Posted on October 30, 2009 by onestraw
There are a myriad of Fad Diets out there; we’ve all seen them: the South Beach, Atkins, Probiotic, etc. Then there are lifestyle diets like veganism and raw food. Years ago, I switched to a vegetarian diet for ecological reasons to lower my footprint. As I read and listened more about food, this grew [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2009 by onestraw
Thanks everyone for waiting all season for the results! I finally got to harvest the towers about 2 weeks ago – the last of the vines had been killed on 10/10 when we had a very severe freeze of 23 degrees. Considering we put the towers in the last week of April – this [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2009 by onestraw
Lots of events coming up!
Tomorrow and next Wednesday my wife and I are off to staff some Slow Food events hosted by one of our Chef customers . We will have the oppurtunity to educate the attendees on some of our favorite cultivars (we’ll have Kennebec, Purple Viking, Elba, Carola, and Desiree) as well as [...]
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Posted on October 13, 2009 by onestraw
So this week saw the culmination of some significant changes in the World of Rob. Effective yesterday I have seen a shift change at work. One of the primary reasons that I can do all the things that I chronicle on this blog is that I have had a 3 day weekend -every weekend for [...]
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