Is it Friday yet?

It was a great if exhausting weekend. The Sustainable Ballard Festival was fun – not quite as busy as the Seattle Tilth fest, but pretty good considering it was blustery, overcast and raining for much of the day. I met Jim McDermott, as mentioned before, and he said helow to my hens. The girls also [...]

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Must Read: Omnivore’s Dilemma

I never liked writing book reports as a kid, and I don’t enjoy them much more now. But the Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan has changed the way I think about eating, and likely changed my eating habits for life. It’s a book that anyone who thinks of themselves as a “foodie”, good cook, green [...]

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A day of local connections

Today was a day of making local connections. Big and small and in-between. It was a day of connecting with new people and finding new ways to plug-in to local food.
Eco Geek talks back
Last night I sent an email to Sarah Jackson over at Eco Geek to see if she had any recommendations for restaurants [...]

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Eat local Snohomish County

Every once in a while I have a moment where I’m looking for one thing, stumble across something else, and think “gosh, how come I didn’t know this before???” Turns out that the Everett Herald has a staff blogger focused on going green and with several great posts on eating local. Check out Sarah Jackson’s [...]

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Join Us at Sustainable Ballard

This will be short as Jake is having a needy night – needing to find a way to put himself on my lap that is. Not sure if it’s the change in the weather, or my longer hours, or Mike being gone. But typing with one hand is not that much fun.
Anyhow, if you’re thinking [...]

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Dreaming of corn

I love fresh corn on the cob. But I love even more sweet corn in the middle of winter. To make that happen this winter, and bring back that long missed taste from my childhood, I bought 20 ears of corn from Gypsy Row today – 10 white and 10 yellow.
Putting up corn in the [...]

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An apple a day, or two or three or four

Hmmm, a lot to say so I guess I’ll make this two posts. Today I spent my day in the kitchen, big surprise, right? I went to the Everett Farmer’s market and picked up corn, green beans and apples from my favorite farms. I ate hot corn with butter, salt and pepper on a stick from [...]

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A year of urban chickens

It’s hard to believe, but I missed the 1 year anniversary of this blog, and almost missed the anniversary of Agnes becoming the first resident of the Urban Hennery. It’s been a year filled with new connections, unexpected discoveries and a new appreciation for the landscape and farmers that feed us. The hens are so much [...]

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