<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Urban homesteading in Washington, D.C.]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by PermieWriter http://www.grist.org/article/a-whole-new-kind-of-local/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:18:41 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/a-whole-new-kind-of-local/1 Urban gardening

There is little as satisfying as serving people food you grew yourself. Last night I served five people cucumber salad, sauteed magenta lambsquarters and quinoa/romanesco broccoli/rabbit pilaf. All home grown or farm market.

Mmmmm... pesto. May I recommend cinnamon basil pesto? Cinnamon basil is hard to find, but you can order seeds from Seeds of Change, and the basil gives an amazing depth of flavor to pesto.

Eat what you grow, grow what you eat

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There is little as satisfying as serving people food you grew yourself. Last night I served five people cucumber salad, sauteed magenta lambsquarters and quinoa/romanesco broccoli/rabbit pilaf. All home grown or farm market.

Mmmmm... pesto. May I recommend cinnamon basil pesto? Cinnamon basil is hard to find, but you can order seeds from Seeds of Change, and the basil gives an amazing depth of flavor to pesto.

Eat what you grow, grow what you eat

]]> Comment #2 by Sean Casten http://www.grist.org/article/a-whole-new-kind-of-local/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:22:40 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/a-whole-new-kind-of-local/2 And don't forget the pleasant little surprises

Tonight's dinner included a salad (all with store-bought veggies, I will confess) that was missing a little, as they say in France, "I don't know what".  

Garden basil, snipped up and tossed in did the trick.  In the grand scheme of things, I don't think the environment noticed.  But is there anything better than fresh-clipped garden herbs?

]]> And don't forget the pleasant little surprises

Tonight's dinner included a salad (all with store-bought veggies, I will confess) that was missing a little, as they say in France, "I don't know what".  

Garden basil, snipped up and tossed in did the trick.  In the grand scheme of things, I don't think the environment noticed.  But is there anything better than fresh-clipped garden herbs?

]]> Comment #3 by Meredith Niles http://www.grist.org/article/a-whole-new-kind-of-local/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:08:26 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/a-whole-new-kind-of-local/3 Garden Herbs

Fresh garden herbs are so delicious and easy to grow!  It is amazing what fresh herbs can do to any dish, and most people, no matter what type of house or apartment they live in, can grow them.  My next type of pesto I am going to try will be a sweet pesto- a pecan mint pesto for desserts.

Meredith Niles Cool Foods Campaign Coordinator The Center for Food Safety http://www.coolfoodscampaign.org http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org

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Fresh garden herbs are so delicious and easy to grow!  It is amazing what fresh herbs can do to any dish, and most people, no matter what type of house or apartment they live in, can grow them.  My next type of pesto I am going to try will be a sweet pesto- a pecan mint pesto for desserts.

Meredith Niles Cool Foods Campaign Coordinator The Center for Food Safety http://www.coolfoodscampaign.org http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org

]]> Comment #4 by HOMEGROWNdotorg http://www.grist.org/article/a-whole-new-kind-of-local/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:59:11 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/a-whole-new-kind-of-local/4 Urban growing

We celebrate everyone who is growing their own food, and recently published a photo essay recognizing how creative city slickers are when growing where they can. Check it out!

www.HOMEGROWN.org

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We celebrate everyone who is growing their own food, and recently published a photo essay recognizing how creative city slickers are when growing where they can. Check it out!

www.HOMEGROWN.org

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