Monthly Archives: March 2012

The incredible egg

Posted on March 27, 2012 by BGBowen

Most of us know that eggs are “good for the garden.”  When my friend Ilse offered me the 7 dozen eggshells she’d cracked into meatloaf at our monthly volunteer gig, the Bellingham Community Meal, I jumped on that with alacrity, … Continue reading →

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Tiny Tim’s Garden–Peas and the best Pea Soup ever!

Posted on March 20, 2012 by BGBowen

I was five years old.  The issue was peas. Cold canned peas, the big slimy pellucid gray green horrors, lay in a lump on my plate, alone and unwanted.  My sister and I had downed our ground round patty and … Continue reading →

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You Can Grow This! Part Deux (with recipe!)

Posted on March 8, 2012 by BGBowen

Last year, Tiny Tim’s Garden looked like this in mid June: Nothing like morning light to show off plants, right? Isn’t “Bright Lights” Swiss Chard almost shockingly beautiful? Broccoli rabe looks good enough to eat at 7:00 a.m Here’s what … Continue reading →

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