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About Me:: I'm a parent and educator who believes that everything we do is related to food production and consumption and all children are naturally curious about the world around them. Therefore the emphasis in primary education should shift from literacy and numeracy to earth science, with literacy, numeracy, and social awareness springing from that core.

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At 12:19pm on June 20th, 2008, John Walker said…: I belatedly read your comment (don't visit my page much) about the leek-green dragon. Welsh dragons are red (ddraig-goch) but you probably knew that.
pax
John

At 1:57pm on June 18th, 2008, Maya said…: Right now it's lots of rhubarb, lettuce, arugula, mint, kale, scallions, chives, parsley, cilantro, green garlic, and pea shoots. We just harvested the first lot of strawberries from the kids' school garden today -- school got out for the summer yesterday, so we froze three gallons for September, but we also swiped a quart to make the first shortcake of the year. We'll replace them when we go pick at a local farm next week. The school strawberry bed is sandwiched between a fire lane and tennis courts, so it warms up earlier. Our home berries won't be starting until next week.

At 12:22pm on June 18th, 2008, megan said…: thanks for my first comment! I'm so glad to have found this website- What do you have growing there in Portland now? I have this week harvested: zucchinis, snap peas, lettuces, chard/kale, broccoli, cherries and berries (I can't seem to grow strawberries well- but raspberries do well). Thanks again- Megan

At 9:31am on May 27th, 2008, Laura said…: Hi Maya.
Thank you for your "welcome".
Do you speak spanish? because I´m from México, I´m living in Guanajuato, Gto
www.guanajuatocapital.com

At 10:22pm on May 19th, 2008, Penelope said…: The word "eke" as in "eke" a living out of the soil sounds so spare and desperate. As I age, the thought makes me tired and thinking of backbreaking hoeing and near starvation all the time. I heard a newscast about the Myanmar disaster and how the country's people were entering the beginning of "the hungry season" when everyone's stored food is low and it's a long way til harvest -- and yet tourists have more than enough . . .I'm rambling again. I just picked asparagus with a friend in an acquaintance's backyard 1/4 acre asparagus bed. Amazing place. My back hurts.

At 11:48am on May 19th, 2008, Ian said…: Thanks for your comments.

I wrote a blog at the time but it didn't help at all. It was a bit of a storm in a teacup!
Ian

At 9:02am on May 16th, 2008, John Walker said…: How is the pod organising going?
We are having our second meeting of the edible gardening club next week and I will let you know how it goes.
Also in the latest edition of Touch the soil, there is an article about why people grow gardens. I don't have the link on hand but I can send it. the report is long but at the end there is a questionnaire which could be very useful.
pax
John

At 3:16pm on May 12th, 2008, Ian said…: I'm sure you're right Maya, and I'll take care to include the hyphen in future. One of the problems with being a gardener is that it takes away the time needed to study such refinements of the American language.
Ian

At 1:42pm on May 7th, 2008, Ian said…: Hi Maya,
Thanks for the note. I happened to see Mandy's question whilst I was leaving you a comment so I popped across and answered it. Didn't know there had been covert action on it!!!
Ian

At 7:45am on May 6th, 2008, Alison Harris said…: Hi Maya,
The Otow Orchard where we farm is a family orchard that has been designed to provide 12 months of tree ripened fruit to the community. It is so fun to help put in new trees and imagine what else might be available to us all in the next few years as they mature! I think the family that owns and works the orchard are so wise to continue growing so much variety. It is harder to manage organically, but well worth the effort.
We are so lucky to live in an area with a 240 day growing season. I am continually amazed by this and I have lived here all my life. I am picking broccoli, shelling peas, bok choy, lettuce, and beets right now.
tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, basil, carrots etc are growing nicely. What occurred to me the other day is that we seed out broccoli again in July. That means I am harvesting in May and beginning a new crop for fall harvest in July. Our broccoli has June off! Astounding! The earth provides so much.
Talk to you soon
Alison