August 6th, 2008
this phrase is what i want to say to my kids when they bicker.
but it also applies to two local-food events at klehm arboretum and botanic center in rockford next month. the first reminds me of dilly beans while i was growing up. the second sounds yummy: salsa!
Preserving Local Foods: Home Canning Update, 9 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 17, $10
JoAn Todd, University of Illinois Extension, Nutrition and Wellness Educator will be leading a program for those of you interested in learning how to preserve and can your garden harvest. This program is also excellent for those you who have been canning a long time but want to learn the latest methods and tools available to you.
Salsa Making Class, 9 to 11 a.m. Sept 24, $25
Todd will be conducting a salsa making workshop using ingredients grown locally. Everyone loves salsa! Learn how to make fresh, nutritious salsa using locally grown ingredients and preserve it so that you can enjoy salsa all through the winter months. Canning equipment, jars and ingredients will be provided. Each participant will leave with their own jar of salsa.
to register, go here, call 815-986-4357 or e-mail mbowe@illinois.edu.
p.s. i just tried this salsa fresca recipe. pretty good.
August 5th, 2008
i’m horrible with plants. it’s only under the watchful spirit of my grandma that there is but one plant surviving in my house (the peace lily i got when she died two years ago).
but many in the rock river valley are great in the yard (my neighbors on both sides included).
for those who are interested in “green” strategies, the general public is invited to attend the university of illinois extension state master gardener conference sept 11-13 in lombard. thanks again to margaret larson from the local extension office for the tipoff.
the master gardener program is pretty cool. there are more than 3,000 volunteers in the state committed to helping people “learn how to grow.”
August 4th, 2008
dear go greeners, i didn’t mean to abandon you. i was on vacation last week. normally, i work in advance or through vacation to keep up my blogging. because i was dealing with other stuff, i let the blog slide. sorry.
while i was away, my husband saw an ad for this and asked me what it was. i never heard of it before. i’m not sure i’d go there. but apparently this concept has been around since the 1930s. the green argument is here.
(in defense of my spouse when he found the ad, he was reading my rachael ray mag and found a guinness float recipe. i don’t see it online but see this one …. and this one.
