Day 153 LocalrootZ Project (June 4, 2010)

Breakfast

Plain Swallowtail Yogurt 

w/ Honey

Lunch

New Leaf Salad Mix

Sonnental Pepperjack Cheese

 

Dinner

Leftover Cod Basil & Tomato

w/ Lots of added greens (spinach, baby broccoli raab)

A wonderful way to use up some greens... leftovers with a whole heap of chopped greens !

Tonight was also the Grand Opening of Local Sprouts Cafe !

I would highly recommend supporting this great new business that highlight local eats... and I have a few new paintings as well as a mural to check out if your passing through this month.

 

Transportation Today

Work Commute : 22 miles bicycle

Errands: 3 miles walking

Day 148 LocalrootZ Project (May 30, 2010)

Breakfast

Plain Swallowtail Yogurt

w/ honey

After an early morning bowl of yogurt it was off to water and inspect my community garden plot down on Valley st.  Everything is looking wonderful and has almost doubled in size since transplanting them from my coldframe on the May 17th.  Here's how we look as of this morning...

so heres what we have... from front left 3 Tat Soi, 3 Nappa Cabbage, 3 Speckled Troutback Lettuce, 3 Green Butterleaf, 5 Sungold Tomatoes, 6 Brandywine Tomatoes, along the back fence our carrots and sugar snaps hae started popping up from seed... on the right 6 Lacinato Kales, 2 Swiss Chard, 6 Collards and then in the middle 3 Green Zuchinni, 6 Marketmore Cukes, 6 Assorted Mustard Greens,  8 sets of Clear Dawn Onions and 8 sets of assorted onions... then on teh frindges we have some moss parsely, chives and some "wild" strawberries much to Cassi's delight.  There is also some chamomile and dill here and there as well as a handful of mixed salad greens that I tossed here and there as well as some basil seed I dispersed around my tomatoes.  Leaving the plot fully satisfied I returned home and tackled some rooftop garden projects... swept out coldframe.  Potted & staked some tomatoes (black cherry, burbank, gold ida, nepal, husk as well as peppers (cayenne, anaheim, poblano) and placed them in the recently cleared out coldframe.. Im going to replace the plastic on the lid with chicken wire to deter squirrels from getting in and harvesting the fruit like they did last year... Im thinking this is a good answer !

Anyway all that work and a now awake girlfriend brought me into the kitchen to make a brunch to satisfy my growling belly...

Lunch

Sunny Up Egg
Over Buttered Apsaragus
and Spelt Garlic Toast
Melted Raw Swiss Cheese
Over a bed of sauteed garlic, shallots, beet greens, bok choy and mizuna greens

Dessert
Blubarb Crisp
w/ Honey Ice Cream

Day 147 LocalrootZ Project (May 29, 2010)

Breakfast

Plain Swallowtail Yogurt

w/ honey

After a small breakfast and a morning session organizing my paintings studio, I hopped onto my bicycle and took a circle around the peninsula with the final destination being the Farmers Market @ Deering Oaks !  I was so happy to see it bubbling with customers even at 7:30am.... so much good stuff, heres what I got this week !

You can haul alot on a Surly Touring Bicycle...

the full bounty out from the panniers

Merrimac inspecting the goods...she loves greens !

Let see scallions & spinach from fishbowl, cukes and tomatoes from Olivia Garden, Yogurt from Swallowtail,  Japenese Turnips, Spicy Radishes & Broccoili Rab
 from Green Spark, Rhubarb from Alewife, Kohlrabi from Fishbowl, Baby Broccoli Rab from Dandelion Spring and a few other odds and ends I cant seem to recall as of now but jeez so many wonderful greens... its gonna be a healthy week for us !

We be well stocked...

Lunch
Asparagus Omelete
w/ Raw Swiss Cheese
Fingerling Homefries
Spelt  Toast

Dessert
Blubarb Crisp
w/ Honey Ice Cream

Yup thats right Blubarb crisp !  A nice combination of rhubarb and frozen blueberries creates a lusciously tangy and scrumptious late night treat.  I spent a good 10 hours in the painting studio and am looking forward to showcasing a few of my new pieces at the Local Sprouts Cafe grand opening this Friday ! 

We were actually so busy today that we spaced pictures of the omelet... oh well sometimes things just are not meant to be !

Transportation Today

Errands : 18 miles bicycle