Thursday, November 18, 2010

Canceled due to rain: Organic Sundays with Yvonne Savio!! 3pm Nov. 21 at Milagro Allegro Community Garden

We are sorry to inform you that we are canceling today’s “Organic Sunday’s” with our dear friend Yvonne Savio, due to the unpredictable rain. We hope to be able to schedule her for a later date.

Thanks again for supporting our educational workshops and Happy Holidays!

Milli Macen-Moore

Dreaming about buying that new "perfect” tool? Forget it. Recycling
and inventing new uses for household items can be more productive and
certainly less expensive.

Milagro Allegro is honored and privileged to welcome Yvonne Savio,
Manager of the University of California Cooperative Extension Master
Gardener Program and Horticulturist of the year! Yvonne will show us
how to recycle and develop new uses for household items and will also
discuss the UCCE Master Gardener application process.

What: “Organic Sundays”: Recycle "Useless" Items into "New" Garden
Tools with Yvonne Savio
When: Sunday, November 21, 2010
Where: Milagro Allegro Community Garden

115 S. Avenue 56, LA 90042
1 block SE of Figueroa, behind the Highland Theater www.hpgarden.org
Time: 3pm (Spanish Translation provided)

Please bring a plastic gallon jug and an egg carton.

Suggested donation $10, no one turned away for lack of funds

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Fall's UC Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative at Milagro Allegro Community Garden

There is still some spots available for the upcoming UC Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative, if you should be interested in this amazing series, please contact me. Thanks!

Milli Macen-Moore
:)

Friday, September 17, 2010

September Events at Milagro Allegro Community Garden

Milagro Allegro Community Garden
115 S. Avenue 56
Highland Park (Los Angeles)
CA, 90042
(Behind the Highland Park Theater)

Calendar of Events for September 2010

* September 19 – Organic Sundays, 4-5pm “What to Sow & Transplant this Fall”
* September 25 – Fresh from the Garden, 4-5pm This month’s topic: “Squash”
* September 26 – Garden Swap, 5-6:30pm


September 19 – Organic Sundays, 4-5pm “What to Sow & Transplant this Fall”

Eating locally and organically is important, and in Los Angeles we are fortunate to be able to grow delicious, nutritious and organic fresh food year-round. Join us for “Organic Sundays” – an incredible and stimulating series of organic edible garden workshops every third Sunday of the month held at Milagro Allegro Community Garden in Highland Park.
With Fall fast approaching, this month’s class will focus on how and what to sow and transplant this Fall. Master Gardener Milli Macen-Moore, will also be giving FREE organic edible, non-GMO Fall/Winter seeds!! Plan to get your hands in the dirt, and bring your baggies, and markers for your seed treasures.

Master Gardener Milli will also be available one hour before class to answer your gardening questions.

Join us for this month’s Organic Sundays class “What to Sow & Transplant this Fall”

Sunday, September 19, 2010, 4:00-5:00pm (English), 5:30 – 6:30pm (Espanol)

Suggested donation $10, no one turned away for funds

Check out our informational flyers in English or Spanish for more info.




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September 25 – Fresh from the Garden, 4-5pm This month’s topic: “Squash”

We invite you and your family to take part in “Fresh from the Garden” – free nutrition workshops and cooking demonstrations being held every fourth Saturday of the month at Milagro Allegro Community Garden in Highland Park.

This month we will discuss the health benefits of eating fresh squash, how to properly harvest, store and how to healthfully prepare them. Take home a delicious healthy recipe to share with your family and friends!

Join us for September’s “Fresh from the Garden” focus on Squash.

September 25, 2010, 4:00-5:00pm



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September 26 – Garden Swap, 5-6:30pm

Do you have a surplus of fresh veggies, seedlings, or garden tools? Have you ever thought of swapping your goods for something you need? Now’s our chance! Let’s gather our goods and exchange for FREE! Seeds, worms, compost, plants, fresh vegetables, innovative gardening ideas, food recipes, worm tea, tools, magazines, and books, are welcome. Master Gardener, Milli Macen-Moore will also be onsite and happy to answer all of your gardening questions.

Monthly Garden Swap

Sunday, September 26, 5pm-6:30pm

Swapping begins at 5:30pm! Don’t be late!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Great events this MONTH - August 2010!!



Lots of great events happening this month all over Los Angeles! Many are educational, artistic, and very helpful if you're planning on developing a your own edible garden, school garden or community garden this fall!

Hope you guys find the below events helpful and resourceful!

Free Seedlings in exchange of your opinions regarding LAUSD School Lunch! Wednesday, August 18 at 6:30 PM
Location: Manual Arts High School

Locally? Locally, tomorrow, Wednesday, August 18 at 6:30 PM all interested parties are invited to make their opinions known about "school food" at Manual Arts High School. Mud Barron will co-facilitate with Laura Benevides of Food Services. This is the official listening session of the School Food Parent/Student/ Teacher/Communit y Taskforce before the first LAUSD Board meeting of 2010-11 school year. We have been instructed by the Superintendent' s office to gather input for board consideration. Speakers will have the opportunity to hear & discuss options. You bring the "options"... right?

5,000 organic tomato, chard & veggie plugs will be distributed afterwards.

"Planificacion de su Jardin Comestible Organico"
Sunday, August 22, 4-5pm (English Workshop),
5:30-6:30pm (Spanish Workshop)
Location: Milagro Allegro Community Garden
115 S. Avenue 56
Highland Park (Los Angeles)
CA, 90042
(Behind The Highland Park Theater)

Eating locally and organically is important, and in Los Angeles we are fortunate to be able to grow delicious, nutritious and organic fresh food year-round.

Join us for “Organic Sundays” – an incredible and stimulating series of organic edible garden workshops every third Sunday of the month held at Milagro Allegro Community Garden in Highland Park.
With Fall fast approaching, this month’s class will focus on planning for your Fall edible garden! Master Gardener Milli Macen-Moore will teach you how to rejuvenate your soil organically and plan your fall raised beds – all while getting DIRTY! (Please remember to bring your gloves!) Milli will also be available one hour before class to answer your gardening questions.

Join us for this month’s Organic Sundays class “Planning Your Fall Organic Edible Garden”

Sunday, August 22, 2010, 4:00-5:00pm (English), 5:30 – 6:30pm (Espanol)

Suggested donation $10, no one turned away for funds

Planting the Seeds of Success for Your Community or School Garden
Wednesday, August 25, 8:30am-4pm
Location: The Huntington Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road San Marino, CA 91108

The Network for a Healthy California--Los Angeles Region and the University of California Cooperative Extension invite you to join them for an exciting sharing forum, designed to help you make your school or community garden a center for nutrition education. OR, get ideas for starting a school or community garden that will help improve health in your community!

Highlights of the day will include speakers on:
-Victory Gardens, Then and Now
-Garden Research Findings: How Gardens Promote Good Nutrition and Improve Food Security
-Best practices and resource sharing

Breakout sessions will be offered for:
-School Gardens
-Community Gardens
-Gardening 101
-Physical Activity in the Garden
-Nutrition in the Garden
-Evaluating Your Garden

Registration costs $15 ($30 if you would like to include lunch from Home Girl Cafe) and is available online at http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=5094.

Advance registration required. We look forward to seeing you there!

Vertical Veggies: Urban Gardening and Cooking at Homegirl Cafe
Thursday, August 26, 6 to 9 pm
Location: Homegirl Cafe

130 Bruno Street, Chinatown
Metro Gold Line is right across the street, plan your trip at Metro.net
$15 includes dinner plus gardening or cooking workshop

Summer is here! Join de LaB and LA Commons for an evening of urban farming, cooking and—most importantly—eating at Homegirl Cafe. Choose from several gardening and cooking workshops led by experts at Urban Farming and Homegirl Cafe that specialize in the art of growing (and preparing) edibles in small and surprising city spaces:
  • Cooking workshop with Homegirl Cafe that shows how to use homegrown produce
  • Container gardening workshop focusing on what you can start growing now for fall
  • Vertical garden workshop showing you how to make the most of your walls and fences
  • A brief tour and overview of Chinatown's "crack gardens" where produce is literally growing out of cracks in the pavement
In addition to the workshop, your $15 ticket also gets you an all-inclusive dinner from Homegirl Cafe made with produce from their on-site vertical garden (and including their homemade sangria!). Plus, live music by Fandango Sin Fronteras all night long! Proceeds benefit Homegirl Cafe and LA Common's Trekking LA program. See you in the garden!

6:00pm Dinner and drinks (dinner service will continue throughout the night)
7:30pm Workshops begin
8:15pm Drinks and live music


Fresh from the Garden: This month’s topic: “Tomatoes”
Saturday, August 28, 4-5pm
Location: Milagro Allegro Community Garden

115 S. Avenue 56
Highland Park (Los Angeles)
CA, 90042
(Behind The Highland Park Theater)

We invite you and your family to take part in “Fresh from the Garden” – free nutrition workshops and cooking demonstrations being held every fourth Saturday of the month at Milagro Allegro Community Garden in Highland Park.

This month we will discuss the health benefits of eating fresh tomatoes, how to properly harvest them, store them and how to healthfully prepare them. Take home a delicious healthy recipe to share with your family and friends!

Join us for August’s “Fresh from the Garden” focus on Tomatoes"Garden Swap"

Sunday, August 29, 5-6:30pm

Location: Milagro Allegro Community Garden

115 S. Avenue 56
Highland Park (Los Angeles)
CA, 90042
(Behind The Highland Park Theater)

Do you have a surplus of fresh veggies, seedlings, or garden tools? Have you ever thought of swapping your goods for something you need? Now’s our chance! Let’s gather our goods and exchange for FREE! Seeds, worms, compost, plants, fresh vegetables, innovative gardening ideas, food recipes, worm tea, tools, magazines, and books, are welcome. Master Gardener, Milli Macen-Moore will also be onsite and happy to answer all of your gardening questions.

Monthly Garden Swap

Sunday, August 29th, 5pm-6:30pm

Swapping begins at 5:30pm! Don’t be late!

RSVP: milli@modern-sustainability.com




Sunday, July 25, 2010

"Garden Swap" Time!


Our first pilot "Garden Swap" was a true success! Folks swapped SEEDS, veggie plants, gardening tools, avacadoes, lemons, apples, squash, all sorts of herbs, oranges, swiss chard, baked goods, flowers, compost, worm tea, reusable grocery bags, magazines, fresh worm castings, and much more!

Join us at our next "Garden Swap" where the entire community of Los Angeles will have the ability to swap their gardening goods for other free goods. Please see below or attached for more details:

FREE “Garden Swap”

Everyone Welcome

Saturday, July 31st 6pm-8pm

at

Milagro Allegro Community Garden

115 S. Avenue 56, Los Angeles, CA 90042

1 block SE of Figueroa, behind the Highland Theater www.hpgarden.org

Do you have a surplus of fresh veggies, seedlings, or garden tools? Have you ever thought of swapping your goods for something you need? Now’s our chance! Let’s gather our goods and exchange for FREE! Seeds, worms, compost, plants, fresh vegetables, innovative gardening ideas, food recipes, worm tea, tools, magazines, and books, are welcome. Master Gardener, Milli Macen-Moore will also be onsite and happy to answer all of your gardening questions.

What: Garden Swap

When: Saturday, July 31, 2010

Where: Milagro Allegro Community Garden

115 S. Avenue 56, LA 90042

Time: 6pm-8pm

Friday, June 18, 2010

Food Not Lawns Fundraising Teaser

See anyone familiar in this upcoming documentary? Enjoy watching!

Thursday, June 10, 2010

FREE Composting Workshop - Saturday, 6/26 at 9 a.m.

FREE Composting Workshop at
Milagro Allegro Community Garden
115 S. Avenue 56, L.A. 90042
June 26, 2010 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

You are invited to attend a free County of Los Angeles Smart Gardening composting workshop! Learn to reduce yard waste and improve your lawn and garden. Get step-by-step instructions on how to compost, and learn the benefits of and the science behind the process.

Workshop is about 1.5 hours. No reservations needed.

What: FREE Composting Workshop
Where: Milagro Allegro Community Garden
115 S. Avenue 56, L.A. 90042
When: Saturday, June 26
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Cost: FREE

Composting Bins For Sale: $40 each
Worm Compost Bins For Sale: $65 each

Details on composting bins available here

The workshops is brought to you by the County of Los Angeles Smart Gardening Program

Hope to see you all there!
Milli Macen-Moore

Sunday, May 23, 2010

World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms by Karney Hatch

Intensive & Biodiverse gardening: Small Space growing in our backyard!




As promised here are some photos of our edible garden... Enjoy!

Got abundance of organic veggies?

Next free exchange of veggies is Saturday May 29th! If you're interested in exchanging those zucchinis for a huge bag of freshly picked produce, now's your chance to enroll! Check out the link below for more information. Eric and I have been part of this great idea for a year, and it is always fun receiving a full bag of fresh organic veggies from our neighbors!

Hillside Produce Cooperative

Don't live in the North East Los Angeles area? Not to worry, the site above teaches you how to develop your own circle!

Keep growing...

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Clementine Candles - Yes recycle those rinds into candles!

Thanks Victory Gardener MN for sharing the information with the rest of us.

Click here for more info...

Grafting Tomatoes

Thank you Victory Gardener PB for asking if we could graft tomatoes, and the answer is YES! Please view video below :)

Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative mentioned on UC Food Blog

Click here to read...

Lummis Day Event Sunday June 6th


Come join the fun and stop by the Master Gardener table to say hello.
Sunday June 6th.

Click on the above image for more information.

Milli Macen-Moore

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Journal

Make it a habit to journal everything; when you planted seeds, what varieties you sowed, how often you fertilize, any deseases, etc.



Happy growing...
Milli

-- Post From the Field

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Your questions answered...

Hola Victory Gardeners!!

Hope everyone has continued to be excited about growing your own! Below are your various questions answered.

W.O. asked...

...someone mentioned at today's class about free straw at the San Pasqual stables, but I wanted to be sure I heard that correctly before I venture over there with an empty wheelbarrow and pitch fork :).

Milli:
I'm not positive if they give free straw out, however, I'm sure they will be happy to see you remove as much manure with straw in it as possible. Don't forget to take your own shovels and recycled plastic bags.

Here's a link to their address:
http://www.sanpascualstables.net/contact.html

K.B. asked...
I'm also looking forward to the list of gardening applications...

Milli:
For those of us that have i-phones, they have developed some handy applications for us edible gardeners!! I haven't had the chance to play with any of them, however, these are a few that have been recommended to me from other gardeners.
Botanical Interests
iGarden USA
Garden Tracker
Pocket Garden

B.C.G. asked...
Please email the list of plants that are safe for children.

Milli:
I work with hundreds of infants and toddlers and they seem to really enjoy sowing seeds, watering, and simply watching the ladybugs travel through a forest of carrot tops!

Here's a few:
Pansy
Nasturtium
Society Garlic
Rosemary (Attracts bees, be extra careful to place in an area away from small children)
Lavendar (Attracts bees, be extra careful to place in an area away from small children)
Thyme
Spearmint or Mint (Very invasive, be sure to plant these in pots)
Parsley
Cilantro
Endive
Oregano
Ruby Red Lettuce

M.N. & C.N. asked...
Also, is there a Facebook group that we can start so that people can post up questions, etc and photos from their plots? :)

Milli:
We already have a Common Ground Garden Program Facebook page, do you guys want to develop a separate Victory Gardener's Milagro Allegro Facebook page ?

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Common-Ground-Garden-Program-UC-Cooperative-Extension-Los-Angeles-County/124160624772?ref=ts


Remember you could also post your comments and photos on the Victory Garden blog:

http://ucanr.org/blogs/GrowLA/

M.N. & C.N. asked...
And finally, last question (sorry, so many questions), what's your take on the borage plant? We found a lot of info on it.

Milli:
I love borage! Did you know that they use to make candy out of the flowers. It also attracts lots of bees, so its a great pollinator. Use it as a companion plant, it is said that if planted near tomatoes it will improve their taste and also their growth. They also repel hornworms. We currently have borage gowing near all the tomatoes :)

J.L. asked...
I noticed that all my seeds have begun to sprout, which is very exciting. But I don't have much space at my apartment for gardening outdoors, and the balcony gets very poor sunlight. Should I transplant my seedlings to containers instead? Would they grow indoors until they got bigger? I have spinach, swiss chard, basil, and tomato seedlings. Also, I have not transplanted the transplants anywhere, but they are all doing well- I have lemon balm, rue, and tomato. The seedlings did really well by a window where I have put them, but I know they will get bigger and have to be relocated at some point.

Milli:
That's awesome! (It was also really nice seeing you in town :) Have your seedlings developed their first true leaves? If so, transplant them into larger containers and have them continue to sit on your sunny window. You'll be astonish on how well they will do and how early you'll be able to harvest. Remember, chard, spinach, basil, lemon balm, and rue are happy to give you a few of their leaves when they are still young :) Tomatoes will eventually need a home. Have you thought about applying to a community plot or doing a yardshare?

For those of you that don't have enough sunlight or land to grow on, check out this awesome program that was put together by L.A. Community Garden Council: (I have a yard share with a great loving family and I'm very grateful for the extra land.)

http://growfriend.org/

K.B. wrote:
Just wanted to follow up on a few questions that were nagging at my brain from class:

1)
C.C.A. asked about leaving leaves pulled off plants in the garden as mulch: Good? Bad? and as a follow up I asked--What defines mulch?

Rodale's All New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening says "Organic mulches include formerly living material such as wood chips, shredded bark, chopped leaves, straw, grass clippings, etc.."
and advises that one of the best ways to keep your garden disease and pest free is to keep it tidy (remove damaged dead or diseased leaves and plants)

Also, from my training as a natural builder, I know that straw, bark, and dry grass clippings contain little nutrient value for insects and a higher level of celulose and silica which they don't like while they are drawn to hay (which is more leaf than stem and has a higher nutrient value)

2)
What can we do generally to treat polluted soil?
In the Toolbox for Sustainable City Living they say that the best thing we can do to clean up soil is ADD COMPOST! Yep, they say that the little buggers that generally make compost so awesome love to eat all that nasty stuff that we don't want to eat ourselves and recommend that urban superfund sites become urban compost facilities. Hmmm? Sounds like a good start, but I want more details.

Thoughts?

Milli:

Great questions everyone and thank you K. for the info. and your research! Keep them coming and also send over some photos to share with everyone. I'll be posting several photos of our garden soon.

Also, regarding worm or compost tea. Who is still interested in a batch? I'll be preparing a huge batch this weekend. I'll be happy to meet you guys at the community garden for pick-up!!

Keep growing and loving your veggies,

milli macen-moore

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

To: The New UCCE Certified Victory Gardeners

You guys ROCK! Thanks again for attending 12 hours of lecture and hands-on work with yours truly :) I'm really looking forward to our next reunion where we will be able to share more ideas, successes, seeds, plants, recipes, and everything edible :)

Congrats again and keep growing!!!

Milli Macen-Moore
Master Gardener
Neighborhood Coordinator

P.S. For those of you who are interested in taking this series on May 15th & 16th, please contact me.

Please click on link below for more info:
Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative

Remember to also leave your comments at:
http://ucanr.org/blogs/growla



Sowing our first seeds. How are your seedlings doing by the way?


Eric "Bingwa" teaching us how to build a raised box.


How to plan and what to grow.

Preparing soil.

Selecting plants.

Happy Certified Victory Gardeners!!! YAY! Congrats!
Morning class meet Afternoon class...


Gosh guys, miss you already!! Can't wait to get dirty again!
:) milli :)

Monday, March 1, 2010

Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative

GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES!

Become a Certified UC Victory Gardener through the
GROW LA VICTORY GARDEN INITIATIVE
Part of University of California Cooperative Extension's
Master Gardener Program

Join Your Neighborhood Victory Garden Circle:

Location: Milagro Allegro Community Garden
115 S. Avenue 56, Los Angele 90042

Dates/times: April 10, 11, 17, 18,
10 am - 1 pm (CLOSED)

2nd series added:
Dates/times: April 10, 11, 17, 18,
4 pm - 7 pm (CLOSED)

3rd series added: Spanish Only
Dates/times: May 1 & 2
9 am - 4 pm

4th series added:
Dates / times: May 15 & 16
9am - 4 pm

Cost: $15 per workshop, $50 for 4 class series

Instructor: Master Gardener, Milli Macen-Moore

Registration: 1-800-863-5476 (leave message), or email me
milli@modern-sustainability.com

Website: http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/

I'm thrilled to be able to teach and share my knowledge with you. Growing your own organic food in an urban setting can significantly change your health and way of life.

Some details...
I will be providing full and partial scholarships for those of you who are interested with limited funds. Please note, this series is on basic organic vegetable gardening. You must attend all four classes in the series to become a UC Certified Victory Gardener. After the series is over, we will attempt to meet informally to share our gardening experiences and have a chance to ask and answer questions. Limited to 20 people. Spanish translation will also be available. Seeds, seedlings, soil and plastic pots will be provided. For more information, please contact me.

Looking forward to a successful Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative!

Peas & Radishes,

Milli Macen-Moore
Master Gardener &
Neighborhood Coordinator
Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative

Instructor's Bio:
Milli Macen-Moore, is a certified Master Gardener and Sustainable Landscape Expert through UC Cooperative Extension's Common Ground Program. Milli specializes and holds workshops on organic edible landscapes for self-sustainability throughout Los Angeles County. She enjoys educating and empowering children on how to grow, harvest, and eat more nutritious fruits and vegetables. Her passion is growing 50% of her family's food in her urban backyard. For more information please contact Milli directly: milli@modern-sustainability.com

For the official press release, please click on image below...





Monday, February 8, 2010

Keynote Speaker, Milli Macen-Moore: 7th Congress 50% Food Initiative, March 20th!



Hola!

Excited and honored to be a Keynote speaker at this very special event! It will be awesome to share how we begun this path, why we chose to stick to it, and how it has benefited us in so many ways. Check out the 411 by clicking here...

Will be estatic to see you there!

Be well and filled with abundance,
Milli

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Next free exchange of produce/flowers: Sat 2/13/10

Hola all! Hillside Produce Cooperative is at it again, redistributing homegrown veggies, herbs, and flowers! Check out the 411 below!

Milli

WELCOME BACK, everyone and happy 2010!

The Hillside Produce Cooperative took its very first month off EVER in January and is now BACK and ready to redistribute and share all your delicious Local FRUITS, VEGETABLES, HERBS, and FLOWERS for F R E E on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2010!

So what do you do if you'd like to join in?
It's easy! Just
RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL - hillsideproducecooperative@yahoo.com
and let me know what produce you'll have to contribute this Saturday and/or if you'd like to volunteer to bag or deliver all the amazing food!

If you're new to our process, please check out the HOW IT WORKS section of our website -
http://hillsideproducecooperative.org/2009/03/21/heres-how-it-works/

To include you in this Saturday's exchange, I'll need to hear back your commitment to participate via email by this THURSDAY (February 11th) at NOON.

As always, participants will drop off their yummy harvests at my house in Glassell Park - this Saturday, Feb 13th before NOON, bagging volunteers will be needed to count everything and redistribute it equally at NOON, and the beautiful savvy delivery volunteers will be needed at 2:30.

Also, if you've never exchanged with us before, I'll need your address so someone will be able to deliver a big farmers'-market-style lush bag of FREE produce to your door.

It's been so difficult to watch all our gorgeous citrus dripping off the trees the last couple of weeks! But now we're back in action and ready to share.

So who's in?

I look forward to hearing from you!
Thanks for being a part of this,

Hynden

hillsideproducecooperative.org

The Hillside Produce Cooperative is a free neighborhood monthly exchange of all the FRUITS, VEGETABLES, HERBS and FLOWERS we grow in our yards; a collective in which we all get to enjoy some of what everyone grows in exchange for contributing what we don’t want or won’t use ourselves. Then no food is wasted and we all get a variety of fresh local produce to eat for FREE.



-- Post From the Field

Settler's Venture: Day 38

We made it through January, and have also gone to TOWN!!! It wasn't easy, here's our update...




Here's our list of groceries we purchased with $250 + $50 for condiments a total of $300: (all organic, of course!)

In Bulk:
Blackeye Peas
Garbanzo Beans
French Lentils
Green Split Peas
Kidney Beans
Rolled Oats
White Buckwheat
Black Beans
Yellow popcorn
Quinoa
Jasmine Rice
Sea Salt

Fruit:
Bananas

Frozen Fruit:
Strawberries
Pineapple
Blueberries
Mango

Dried Fruit:
Mango slices
Dates

Veggies:
Red Potatoes
Portabella Mushrooms
Carrots

All others:
Firm Non-GMO Tofu
Garlic Spread
Lara Bars
Sourdough Bread
Quinoa Linguini
Quinoa Spaghetti
Apple Cider Vinegar
Organic All Purpose Flour
Quinoa Flour
Organic Sesame Tahini Butter
Soy Milk
Liquid Aminos
Nutritional Brewers Yeast
Olive Oil
Tomato Pasta Sauce
Bruschetta Spread
Garlic Powder

Nuts & Seeds:
Brazilian Nuts
Cashew Nuts
Walnuts
Sunflowers
Pepitas

Will we survive another round of Settler's Venture, I'm confident we will. At this point we have an overabundance of food... some of you may be thinking, what in the world can these people be making with this? How about homemade pizza, portabella burgers & fries, daily smoothies, stir fry, soups, salads, cabbage rolls, bread, chana masala & naan, sushi, and the list goes on... Our focus still continues, BACK TO BASICS!

Oh and we haven't mentioned how much better we feel and we both are gradually losing our temptation on eating out, plus losing some weight. YaY!!! This experiment is really working...

Stay tuned for more...

Have a blissful day!
Milli Macen-Moore

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Pictures of the day...

Green cauliflower.



Summer seedlings enjoying a warm bedroom.



Healthy doggie requesting her sugar snap peas of the day :)



We keep harvesting every two days!!!



Unexpected admirer...



We have edibles growing everywhere!

















-- Post From the Field