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Andrea's Blog – February 2011 Archive (2)

2011/02/26 - Happy fish, happy plants

Transplants are doing well. Cilantro is up and looking good. Cucumber is sprouting. Fish are eating well. Lettuce is doing the ridiculous growing-so-fast-you-can-almost-watch thing. Tomatoes are... well... they're growing, but compared to everyone else they look like they aren't.

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Added by Andrea on February 26, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

2011/02/21 - In which home grown produce is eaten!

Saturday a friend came to hang out for the weekend, and we went out through the softly falling snow (yes, in California, I swear) into the sultry air of the greenhouse, and I pulled up a bunch (it's not really a head at this point) each of the red leaf and the butter leaf. I tore off the root ends, gave the leaves a simple rinse and spin, and put on a nice homemade vinegarette. The salad was amazingly good. My friend and I both were stunned at how flavorful the lettuce was compared to store… Continue

Added by Andrea on February 21, 2011 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments