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November, 2010 Issue #114
FRESH FROM
THE GARDEN
Bob harvested
peppers, daikon and greens November 5th in anticipation of a frost.
We made good use
of the beautiful color, texture and flavor of these peppers and daikon radish –
even the greens!
HAPPY
TRAILS
We love walking
through the woods. Sometimes we go alone. Sometimes we find
food. And sometimes we go with our neighbors. More on this
interesting subject at Happy Trails
FRY IT UP
No point
letting the Lion’s Mane languish in the refrigerator – the forest bounty went
into a hot pan of margarine the next morning.
NEWCOMERS
Spot was happy to
meet Dana and Dan when they joined us for dinner.
NEW
NEIGHBORS
Spot welcomed Nick
and Robert to the neighborhood.
BURLINGTON
ON TOUR
Bob toured T S
Designs with some of his students on November 18th.
THANKFUL
FOR GOOD FRIENDS AND GOOD FOOD
We happily
accepted Jill and Andy’s gracious invitation to join them for Thanksgiving
Dinner and had a wonderful time. Check out our photos on this page: Thanksgiving 2010
WHEN LIFE
GIVES YOU CABBAGE, MAKE KRAUT!
Greg bought ninety
pounds of cabbage and invited his friends over for a sauerkraut party on
November 28. When we arrived, Greg, Morgan, Dana and Deborah were already
hard at work. We cleaned away the outer leaves and cut the cabbage into
wedges. Then Bob fed it into our food processor using the shredding blade
for the first time. Worked like a charm!
MASH IT UP
After salting the
shredded cabbage, we mashed it up by hand, or with a wooden paddle.
Deborah, Dana and Morgan worked steadily until all the cabbage was
processed. Morgan made a big pot of tasty noodles and cabbage which helped
everyone keep their strength up.
THE
OUTSIDE LEAVES
Camille made
numerous trips to the compost pile with this cute blue bucket.
WHITE SKY
DAY
November 29 was
one of those chilly white sky days. Camille walked over to close up the
greenhouse for Jason and Haruka who are visiting family. They left their
farm so tidy and neat, it begged to have its picture taken. The ivy
climbing up this tree in front of Casa Blanca also caught her eye.
THIS MONTH’S QUOTES:
“Social justice is only
possible if developed countries massively reduce their consumption and provide aspirational
models based on fulfilling people’s needs rather than on competitive material
accumulation.” – Arran Stibbe and Heather Luna from The Handbook of
Sustainability Literacy – Skills for a changing world
“The year that is drawing towards
its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful
skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are
prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which
are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften
even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of
Almighty God. >snip< I do therefore
invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who
are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and
observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise
to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.” – Abraham Lincoln
“It was Abraham Lincoln who
decreed Thanksgiving Day to be a legal national holiday during the Civil
War—on the same day and at the same time he was ordering troops to march
against the Sioux in Minnesota. .and subsequently ordered 38 Santee Sioux hung
on Christmas Eve for leaving the ‘reservation’ in search of food.” – Judith
Moriarty from “A Nation Built On A Lie”
“The Indians are so naive
and so free with their possessions that no one who has not witnessed them would
believe it. When you ask for something they have, they never say no. To the
contrary, they offer to share with anyone.” – Columbus
“He who knows he has enough
is rich.” – LaoTsu 260 BC
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