
<li>Snacking </li>
<li>Harvesting </li>
<li>Garden </li>
<li>Potlucks</li>
<li>Helping
with Community Garden upkeep</li>
<li>Doing
our part for the larger garden</li>
<li>Pitching
ideas/helping out with Harvest Festival</li>
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The S.O.A.P. garden group is forming now. There is still time to sign up. The first step is to<br />
put together an <u>Interest List</u>.<br />
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All interested people should contact garden coordinators at <a href="mailto:tesccommunitygardens@gmail.com">tesccommunitygardens@gmail.com</a> and they will compile a list of people interested in the Community Plot, or contact Matthew at <a href="mailto:nascentgrasshopper@gmail.com">nascentgrasshopper@gmail.com</a>
. We will be having on-going planning meetings and hope to have a work party in mid-February in preparation for April and May plantings.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Student Organized Agricultural Project at Evergreen Community Garden</b></span></div>
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<b>(Part of the Evergreen Community Garden Club, a Registered Student Organization)</b></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ecogardens">https://www.facebook.com/ecogardens</a></div>
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<a href="mailto:tesccommunitygardens@gmail.com">tesccommunitygardens@gmail.com</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Student Operated Agricultural Project
is a GO for Year Two.</span></u></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the 2012 S.OA.P. members, breaking ground</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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We have a HUGE plot in Evergreen Community
Gardens dedicated to
people who do not want an individual plot, but still want to get their hands
dirty at Evergreen’s garden. It works great for anyone who thinks they might be
gone for part of the summer, isn’t sure they want their own plot, can commit
some time, but aren’t sure how much, and people who just like the idea of
working on a team in a larger plot, with more crop options.</div>
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Last year it was a lot of fun. We started with around 10
gardeners. A few moved out of the area and we ended up with way more of some food than we could use. Some things do really well, and some things kind of
flop, so we learn as we go. Every season is different and there are no
“experts”.</div>
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20 gardeners</li>
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scheduled meetings especially during the planning and work party stages,
but come and go as you please.</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Everyone
who participates shares in the harvest</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">As of
today the soil is still too wet to work but there are several things we
can start on. </li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Go
through seed catalogs</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Decide
what we want to plant (so we can get seeds) and where we want to plant
them (crop rotation from last year)</li>
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a plan on garden map</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Make
a “To Do” check list to help guide gardeners who come at different times</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starting seed in homemade paper pots</td></tr>
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familiarization</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Start
seeds in the greenhouse (can start now, on-going through the season)</li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal">Some
good things to start now are hearty greens (kale, collards etc), onions,
etc. <div style="text-align: center;">
<ul>
<li> Working the soil – creating seed beds</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bean Trellis - Before</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bean Trellis - During</td></tr>
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<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
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out old beds</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Dig
and/or double dig</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Add
soil amendments (compost, etc.)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Let
rest for a week or so, then</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Plant
our starts</li>
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<br />
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<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Garden
Feng Shui</li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Creative
use of space</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Vertical
gardening</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Shape
of the beds</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Ornamental/Insectary
borders (flowers and herbs)</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rose, holding one of the many harvest baskets</td></tr>
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<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Culinary
herb patch </li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><div style="text-align: right;">
</div>
<li class="MsoNormal">What
herbs do we want to grow </li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Tending
and maintenance</li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Watering</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Weeding</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Thinning</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Pruning</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Snacking</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Harvesting</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Garden
Potlucks</li>
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<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Helping
with Community
Garden upkeep</li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Doing
our part for the larger garden</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Pitching
ideas/helping out with Harvest Festival</li>
</ul>
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The S.O.A.P. garden group is forming now. There is still time to sign up. All interested people can contact garden coordinator, Ali M. at <a href="mailto:tesccommunitygardens@gmail.com">tesccommunitygardens@gmail.com</a> or contact Matthew at <a href="mailto:nascentgrasshopper@gmail.com">nascentgrasshopper@gmail.com</a> . Our first preliminary planning meeting will be some time in late March - we are waiting to see what the status of the greenhouse expansion project is.</div>
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Stephanie explained her research and plans for a water catchment system.<br />
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The Bee Queens, Shannon and Jeannette explaining the future of the bees on the farm. First priority is to build this hive into a healthy, thriving swarm and then expand the hives. This assumes the incoming PSA students are interested in bees.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">On Sunday, February 13th I happened to be the only one on the farm when we got a visit from a traveler from Belgium. Cyrille Claeys, a sustainable farmer and activist with <a href="http://www.haricots.org/">Haricots</a>, came by to take a look at our farm. It was great to meet and talk to Cyrille and an honor to get a visitor from Belgium. The sun was westering by then and there didn't seem to be enough light for good pictures. Also, the farm just doesn't look the same in sleepy Winter so I promised to send him some pictures of the farm in better light. I am posting them here rather than loading up several dozen e-mails.</div><br />
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The farm in Fall, 2010. In addition to food crops, we grow fresh flowers which we sell at the market stand. Fresh flower bouquets are a very popular item with market visitors. Pictured here are farm manager Stephen and PSA student Amelia preparing some fresh bouquets.<br />
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Compost Happens! But it takes some work. We take composting and soil fertility building seriously. Using strictly monitored organic practices we build compost piles continuously throughout the year. In the Pacific Northwest we get a large number of days of clouds and rain. This tends to leech off naturally occurring nitrogen and other nutrients so part of the non-chemical farming strategy includes soil building.<br />
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</tbody></table>October 2010. After harvest we gather up the green matter and compost it. Following <span id="search" style="visibility: visible;">Masanobu Fukuoka's strategy but with the extra </span><span id="search" style="visibility: visible;">step of in-vessel composting so we </span><span id="search" style="visibility: visible;">can place it where it is most needed </span><span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"> </span><br />
<span id="search" style="visibility: visible;">depending on the crop rotation.</span><span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"> </span><span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"></span><span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"></span><span id="search" style="visibility: visible;">PSA member, </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">One of our projects on the farm is to </div><div style="text-align: right;">increase our water catchment system </div><div style="text-align: right;">Pictured here are the rain barrels </div><div style="text-align: right;">off the tool shed. We use the water</div><div style="text-align: right;">to wash our tools and boots.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Pictured here are PSA members</div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kayli and Scott with farm hand Evron.</div></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Late Fall, 2010. Harvesting tomatoes. This year was very rainy (low sunlight) and the tomatoes suffered.<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">Late Fall. Harvest is over. We took down the temporary hoop houses and planted a legumous cover crop on the site where they stood.</div><br />
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Pictured here, Steve and Stephen demonstrate tear-down<br />
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PSA members, Ryan and Shannon loading up the spent tomato plants for the compost pile<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">Last stage of the hoop house tear-down!</div><br />
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We do a small but beautiful Farmers Market outside the library. Money raised from the market is used for the various farm projects.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">We take turns running the market. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pictured here are PSA members Bob and Jeannette with Farm Queen Rose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXF7sVP_0RrfC1JhhiHoXWTRXWE3XjArsh1ttiO8zCfdOzhw0qIw2dAtj9_vXggSIEDuu1ZpETBe02cFFpzRKza5EnGpDww7Sx0qabMQrgyS4ARzwEffI1YaD-u-FTbMRvwElvM1GAcVk/s1600/market2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXF7sVP_0RrfC1JhhiHoXWTRXWE3XjArsh1ttiO8zCfdOzhw0qIw2dAtj9_vXggSIEDuu1ZpETBe02cFFpzRKza5EnGpDww7Sx0qabMQrgyS4ARzwEffI1YaD-u-FTbMRvwElvM1GAcVk/s200/market2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">In the center of the farm we have a medicinal herb garden. The picture on the left is a south-facing view. To the right is facing north.</div></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">In this greenhouse we had cucumbers, basil and a variety of peppers. Because of the low light levels for much of the year, season extension strategies are helpful.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cooperpointjournal.com/academic-life/winter-evergreen-organic-farm">Click here for Ryan's newspaper article</a></td></tr>
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The Classroom. PSA program holds class in greenhouses and out in the field but there is also a more formal classroom component where we hold seminar on the texts we are studying, go over the finer points of irrigation, tillage and <u>non</u> tillage, organic standards, soil building, and a variety of other topics.<br />
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Melissa and Rose working on<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Typical mixed-weather day in February on the farm</div><br />
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This picture from last Fall looks better than the area does now.<br />
Farmscaping group is trying to smother out the invasive buttercup which has captured our perennial herb area. We never use herbicide so we're trying a method detailed in <i>Gaia's Garden</i>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">Ugly, but effective. Layers of cardboard preventing the</div><div style="text-align: right;">buttercup from photosynthesizing.</div><br />
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Our farm cat Gabby (aka, "Butch) likes the new mulch project. As with any mulch, this provides shelter for field beasties which makes for good<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick takes a swing </td></tr>
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Everyone finds their own way to<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We also try to do end-of-day<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeannette with the sledge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farm Goddess, Kiana in Farm Office</td></tr>
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Shannon, Jeannette and an<br />
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February 24th, 2011. School closed due to snow. Eight inches and still falling into the evening. Unusual for this area.<br />
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In September I began the Practice of Sustainable Agriculture Program. This program was the original reason I moved here in the first place. It is an intense program requiring a lot of time and dedication but it is the perfect finish to my sustainability and environmental studies because it incorporates all the elements of ecology and environmental sustainability in the most crucial of real world scenarios - the production of soil and the food that grows there.<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">In October we visited <a href="http://www.burntridgenursery.com/">Burnt Ridge Nursery</a> and were treated to a day long tour and talk by the owner, Mike Dolan, covering every aspect of orchard fruit and nut production.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">November, 2010. PSA pays a visit to <a href="http://www.nashsorganicproduce.com/">Nash's Farm</a>. Here Vanessa Hoy<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.washingtontilth.org/">The Washington Tilth</a> Conference<br />
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November so we all took our tents and<br />
tarps and camped out at Fort Worden State Park.<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">On previous<br />
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in other<br />
programs<br />
only a few<br />
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It was very impressive.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEtJgxYNbqICj5AoTs9V-esPCvgeXIz29V-aIfkav7LixLOXiLopzoWfTTLavcOnVdEE7TroNQeOTTpKIiRCDdl5CVVWlyucQiudOBbKq66nyqEH_vgXbZ96biinzEneY1cSWS-GNMvQ/s1600/ddd4.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEtJgxYNbqICj5AoTs9V-esPCvgeXIz29V-aIfkav7LixLOXiLopzoWfTTLavcOnVdEE7TroNQeOTTpKIiRCDdl5CVVWlyucQiudOBbKq66nyqEH_vgXbZ96biinzEneY1cSWS-GNMvQ/s200/ddd4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569262917679806962" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnKPR-h0YPm9g12x7AG087stN57ddXx3stdUSvXpJGqJ4v1z5Y4bdyw7TmdYL6j9WzpefHfO3HR_kKTI3s6slOuF4Y6nhyphenhyphen_fFBQlg1X3UnaPtGZgsGRciZjaymeKnPuKY-cUdi9Lzz6U/s1600/IMG_3183.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnKPR-h0YPm9g12x7AG087stN57ddXx3stdUSvXpJGqJ4v1z5Y4bdyw7TmdYL6j9WzpefHfO3HR_kKTI3s6slOuF4Y6nhyphenhyphen_fFBQlg1X3UnaPtGZgsGRciZjaymeKnPuKY-cUdi9Lzz6U/s200/IMG_3183.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569264099728434610" border="0" /></a><br />They use a series of channels, pools and plants to settle out and then sequester waste products in the water until all that is left is fresh, clean water.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Large ponds of water hyacinth, grasses, cattails, etc... take up<br />organic waste and are periodically harvested and composted or dried.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oPhf5L5Uh_TIWcohqWvx6e_agQJ_5A4oE-dR3aFLYpiXPmfkBigt51qOslB76s-ABZnzQeTd7BcTMcY_qX6T95GtzPF8v9njdHKgSpoShWwyCDHzT5w1DskEzcS9xMugbMlsyBumarc/s1600/IMG_3005.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oPhf5L5Uh_TIWcohqWvx6e_agQJ_5A4oE-dR3aFLYpiXPmfkBigt51qOslB76s-ABZnzQeTd7BcTMcY_qX6T95GtzPF8v9njdHKgSpoShWwyCDHzT5w1DskEzcS9xMugbMlsyBumarc/s320/IMG_3005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569264224137397618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKid-04Foi5R1mwMkZUbU_xEQWHpyAGtZMtlfg7rG6QktlQR8GsQGDwzKhJwx_P9BOxrjXASTLaMlawVqT79DTQvPAVbPvpZdYha14Z8rw0zGTYNc98NNXmKQuTL3xdj0y96xo8l7z0aI/s1600/raincamp.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKid-04Foi5R1mwMkZUbU_xEQWHpyAGtZMtlfg7rG6QktlQR8GsQGDwzKhJwx_P9BOxrjXASTLaMlawVqT79DTQvPAVbPvpZdYha14Z8rw0zGTYNc98NNXmKQuTL3xdj0y96xo8l7z0aI/s320/raincamp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569264344990775570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I got to do a little rain forest camping during the trip. "Rain" being the key word in September.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cNuhFbb3QOGFey8XRMF8kZZQIr3WaX38dWDbV7jn4H8yQ9WBwLsv2NtVakYkjcRXVHuo3DY1LM-JofhSxhg6nUGctwhf29V4614ZAmFGTJWaSBeZB8ueEb4K0iiWCpgHcVxF0cQhkh4/s1600/voodoo.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cNuhFbb3QOGFey8XRMF8kZZQIr3WaX38dWDbV7jn4H8yQ9WBwLsv2NtVakYkjcRXVHuo3DY1LM-JofhSxhg6nUGctwhf29V4614ZAmFGTJWaSBeZB8ueEb4K0iiWCpgHcVxF0cQhkh4/s200/voodoo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569264406980984370" border="0" /></a>And on the way back I spent a little time in Portland. I love Portland. Here is the famous Voodoo Donut Shop. An almost constant line around the block attests to it's popularity. Must be one heck of a donut.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div>Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-20266015037176676982011-02-02T16:43:00.000-08:002011-02-02T21:59:31.201-08:00Bluegrass Roadtrip!August, 2010<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn12PzSQ8KhhKfMl5dNQqUhwXmyD43ucOTYqNcrC2kgzHYZcxOerC-wreyJ7-df4XMEDvY-zYJY-Fc3RA-dSAA4BGDj6rbFuiwIgaDJAzwJ4WBk3qBgGNGelbdQaQmM4YS7iTrtCGki2s/s1600/campsite.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn12PzSQ8KhhKfMl5dNQqUhwXmyD43ucOTYqNcrC2kgzHYZcxOerC-wreyJ7-df4XMEDvY-zYJY-Fc3RA-dSAA4BGDj6rbFuiwIgaDJAzwJ4WBk3qBgGNGelbdQaQmM4YS7iTrtCGki2s/s320/campsite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569258644468865458" border="0" /></a>Took a little road trip to the Bluegrass Festival at<br />Medical Lake, Washington. Along the way I<br />followed a friends recommendation and camped at Beverly Campground in Wenatchee National Forest. I had an excellent campsite but the overall condition of the forest was scary. Bone dry and looking haggard. There were a ton of ripe huckleberries though.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzi3VIoyCF160EmwYA0KL7A3R_Vjo_-7CyPe5sOMlvByLIF3jw2dHNh1JVfto-CkXfHS2GwS9v4OPoL3kay0Ww8spIntsRrSApgOgY19DbRX3_09SXojNpy0ek36dM9QPKSVzG-jDt1OU/s1600/bgtrip1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzi3VIoyCF160EmwYA0KL7A3R_Vjo_-7CyPe5sOMlvByLIF3jw2dHNh1JVfto-CkXfHS2GwS9v4OPoL3kay0Ww8spIntsRrSApgOgY19DbRX3_09SXojNpy0ek36dM9QPKSVzG-jDt1OU/s320/bgtrip1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569259616199006258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I got to do a little more camping at the Festival. Look how close some guy set his tent up to mine the second night. Crazy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNKd3Blg9qd-0VXqJSA72iIFYs2X3Q83Tt0OH07MRf09UD3PO6pMWUcrftsdw1OYaDYHjslmC0zJ952nqJ58HIUqPnaC8idwqIc5MqAAnjIMf2DHmxQNQcMtyepvun6W1mo3N7MKx9J0/s1600/bgtrip2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNKd3Blg9qd-0VXqJSA72iIFYs2X3Q83Tt0OH07MRf09UD3PO6pMWUcrftsdw1OYaDYHjslmC0zJ952nqJ58HIUqPnaC8idwqIc5MqAAnjIMf2DHmxQNQcMtyepvun6W1mo3N7MKx9J0/s320/bgtrip2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569260325259962514" border="0" /></a>There were a lot of good acts at the festival but the headliner was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Tyminski">Dan Tyminski</a>.<br />Dan was the voice of George Clooney singing "Man of Constant Sorrow".<br />Here is a clip I took from the festival:<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8puLVAUneSw" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-72621081506330883282011-02-01T23:11:00.000-08:002011-02-02T13:05:55.197-08:00The Republic of Georgia and Armenia.July, 2010<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndTl4WULRQE3xkhc3jN7RSxfAkPUOQ9WdMSPTswQiYHL4VTfXTaQE9Ly1uR5pxpgHx2nVUt_Xwbyd9oZ_zOOB8207QtyIVLLLKZA4XrdzMPWZqtCbO2Sp9g_91GWlFwBtusUCBZKRcLI/s1600/a36.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndTl4WULRQE3xkhc3jN7RSxfAkPUOQ9WdMSPTswQiYHL4VTfXTaQE9Ly1uR5pxpgHx2nVUt_Xwbyd9oZ_zOOB8207QtyIVLLLKZA4XrdzMPWZqtCbO2Sp9g_91GWlFwBtusUCBZKRcLI/s200/a36.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568986768329588498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"The Mother of Georgia", a statue from the Soviet era stands stern guard over the capitol city of Tbilisi. The cup of wine is for those who would befriend Georgia and the sword is for her enemies. There is a similar style statue in the capitol of Armenia.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sasha with Tbilisi behind her.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRTcAqA815Nj66kbsvRcXXzU3QyoJxJRLvhz6LYgWoRshKTEbo-p1QYXwqUcmAESXX9ne2kyFYHdFhqkJ_nnhhARwVVIY8TkGelk8RlkSO11qh3FJNejB4vrUhf8Tb__EiELPymxm0F8/s1600/a46.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRTcAqA815Nj66kbsvRcXXzU3QyoJxJRLvhz6LYgWoRshKTEbo-p1QYXwqUcmAESXX9ne2kyFYHdFhqkJ_nnhhARwVVIY8TkGelk8RlkSO11qh3FJNejB4vrUhf8Tb__EiELPymxm0F8/s200/a46.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568986843634113506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwV33KguqRHcCptdtrZDs8B-m55lwLT_w6W_yPU3wvnlvVDznpyxn4hloy-Dll6eMoxyq7hf412kX-KpiiZ2JhpTJVP1ZeDSLyzCHNx6R_8_IynlSE7Bvu8lab9GXtHWGH_bDPhqKbw3w/s1600/b18.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwV33KguqRHcCptdtrZDs8B-m55lwLT_w6W_yPU3wvnlvVDznpyxn4hloy-Dll6eMoxyq7hf412kX-KpiiZ2JhpTJVP1ZeDSLyzCHNx6R_8_IynlSE7Bvu8lab9GXtHWGH_bDPhqKbw3w/s200/b18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568986936257538226" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsuA0jMnw82qWEEPmwliwZqs09yrjNoNna6U4z7yWud-9qjteyuZP8w6BfSYjCULAArQHR7V_kBc4r1W4uSoio5GKyAjA0iYz1FIt_pAWzYvw_T83BYaNsRCfr2opBC_VzsAuE8N6BoE/s1600/a15.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsuA0jMnw82qWEEPmwliwZqs09yrjNoNna6U4z7yWud-9qjteyuZP8w6BfSYjCULAArQHR7V_kBc4r1W4uSoio5GKyAjA0iYz1FIt_pAWzYvw_T83BYaNsRCfr2opBC_VzsAuE8N6BoE/s200/a15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568986662400476738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The city of Tbilisi. We wandered many back streets like the one on the left. It is a wonderful city.<br /></div></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4kKuhzN6gr0RLI12xj46x0LZ5XyBgxs3GTc0Kam59OOj1n99VEBPN8ure07hGQcAEGkgd-mq-x1zLJyQFN01T7ivDF5SF6mpoYcCSF-7PDdWIm62iDM-_BFwR_q168pVISsfS-p4koo/s1600/b33.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4kKuhzN6gr0RLI12xj46x0LZ5XyBgxs3GTc0Kam59OOj1n99VEBPN8ure07hGQcAEGkgd-mq-x1zLJyQFN01T7ivDF5SF6mpoYcCSF-7PDdWIm62iDM-_BFwR_q168pVISsfS-p4koo/s200/b33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568987007828432146" border="0" /></a>Crossing the border from Georgia into Armenia.<br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgymtwYetrooIJ8TIVP5Bs9Abuqb7tk6fNg5h5QAjEErnM1lck51wDCT3YjzdYrf20fls99NuuFy3dafjFIcaCEz40C-0yB7BmkuRliPZsPaNOC-M_dwP7sxO_BT7yVxDIi0MVXYGe0M/s1600/b38.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgymtwYetrooIJ8TIVP5Bs9Abuqb7tk6fNg5h5QAjEErnM1lck51wDCT3YjzdYrf20fls99NuuFy3dafjFIcaCEz40C-0yB7BmkuRliPZsPaNOC-M_dwP7sxO_BT7yVxDIi0MVXYGe0M/s200/b38.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568987161649628130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Our beloved Armenian guide, Irina Astvatsatouryants<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93mR2jXihQElrRHrSQUBTLlXu4r599WZorNjnaLjd_LWaIn-5WA0pv2u_-CfFFU-CtQbhLa-tG_LfDmMnawum1i1z0nLeDF2ObDBbV3ol-2rwIMzm5T7AgDc4Pfk1zRvEdhYslxsdb6Q/s1600/c1oa.jpg"> </a>showed us around her country. She was a wonderful woman.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93mR2jXihQElrRHrSQUBTLlXu4r599WZorNjnaLjd_LWaIn-5WA0pv2u_-CfFFU-CtQbhLa-tG_LfDmMnawum1i1z0nLeDF2ObDBbV3ol-2rwIMzm5T7AgDc4Pfk1zRvEdhYslxsdb6Q/s1600/c1oa.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93mR2jXihQElrRHrSQUBTLlXu4r599WZorNjnaLjd_LWaIn-5WA0pv2u_-CfFFU-CtQbhLa-tG_LfDmMnawum1i1z0nLeDF2ObDBbV3ol-2rwIMzm5T7AgDc4Pfk1zRvEdhYslxsdb6Q/s200/c1oa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568987304615555842" border="0" /></a>"The Mother of Armenia"<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPorrBuPrh_KtdFIDx7-nzpBJCxjkrbAMZpVbcB-0bhcnzn5si2_VMpp1mnMN-XQMj4ixQHyGirCyE693tzirhhmohVBytEiHRUor2xkwmvF7kmgJB2pI_QJh5tlziYttr4m3J_l0Qrvk/s1600/p43.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPorrBuPrh_KtdFIDx7-nzpBJCxjkrbAMZpVbcB-0bhcnzn5si2_VMpp1mnMN-XQMj4ixQHyGirCyE693tzirhhmohVBytEiHRUor2xkwmvF7kmgJB2pI_QJh5tlziYttr4m3J_l0Qrvk/s320/p43.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568988025202888962" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLORDD5vIHC-wZM-1NMp2WI1o1c6KqTvRpXoGQapGhO02W1FtpB_N6SwrmWq2MKtHg7YtV9baXGv67uvZ4guv-JXRNs_BVsM7KGg-VVWUbnwnu4lC2DY6HI3TzVjlYJWo_eH9BtZCSykc/s1600/c1oi.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLORDD5vIHC-wZM-1NMp2WI1o1c6KqTvRpXoGQapGhO02W1FtpB_N6SwrmWq2MKtHg7YtV9baXGv67uvZ4guv-JXRNs_BVsM7KGg-VVWUbnwnu4lC2DY6HI3TzVjlYJWo_eH9BtZCSykc/s200/c1oi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568987409824200930" border="0" /></a>A very important place to the Armenian people, the Genocide Memorial. This has sadly fallen off the radar of the average American.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRlRhOos_UX_4uO9ws4lJWerOZlQkKBKm3OGIBhh513NiF-Ichfb7TA9DCZIfA2LeDRiKmXaI8i_J9YN5o-uzaATy8NdlvZi7bd8ppDF2ARB7uCNmveklnS1tEUMk4FV8p6zFcBDiZoA/s1600/c1armenianwoman2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRlRhOos_UX_4uO9ws4lJWerOZlQkKBKm3OGIBhh513NiF-Ichfb7TA9DCZIfA2LeDRiKmXaI8i_J9YN5o-uzaATy8NdlvZi7bd8ppDF2ARB7uCNmveklnS1tEUMk4FV8p6zFcBDiZoA/s200/c1armenianwoman2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568987233526533506" border="0" /></a>An Armenian woman selling her handmade wares at a graveyard.<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxtmkefct5WEkhhGC0_7WoOq9npFpKNZ1gOUdKDMIbn_LW1OaTNHIMBKk3r-c50CeKZz3ymSmR_kR7GsgGI157ezSOgTi2HBRAblVJF_Ur1W1Q3vRq6juBp7tpLqUYSunctsBOhkJfLY/s1600/c38.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxtmkefct5WEkhhGC0_7WoOq9npFpKNZ1gOUdKDMIbn_LW1OaTNHIMBKk3r-c50CeKZz3ymSmR_kR7GsgGI157ezSOgTi2HBRAblVJF_Ur1W1Q3vRq6juBp7tpLqUYSunctsBOhkJfLY/s320/c38.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568987605550104914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />At the border of Georgia and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8N_mS5SiOr6RpXpk_IMUek3cTK86Y93WrY69Ld5ihnLSLI-ng6PpsQh975A5dnuGlKT3SRgVklQrz-KNj-HZtHa3jo6ZI1SWDpFWEgA5pS7x3rdiE66NnWCd1IRgxHEGBfkDcJsEeXI/s1600/c35.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8N_mS5SiOr6RpXpk_IMUek3cTK86Y93WrY69Ld5ihnLSLI-ng6PpsQh975A5dnuGlKT3SRgVklQrz-KNj-HZtHa3jo6ZI1SWDpFWEgA5pS7x3rdiE66NnWCd1IRgxHEGBfkDcJsEeXI/s200/c35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568987500135016402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZlMG5n67_1DoZnw4Y057ZQGroOFtLj2KkKk-h0vaJc6Px6-z2e2Hz9EmSiJYVho6jwa7D6FLBm7uPTp0a2juS1yX7NVj9VEZuVPOU1jGmEZc97QwU8NbF7AAkN9__RW1kqYaK-_M2C4/s1600/p50.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZlMG5n67_1DoZnw4Y057ZQGroOFtLj2KkKk-h0vaJc6Px6-z2e2Hz9EmSiJYVho6jwa7D6FLBm7uPTp0a2juS1yX7NVj9VEZuVPOU1jGmEZc97QwU8NbF7AAkN9__RW1kqYaK-_M2C4/s400/p50.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568988129865918866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCEqyUmsDLRzjMdHjNmH2QNhzg2Khxso59s-_eccM-cztzXPc4SvCtP4Em-yWdmXceZkjsQZ1T3dU1HCYDmtxYchU9fqBpZlYhfWtJ2bL3wqFoAi60PoyQlgNyqBxqRkgOkLiq7rPE28/s1600/sasha_schoolhouse.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCEqyUmsDLRzjMdHjNmH2QNhzg2Khxso59s-_eccM-cztzXPc4SvCtP4Em-yWdmXceZkjsQZ1T3dU1HCYDmtxYchU9fqBpZlYhfWtJ2bL3wqFoAi60PoyQlgNyqBxqRkgOkLiq7rPE28/s200/sasha_schoolhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568988536187457682" border="0" /></a><br />Kind of spooky, old Soviet-era schoolhouse where we spent the night with the permission of the villagers, to take refuge from the heavy rain. Some thought the old house was haunted and that ghosts wandered the halls in the dark of night...but that was just me trying to be quiet as I went outside to use the bathroom.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOPjfWxziLE9EYwK5hpfHOWBndfm0vGf6Dxe92rbng9K-gY98ZLy88fSRKjYSrnrUxURrFvn2rYnjoS7FKHqgcaUI86kdpQhwrHhUgBSTavOmWQtX4X2_tJqjiGUG4bqeSi-hGNfTa3I/s1600/schoolhouse.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOPjfWxziLE9EYwK5hpfHOWBndfm0vGf6Dxe92rbng9K-gY98ZLy88fSRKjYSrnrUxURrFvn2rYnjoS7FKHqgcaUI86kdpQhwrHhUgBSTavOmWQtX4X2_tJqjiGUG4bqeSi-hGNfTa3I/s200/schoolhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568988721023218722" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonxb8t3Ds8DRDNGvol5HIajETKndeCjKDTVSrQYr1q7ZSGieuDffX4bQvQ7B6d58UOpk99p9Aid1AyeNaY4XxGLTJRlOtASk47Ua61BZXJAVau63DHUn4qgb3IF0DJRDiQifNdi1v7wk/s1600/stalin2.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonxb8t3Ds8DRDNGvol5HIajETKndeCjKDTVSrQYr1q7ZSGieuDffX4bQvQ7B6d58UOpk99p9Aid1AyeNaY4XxGLTJRlOtASk47Ua61BZXJAVau63DHUn4qgb3IF0DJRDiQifNdi1v7wk/s200/stalin2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568988900685002706" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8N_mS5SiOr6RpXpk_IMUek3cTK86Y93WrY69Ld5ihnLSLI-ng6PpsQh975A5dnuGlKT3SRgVklQrz-KNj-HZtHa3jo6ZI1SWDpFWEgA5pS7x3rdiE66NnWCd1IRgxHEGBfkDcJsEeXI/s1600/c35.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb14oCekWiVmqOxCWghALA0LSr38bWvsJ_OKK2iokOVaKzwvl6u3vgM9dASR8PlV2CmdjuwYp9VB639JIQskV4v4pvUG4wK-fwaDYoS4Qo2oJgvUA_F-n2gpFfcASxff289L3vfqMTq4/s1600/stalin1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb14oCekWiVmqOxCWghALA0LSr38bWvsJ_OKK2iokOVaKzwvl6u3vgM9dASR8PlV2CmdjuwYp9VB639JIQskV4v4pvUG4wK-fwaDYoS4Qo2oJgvUA_F-n2gpFfcASxff289L3vfqMTq4/s200/stalin1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568998383487580178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Images of the dictator, Josef Stalin are still displayed in some parts of Georgia.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDW_6wmNjYD66-eqeMF6GC_Gq_I2v2rTzYZ5rlZaJtaXXB-WMEEo5HIhPz-vZLiUOfxZiGDi9Xj3Gl9MOlhzXUeVhRi-EHTAIGmLJ9n9aKlJy0sumVpRMlybJIiM6DD4sU0buCjsNS4s/s1600/village2.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDW_6wmNjYD66-eqeMF6GC_Gq_I2v2rTzYZ5rlZaJtaXXB-WMEEo5HIhPz-vZLiUOfxZiGDi9Xj3Gl9MOlhzXUeVhRi-EHTAIGmLJ9n9aKlJy0sumVpRMlybJIiM6DD4sU0buCjsNS4s/s200/village2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568988908768680962" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOPjfWxziLE9EYwK5hpfHOWBndfm0vGf6Dxe92rbng9K-gY98ZLy88fSRKjYSrnrUxURrFvn2rYnjoS7FKHqgcaUI86kdpQhwrHhUgBSTavOmWQtX4X2_tJqjiGUG4bqeSi-hGNfTa3I/s1600/schoolhouse.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCI5UBc2g-rUgXKCEmYCP8kIBYLlWbAA964PAT1mldV0xMh6Gd8HstkKWk1VB2xNq3PUUhoeghyphenhyphenKuHC2jjUYqYtah4YII-w_oreAuUSVd_R0iRLUTAkB4GQlDLbbjomHjrn5JftT6VqU/s1600/e26.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCI5UBc2g-rUgXKCEmYCP8kIBYLlWbAA964PAT1mldV0xMh6Gd8HstkKWk1VB2xNq3PUUhoeghyphenhyphenKuHC2jjUYqYtah4YII-w_oreAuUSVd_R0iRLUTAkB4GQlDLbbjomHjrn5JftT6VqU/s320/e26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568999458386276482" border="0" /></a>The mighty Caucasus. This is where we hiked. To the left was a village near the site of our first campsite.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTZDG_FerbVsYjYBhKtF1Ey-KJwKt7jyR82J9H63GF-3x9yDVebCvY3BXerSsmUIs-cLVqXnnZMdfzqqHI2RSs89R356rE3NblDDMLo0kibYi4il_Ys7jUQrQeftmmQgOUKy27JTJ98A/s1600/p58.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTZDG_FerbVsYjYBhKtF1Ey-KJwKt7jyR82J9H63GF-3x9yDVebCvY3BXerSsmUIs-cLVqXnnZMdfzqqHI2RSs89R356rE3NblDDMLo0kibYi4il_Ys7jUQrQeftmmQgOUKy27JTJ98A/s200/p58.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568988250489148194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, and my ten-ton backpack.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHG7y1ytvGrMoD5gdIVp9gfGXj5C1iWantneQLpvdrX04F1arqZSO3_INO8gjLeLKUpgT6ujWIXKPZpRSBLYqd8EpRsBtO-td_79yZZIigS2XXR9wolCkllJoe6zs61SNEp1T9MtEucd8/s1600/p65.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHG7y1ytvGrMoD5gdIVp9gfGXj5C1iWantneQLpvdrX04F1arqZSO3_INO8gjLeLKUpgT6ujWIXKPZpRSBLYqd8EpRsBtO-td_79yZZIigS2XXR9wolCkllJoe6zs61SNEp1T9MtEucd8/s200/p65.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568988533067859218" border="0" /></a>The train car where Winston Churchill<br />met with Josef Stalin. On display at a<br />bizarre, <a href="http://www.stalinmuseum.ge/">pro-Stalin museum</a> in Gori, Georgia.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOikZiKrggK0X3YJFoveM_DMvuNg2f7JXneBwwI9A-2qeT4NCZjAzCT0GJmVGfOsP2BXG7XmZXZxdmRrAT7ostxRfc65ge1n6SWF6y3JEaS_90PBFcVUgjZMvFeNu_lcqoLB5euzYXBI/s1600/d24.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOikZiKrggK0X3YJFoveM_DMvuNg2f7JXneBwwI9A-2qeT4NCZjAzCT0GJmVGfOsP2BXG7XmZXZxdmRrAT7ostxRfc65ge1n6SWF6y3JEaS_90PBFcVUgjZMvFeNu_lcqoLB5euzYXBI/s320/d24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568987805535234546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">One of our final campsites as we prepared to leave the Caucasus Mountains.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-bc-RK69emOjNXmoYw7MAgDUrNTFO_bf8Xrgiu4z1JAiP-Ln_uFq3Hbiz3g3A-i7QVubRwywiwFogyLaDQRHxXu0nsmpCaJgkYbs16OJ57z3GNSTeG_5ItJU6gCSDXcz0u6mrumZ9vA/s1600/d18.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-bc-RK69emOjNXmoYw7MAgDUrNTFO_bf8Xrgiu4z1JAiP-Ln_uFq3Hbiz3g3A-i7QVubRwywiwFogyLaDQRHxXu0nsmpCaJgkYbs16OJ57z3GNSTeG_5ItJU6gCSDXcz0u6mrumZ9vA/s200/d18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568987690822467634" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Georgia border guards keep vigilant watch at the border of Georgia and Chechnya.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For more pictures, here is a slide show. They move pretty fast<br />so make use of the "Pause" button.<br /></div><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6nf9DpAy4RE" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe>Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-91862596813867328672011-02-01T21:15:00.000-08:002011-02-06T11:56:08.973-08:00Copenhagen, Denmark!! Yeah!June, 2010<br />
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My friend Meg and I made it to Denmark. That is by far the longest flight I have ever been on, but so worth it. I have been wanting to check out Copenhagen for a very long time. What a great city. We stayed with a woman named Pernille who rented us each a room in her 7th floor apartment.<br />
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</div>Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-57444827376185359792011-02-01T21:04:00.000-08:002011-02-01T23:02:24.506-08:00May, 2010<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQ0jotyT-KLBnepguFepXYV-eWmZH_EarfJeEr0Pd0NW1uKfA30rZ-epgIhVfZwgwWrVJDbbRalK1uHwgdxyhLxTTU4K9TMsQHaQgOLu2XlE53bUHap-JiUMX61CxdrnpbulSMgurOxA/s1600/gear.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQ0jotyT-KLBnepguFepXYV-eWmZH_EarfJeEr0Pd0NW1uKfA30rZ-epgIhVfZwgwWrVJDbbRalK1uHwgdxyhLxTTU4K9TMsQHaQgOLu2XlE53bUHap-JiUMX61CxdrnpbulSMgurOxA/s320/gear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568955669907736402" border="0" /></a>Gearing up for my trip overseas. This pack was good but I actually took it back two days later and got a Gregory Baltoro 70.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSDsbYhDKgPZB95noVFvTH31WLB7ZTfdClvIViD0wTOw805xI7n_1Tq_Xr98ZXbEKI4e4K9Cul9vBZe6kgJqf0m_TY2vS-jjqL374TRalz4r18dGXFGznTeqqOonmbfYol36A31IwZE8/s1600/Gregory_Baltoro70_IronGray.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSDsbYhDKgPZB95noVFvTH31WLB7ZTfdClvIViD0wTOw805xI7n_1Tq_Xr98ZXbEKI4e4K9Cul9vBZe6kgJqf0m_TY2vS-jjqL374TRalz4r18dGXFGznTeqqOonmbfYol36A31IwZE8/s320/Gregory_Baltoro70_IronGray.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568955840552362034" border="0" /></a> It's a great pack but I am not a great packer. Somehow my pack was 10 to 15 pounds heavier than everyone else's and oh boy did I pay the price. Next time I'm taking next to nothing.<br /><br />It stands to reason that the boots I liked best were Assholos.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_zqv_OxQ3iIHOCSDQrNhM6QHCOEd9IDpdYhUCj0z-qKXZLQ6SLMh6Bk5tjDVa8LDy0jlNIktEVySdUgbczsQmtr1Pp2b3TW9pIxFEXRgvhyphenhyphenCeFWeCYRYuC1fR0qEYAoF7RnkpFIPfLXI/s1600/boots.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_zqv_OxQ3iIHOCSDQrNhM6QHCOEd9IDpdYhUCj0z-qKXZLQ6SLMh6Bk5tjDVa8LDy0jlNIktEVySdUgbczsQmtr1Pp2b3TW9pIxFEXRgvhyphenhyphenCeFWeCYRYuC1fR0qEYAoF7RnkpFIPfLXI/s320/boots.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568955967684378226" border="0" /></a>Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-85501951228070262042010-04-20T07:25:00.000-07:002011-02-03T08:34:34.418-08:00Climate Change Conference in BoliviaApril, 20010<br />
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</script>Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-55589653146923799352010-02-20T21:35:00.000-08:002010-02-21T16:51:19.072-08:00Whidbey Island Field Trip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/WHILAP.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRr-m02YALFZur5mNp3bIQ__Orj5sAw8OoQ6e9JZUJJtdlYP5uCJTGgQ3-tB4bvmVgRlupkCQqj3zogwWv0JvHN1EU0clJ0qIZM7_8mpOgkkrNzKgFKTQPDfvjeGsjky_WkLpP0TEWiA/s320/WHILAP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440584182006879810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:120;"><br />On February 16, 2010 the Earth Stewards Program led by professors Robert Smurr and Robert Cole, took a field trip to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whidbey_Island">Whidbey Island</a> in conjunction with the text </span><a href="http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/WHILAP.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:120;" >Land Use, Environment, and Social Change: The Shaping of Island Country, Washington</span></a><span style="font-size:120;"> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_White_%28historian%29">Richard White</a>.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are a few pictures of the area:</span><br />(audio on)<br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e5CjMW5xkuw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e5CjMW5xkuw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-62712174857639463052010-02-03T22:40:00.000-08:002010-02-03T23:40:04.475-08:00Dollar Menu<div style="width: 480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w265.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w265.photobucket.com/albums/ii236/NascentGrasshopper/Food%20Cost/8e01183a.pbw" width="480" height="360"></embed></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />One thing that bothered me about the movie </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Food, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> was the excuse making of the family of four featured in the </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >"Dollar Menu"</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> segment. They claimed there was no money for food but in one trip though the drive-up they spent over $11 on garbage food packed in garbage wrappers and cups and placed in garbage bags so they could drive their big mini van as they ate. At the store they turned down two healthy pears in favor of a $.99 burger. This is nonsensical. It is proof that healthy eating is as much a mindset as it is a matter of finance. I do not mean to be unsympathetic, but the lady said that in the past they did not know the food was unhealthy...now the father's livelihood is threatened by diabetes and blindness and they are paying large amounts for medications to treat a preventable disease yet still they go to the junk food store, the only difference is now they feel bad about it.<br />Below is a picture of their choices, unhealthy sandwiches full of feed lot meat and refined grain, and soda pop loaded with sugar and high fructose corn syrup. Also pictured is an alternative. For less money the makings of four very healthy meals with enough left over to make the cost of the next four meals even less.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="width: 480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w265.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w265.photobucket.com/albums/ii236/NascentGrasshopper/Food%20Cost/8e01183a.pbw" width="480" height="360"></embed></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">They bought five cheese burgers, two chicken sandwiches, two small Sprites and one large Dr.Pepper. Total cost: $11.48.<br />I bought a large organic yam, a bag of organic brown rice, a head of organic cabbage, a bunch of organic kale, three organic carrots, a small bag of organic dry beans and one organic apple, total cost: $10.26</span>Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-11035633969404752572010-01-22T16:32:00.000-08:002010-01-22T16:49:24.648-08:00The Temporary Vegan.<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:120%;" >As part of my research project I have adopted the vegan eating plan for the duration of the time I spend working on the project. I estimate approximately 6 to 7 weeks. I call it a bit of practical research since it is always easy to come up with academic theories...sometimes not so easy to implement them. It is not that I have any doubt that a healthy vegan diet is possible, but is it actually doable for the average person (like me) in todays vertically integrated, corporate controlled food production and distribution system?<br /><br />I set out to discover the shortest route to the East side food co-op. The West side co-op is closer but it is more limited so I wanted to have routes to both locations. My usual strategy is to use the car to find the place the first time so I know where it is, and then cycle it from then on.<br /><br />Here is the car route/bike route from west Olympia to east.</span><br /><br /><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/riTpeBYLTTQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/riTpeBYLTTQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:120%;">My first grocery bill looked like this (below)...<br />There are several items on it that I could have done without if I had a few kids and needed to spend that money on other items. The trail mix, for instance, could have been an extra few pounds of whole grain hot cereal.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimW31_qelYUkrE5nrclsQfi5rz4bZ7UVZB1SK5CKi3tMuNg7aEUZ6NLDdAz0oBz94wgkR9WiUiztHiH1yyvSQaJAjPMg6mV44HVuiZv-x5hpj9pKg8OW5OeXjR1rPVNtPrQfoPuRDFRIA/s1600-h/receipt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimW31_qelYUkrE5nrclsQfi5rz4bZ7UVZB1SK5CKi3tMuNg7aEUZ6NLDdAz0oBz94wgkR9WiUiztHiH1yyvSQaJAjPMg6mV44HVuiZv-x5hpj9pKg8OW5OeXjR1rPVNtPrQfoPuRDFRIA/s320/receipt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429729109563890114" border="0" /></a>Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-44906827824624773332010-01-09T15:28:00.000-08:002010-01-09T15:49:47.050-08:00Watercolor Walk (in Bluegrass) or; The Blair Walk Project.<span style="font-size:120%;">It is a 2-1/2 mile walk from my apartment to The Evergreen State College and it takes me about 45 minutes. I tried to compress the walk down to under five minutes and I got <span style="font-style:italic;">The Watercolor Walk</span>. I suppose I could just as easily have titled it "my crummy software can't speed up video clips without blowing them out" but <span style="font-style:italic;">Watercolor Walk</span> has a nicer ring to it.</span><br /><br /><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FNAZyxw-so8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FNAZyxw-so8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-54314092220076808822010-01-04T18:21:00.000-08:002010-01-22T18:51:21.309-08:00Winter Break.<span style="font-size:130%;">Sometimes it is necessary to get a complete change of scenery in order to get a new perspective. With my "introductory" quarter at school behind me things are just going to get more and more intense so it was now or never for this trip. This setting gave me the sense of focus and clarity I needed to chart a course forward. Of course it has rained non stop every day since I have been back so that sense did not last but!... I wrote it all down!<br />Here are a few slides of the island of Kauai. I spent most of my time on the east shore near Kapa'a.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-RWtJRqQ8JU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-RWtJRqQ8JU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Slide show notes: The animal first shown in a slide at 1:14 is a Monk Seal. These are an endangered species due to loss of food sources and global climate changes. It is very rare to see on of these as far in as Kauai but it is becoming more common as their habitat changes. When a monk seal is spotted like this a response team is dispatched to make sure it is ok and to keep people away from it. I had a long talk with one of the members of the response team and according to him, a gun-happy poacher killed two of them last year just for the fun of it. There are only a few thousand left. The one I saw is a pregnant female taking a nap after a long, long swim.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7V8GSUwV0TzLhu56jMJlexqNjJ0-5-4UNd6RiOzUc0lYW52XuOXTB9ntjlwg58-fOgoGb1KhX1grHetxN_RPwD_kOWltppY_ylYPczl3B1uC08fDbGcmx5ppwf4IQAtrtRXPZZ2PAi0/s1600-h/monkseal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7V8GSUwV0TzLhu56jMJlexqNjJ0-5-4UNd6RiOzUc0lYW52XuOXTB9ntjlwg58-fOgoGb1KhX1grHetxN_RPwD_kOWltppY_ylYPczl3B1uC08fDbGcmx5ppwf4IQAtrtRXPZZ2PAi0/s320/monkseal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423803086610647026" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Monk_Seal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More on Hawaiian Monk Seals</span></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The chickens and roosters are all over the place on Kauai, running wild. There seemed to be a lot more roosters than hens so I don't know if the hens get used for dinner more often but the cock-a-doodle-doo of the roosters goes on all day long. This is a non-native species but I guess it is not considered invasive and they don't seem to cause any ecological harm. No one seems at all concerned about the big chicken population.</span><br /></div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfnGF6jNEmwX_rsTR6h-vtvQeXEDHMs-2F_yx3CigAKG-XTq1FtPHhuhzatRT0BGco1xlJqfK6dtX0rS9s5M8JIaclabPlq13WCAsL4bBqj-PziA5mG_2S3Zp0WwAhPijh2lnc7a2sDc/s1600-h/rooster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfnGF6jNEmwX_rsTR6h-vtvQeXEDHMs-2F_yx3CigAKG-XTq1FtPHhuhzatRT0BGco1xlJqfK6dtX0rS9s5M8JIaclabPlq13WCAsL4bBqj-PziA5mG_2S3Zp0WwAhPijh2lnc7a2sDc/s320/rooster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424121181006023138" border="0" /></a>Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542021834128513668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194371087865765052.post-37211228412070404912009-11-23T09:48:00.000-08:002009-12-01T23:20:26.576-08:00Drive South<div style="text-align: center;">(click on images for larger view)<br /></div><br />After a soggy week in the Olympic rain forest I had a craving for somewhere sunny and dry so I am road tripping it in California until school starts up again in a week or so.<br />Here's a little hill I passed along the way. I can't tell if the picture turned out or not because the screen on this little laptop does not look like a normal monitor.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaxBFwSYv6XOXzX3OumDP8TVlnpVzIJ1FNv5L5vmg_mvsT3BUtGTS1FG37gNwfSJv5qdHjvtiasoApJsqvFzzQLS9UNNngiJEO71B6fYJ10qy7EDjK8UQ9SEsQcwTpfx4OJ7AcqoQW18/s1600/MTN.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaxBFwSYv6XOXzX3OumDP8TVlnpVzIJ1FNv5L5vmg_mvsT3BUtGTS1FG37gNwfSJv5qdHjvtiasoApJsqvFzzQLS9UNNngiJEO71B6fYJ10qy7EDjK8UQ9SEsQcwTpfx4OJ7AcqoQW18/s400/MTN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407358286073743298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCxjNZ6eIpn0WSNgchMFyHtv-yuyBbu6Jwpbsv4ItQfKkoaJJmfFfyYvJUxQjAWdVuLuKPanNOu3RhoKk7kT3S7TDqdaSUV7Y5_uslh7cnpXmmrfpUp3yZSeav35umCCdeSXKwD8loks/s1600/campsite2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCxjNZ6eIpn0WSNgchMFyHtv-yuyBbu6Jwpbsv4ItQfKkoaJJmfFfyYvJUxQjAWdVuLuKPanNOu3RhoKk7kT3S7TDqdaSUV7Y5_uslh7cnpXmmrfpUp3yZSeav35umCCdeSXKwD8loks/s320/campsite2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410358278726070898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is a shot of the site where I camped.<br />It was a hike-in site (no cars) so it was mostly quiet except for the occassional noisy human...<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhro30OADEw6olS648QG5YBE1HYs32LYSR65INWmu9egS7t9GGHuX4ieyd2WkKdLIoYOgPurG5-7Jsnt3rd78GEEeJ3viYcW-uhoRCp_b8z2dq4FodMnUgZRPRbJCa2XPmvyjIelp2a7zk/s1600/crow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhro30OADEw6olS648QG5YBE1HYs32LYSR65INWmu9egS7t9GGHuX4ieyd2WkKdLIoYOgPurG5-7Jsnt3rd78GEEeJ3viYcW-uhoRCp_b8z2dq4FodMnUgZRPRbJCa2XPmvyjIelp2a7zk/s320/crow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410358509353999218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />...and a crow who was determined to annoy me every morning until I gave it some food (which I did not do).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfowMGW2f61xZ9tzbJR0TTlmlN2xO68ZEBSxDX4fHOl_b0aMznhfU6-jHOPtRJQWxBAKbNOrLqcZzM6LKvGmpDSw8Q0Zs5P3G3Tp3CwdLxXo74F-6-RxcLOhD4iaEmouQ3NufNiQIDcI/s1600/river.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfowMGW2f61xZ9tzbJR0TTlmlN2xO68ZEBSxDX4fHOl_b0aMznhfU6-jHOPtRJQWxBAKbNOrLqcZzM6LKvGmpDSw8Q0Zs5P3G3Tp3CwdLxXo74F-6-RxcLOhD4iaEmouQ3NufNiQIDcI/s320/river.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410359892145253378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is the river that ran through the area as it is emptying into the Pacific Ocean...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJA08dqplPGpwOqiFwm2QygUPpyt3zBv_muZ6-kX0y4Q3Xhd0L9TfLcY3QRtdLOtkZgnLMSxoTryeNbd9SxKJq1QKasjKtekAuUyrZf0_iVVUAyX5jrKt0hQwC6T-eHA4yqArKJgLAwc/s1600/sundown.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJA08dqplPGpwOqiFwm2QygUPpyt3zBv_muZ6-kX0y4Q3Xhd0L9TfLcY3QRtdLOtkZgnLMSxoTryeNbd9SxKJq1QKasjKtekAuUyrZf0_iVVUAyX5jrKt0hQwC6T-eHA4yqArKJgLAwc/s320/sundown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410360451011625698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Then after the sun went down it got dark very quickly.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-4Ky8_qfqtIYHoGxPvr_06y3Lc3f89LzDg_uL59zHW8YMe6P97nJi1GAjYF7dnXosSZ1-1gYxy7J4hnJJbRhd-UrKmosLV-_J7xLaL5JSAiBrsatYKnX-_j2oEsuH42tm4eKSl7FNUg/s1600/mebyfire.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-4Ky8_qfqtIYHoGxPvr_06y3Lc3f89LzDg_uL59zHW8YMe6P97nJi1GAjYF7dnXosSZ1-1gYxy7J4hnJJbRhd-UrKmosLV-_J7xLaL5JSAiBrsatYKnX-_j2oEsuH42tm4eKSl7FNUg/s320/mebyfire.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410360753867542226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A couple of nights I built a campfire and sat close to it because, although it was in the 70's during the day, once the sun went down it cooled off quickly and dropped to the upper thirties over night.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And after my week in the cold, wet rain forest on the Olympic Peninsula, this is the reason I went in the first place...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaLjD0GhgGUACFbwwxVPbIERhYFSJl0G6AGHHeOiolRQOmGzpoqiz-rzG1QWnzkSllaoTCTg4wKHi1RUKluNwYK6KIlvhyf7dEeo8kX1wpfKpGLW4tzzwYEPnaLS3opj8y0JWqA8ntZI/s1600/view1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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