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Where do you live and garden?: South Portland, Maine USA

How long have you been growing food?: 4-10 years

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.

Dream garden travel destination:: school gardens around the world

Favorite foods:: beets, fennel, and cipollini

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This year has been one of rediscovery of many things Spanish. As a student, I spent a year at the University of Barcelona. Several years later, I spent a year teaching English in Galicia, the verdant, Celtic northwest of Spain. I’ve taught Spanish off and on over the years in the US. While I don’t expect that the children would relish a lamprey casserole, they have embraced all that I’ve brought from Spain and Latin America con gusto. That’s one of the interesting things about food fusion. Peopl… Continue

Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 9:27am — 1 Comment

Report from the wallow

It poured all morning, which made me a very productive person after dropping the children off at their various sodden day camps. I zipped out to check on the gardens after lunch, in a moment of weak sunshine, to find an overgrown jungle. Everything has benefitted from the rain, but most especially the weeds. Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota) literally eight feet/2.4 m. tall. And no, it’s not that it escaped my notice all summer, it’s just that it’s beautiful and lacy and doesn’t really sp… Continue

Posted on August 12th, 2008 at 1:40pm — 1 Comment

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At 3:28am on October 1st, 2008, CORBALAN LOPEZ, JUAN ANTONIO said…: Le doy las gracias por su bienvenida, tambien por brindarme la oportunidad
de expresarme en castellano a través de usted,muchas gracias.Espero tener que ponerme en contacto con usted mas de una vez.
hasta pronto,
Juan Antonio.

At 2:43pm on July 26th, 2008, Mara Riley said…: Good for your daughter! It's good to establish those skills early. I'm just picking it up again after about 20 years of not playing.

At 9:15am on July 25th, 2008, Ron said…: Nice photos hey.

I have never planted artichokes and have probably never heared of them either.

What does one do with them and what time of positioning would suit them - sun or shaded area?

Regards

Ron

At 9:09am on July 24th, 2008, ilex said…: Now that the borage has played out for the season, I can understand the reseeding issues you must be having. I can't believe how prolific this plant is; I planted just 4 and there must be 400 seed pods. Amazing. Hope I can kill them over the winter with hot composting :).

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