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Karin Bosela commented on Jennifer's photo

HOME Cooked Spring Recipes: 5 Ingredients, 5-ish Minutes

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Jennifer, thanks for the recipe it this looks scrumptious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will be on a search for fiddleheads to make this and will check WF here to see if they carry them. By the way I love the pasta that you chose. I call them…"

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Jennifer commented on Jennifer's photo

HOME Cooked Spring Recipes: 5 Ingredients, 5-ish Minutes

"Hi, Appleblossom! I got these at the grocery store whose initials are WF. I'm in Massachusetts, and I just started seeing fiddleheads very recently, so you should see them soon. (Looks like you're maybe in zone 4b or 5a, whereas I'm…"

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Appleblossom 79 commented on Jennifer's photo

HOME Cooked Spring Recipes: 5 Ingredients, 5-ish Minutes

"I am glad you caught the spirit of the challenge :) I myself have never had fiddle heads, but I just may have to track some down with this recipe. Sounds amazing!! So.....where exactly do i find them? I live really far north…"

Thursday

matt commented on Jennifer's photo

HOME Cooked Spring Recipes: 5 Ingredients, 5-ish Minutes

"Happy to spread the safe enjoyment of fiddleheads, Jennifer! This looks delicious and I look forward to trying it soon before fiddleheads disappear all-too-quickly. This warm fiddlehead salad is my favorite go-to for these tasty critters."

Thursday

Jennifer replied to Cindy's discussion 'Advice needed. Im not sure what I should do or if I should do anything?'

"Hi, Cindy! I'm sorry to hear your flock is going through some junior-high-style growing pains. Adolescence. Ugh. If you haven't already, you might re-post this question in the Backyard Chickens group, too. (I think you're already…"

Wednesday

Jennifer commented on Penny V.'s photo

Container garden early May

"What an awesome landlord. And how lucky that he found folks like you who are thrilled to take him up on his pro-garden policy. Are there other folks onsite who participate?"

May 14

Jennifer commented on Michelle Wire's blog post 'My Homesteading Adventure: Patience and Lessons Learned'

"Ha! There were so many nuggets I loved in this blog post, but as an impatient type myself, I especially loved this: "I still check on my cheddar every day for progress. I don’t know what I expect it to do; it’s a wheel of…"

May 13

Jennifer commented on Charlyn's blog post 'Betty Lou is....Billy Lee?'

"If only you could ask him/her—although that would be a fairly delicate conversation. And, I suppose, the writing is already on the wall or, rather, the wattle is on the rooster."

May 13

Jennifer commented on Penny V.'s photo

Container garden early May

""Despite these gardens"? Bah, humbug! You've surely proven (and, it sounds like, won your landlord over to the idea) that container and guerrilla gardening can be far from unsightly—more like beautiful and picturesque!…"

May 13

Jennifer commented on Nicholas Linzenmeyer's photo

corn silks

"Gorgeous!"

May 13

Robyn Morgan left a comment for Jennifer

"Thank you for welcoming me Jennifer. I'm looking forward to exploring all you have to offer."

May 11

Jennifer commented on Karin Bosela's photo

My Garden Layout

"Consider yourself recruited! I'll send you a note shortly. Thank you!"

May 10

Nina Luisi left a comment for Jennifer

"Hi Jennifer, Thanks for your warm welcome. I'm interested in all kinds of Italian seeds and had never heard of Roveja peas before. I'm looking forward to finding out more about them. I order my seeds from Seeds of Italy. My garden is…"

May 10

Jennifer commented on Karin Bosela's status

"Fingers and toes and ponytail crossed. And keep us posted on how it turns out!"

May 10

Jennifer commented on Karin Bosela's photo

My Garden Layout

"Ooooh, Karin. Before you post that post on companion planting, would you consider doing it as a 101? Let me know, and I can send you a few notes. (Fingers crossed.)"

May 10

Jennifer replied to HOMEGROWN.org's discussion 'Container Gardening 101'

"Two vines of chardonnay! PHOTOS, please!!!! (Of everything. Not just the vines.)"

May 10

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What kind of HOMEGROWN are you?: Dirt Under My Fingernails City Slicker

A bit about me:: Native Texan, longtime Chicagoan, now a proud Massachusette with a mean pecan pie recipe, a penchant for screen printing, a halfway decent backyard garden, and a totally pathetic mile run.

Latest greatest meal cooked at home:: An endive and romaine salad with carrots and cucumbers alongside a zucchini-squash-tomato-basil tart: a dinner that would have used a little of everything from my CSA if I hadn’t forgotten the garlic. (Note to self: Remember the garlic.)

Currently reading:: Gmail; The New York Times; Cook’s Illustrated; Texas Monthly; Wired; Rolling Stone; The Country of the Pointed Firs, by Sarah Orne Jewett; The Preservation Kitchen, by Paul Virant and Kate Leahy; clam shack reviews on Yelp; instructions for mesquite smoking brisket. Mmmm, brisket.

Currently listening to:: Dirty Projectors, Tune Yards, Yeasayer, and Willie. Always Willie.

My latest DIY project:: Screening outdoor movies in the yard—most recently Clue, on the patio, with a rope.

How did you find HOMEGROWN.org?: It must have been fate.

Web site I recommend:: http://www.wildflower.org

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At 2:26am on May 11, 2013, Robyn Morgan said…: Thank you for welcoming me Jennifer. I'm looking forward to exploring all you have to offer.

At 4:09pm on May 10, 2013, Nina Luisi said…: Hi Jennifer,

Thanks for your warm welcome.

I'm interested in all kinds of Italian seeds and had never heard of Roveja peas before. I'm looking forward to finding out more about them. I order my seeds from Seeds of Italy.

My garden is barely functioning right now as it needs attention: we're low on compost, soil, and my worms died. My seed sprouting program is behind schedule. We have hard clay soil, live in the upper desert of SoCal, and suffer strong, dry winds; our temperatures can be erratic. I have a few raised beds and am experimenting with rice straw wattles and will add straw bales soon. We have lots of underground critters which we battle by laying hardware cloth under our beds--we also try hard to avoid the rattlesnakes the critters attract.

If I'm able to grow the Roveja peas here (seeds available?), along with the Italian lentils and other veg, they will go into my pantry and recipes. We are slowly changing to eating less meat, although we often eat meatless meals in a week, and want a variety of legumes to replace some of the proteins. I cook Italian and Sicilian style meals. I'm also learning to make cheese, and my husband home brews beer.

I think I've told you a lot more than you probably wanted to know! I'll be looking into the forums and gleaning info from your cite. Looking forward to learning more from others.

At 3:57pm on May 10, 2013, Cathy Kelley said…: Thank you for such a warm welcome!

At 8:09pm on May 9, 2013, Erika H said…: Jennifer, thanks for your welcome a few weeks ago! Sorry I only had a chance to respond now. I actually went to college just outside of Boston at Wellesley not too long ago, so there's something else we have in common! I think I will like what the site has to offer and look forward to doing some project worthy of sharing sometime in the future. Well, I've had a look around and there's much to learn, so I better get started...Toodles!

At 7:14am on May 6, 2013, Tara Normington said…: Thank you Jennifer. I look forward to sharing things I have learned and also getting some great ideas from this forum. Also, when I have an opportunity I will add my sourdough pizza crust. Again, thank you.

At 7:53pm on May 5, 2013, Sunshine Bender said…: Thank you for the warm welcome. I have been going bit by bit through the forums as I have time. It has been so warm in northern california that I have been taking advantage of it while we have it. Marion berries are a cross between blackberry and raspberry. They are native to Oregon .

At 8:58pm on May 4, 2013, Ljuke said…: Thanks, Jennifer. Alas, I fear the champagne-yeast homebrew may not have turned out well, but perhaps--after much experimenting--we'll have something worth sharing.

At 8:34pm on May 3, 2013, Jim Garza said…: Jennifer, thanks for the welcome and referral to Kickstarter website. It looks like we may have a viable project to submit to the website under technology. I will brainstorm abit and then submit a project. I just wonder if having a cucumber donated to a Senior Center under the name of the backer will be an acceptable reward to the backer? That sounds alittle funny but, hey, that's what we do, we produce vegetables? Anyway, I did submit a deeper intro in STEW of Eastern Nevada Food Bank and its initiative.

At 6:15pm on May 3, 2013, Terri Burney-Bisett said…: Still learning the ropes here at Homegrown. I look forward to spending some time here; thanks Jennifer for the friendly Texas welcome!

At 3:54pm on May 1, 2013, Laura Sapergia said…: Thanks for the kind welcome Jennifer. We will definitely be sourcing locally for most of our store items! Our plan is to source P.G. local, then B.C. local, then Canadian local products. We are also working on partnerships with local producers to make us unique products for our store so that we won't compete with these established local businesses. For example, we are getting a local meat shop to make us turkey dogs that are only available at our store.
We also plan on using the store as a gathering place for community building. We're so excited for the store and for our hometown! This project is going to be great. Thanks for all the information on the site, it's inspiring and helpful to know that this kind of help is out there!