Saturday, March 28, 2009

A MATZOH BOX OF MUSINGS

I've had matzoh on the brain all week. Saving myself and my gut as long as possible. In the meantime, you too can feast on this delicious if slightly stale (2008) music video by the dusty-throated Michelle Citrin, 20 Things To Do With Matzah (a word spelled in at least 20 ways).

This is Starlet's awfully good imitation of what it feels like after eating too much unleavened bread. I dread to think what would become of her tummy if she did succeed in getting into a box. Something I'd like to do but don't know where to do it since I'm down in Berkeley that whole week. Anyone want to fatten up this stray vegetarian Jew?

Beyond the matzoh horizon, mountains are filling up with wildflowers. Once again, Zoe Mae and I submitted to their siren song. Already, last week's grass widows are fading as the yellow bells reach deafening pitch, enough to wake the genus Erythronium (pictured here) now lifting its shy head.

Any day now, the weather will be dry enough for people to start putting in new gardens. Among them will be newbies who want to grow food but don't know where to start. Introducing one of the best marketing breakthroughs of the 2009 season, the GRAB AND GROW vegetable garden, a collection of easy to grow veges designed for full sun in a limited space.

The mastermind behind the new introduction is the ever-inventive, ambitious and indefatigable Queen of Wholesale Nurseries, Alice Doyle of Log House Plants, a woman I'm terribly proud to know.

If you're just hearing about Log House and are curious what this ahead-of-the-pack company's up to, you might consider signing up for its newsletter and check out its list of new introductions.

Then you'll see first hand just how inventive, ambitious and indefatigable Alice Doyle is.
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6 comments:

  1. That looked like a glacier lily to me. so I looked it up to compare, and found that the glacier lily's scientific name is, indeed, Erythronium grandiflorum. Something keeps keeping me out of the garden--either cold or rain or snow or other responsibilities. Could be for the best because I will not plant anything so early that it can't possibly grow. (Sorry--no matzoh here.)
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  2. What's your Berkeley itinerary like? Any public engagements?
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  3. Hey Georgia, Answer is nope. Going to be immersed in a week of new media training at UCB w/other riffed NPR colleagues so we can all tell our stories in every conceivable social media...though I'll be drawing the line at Twitter. Thanks for asking.
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  5. Geez, Ketzel, thank you for kind words and the mention about our "Grab and Grow" Vegetable Kits. But if our programs were totally dependent on this "mastermind" we'd still be in the 20th century. Credit for the beauty, words and art go to our hardworking brilliant and inventive Erica and Rachel. Then there's the growing team and my "mastermind" partner, Greg Lee, the order assembly team, the office staff, the mechanics, the drivers and so much more.....We love our crew and what we do!
    So do check on our www.loghouseplants.com soon to see the Grab and Grow regional handpicked vegetable collections which are sold in half flats (9 4" pots) with specific varieties for each locale. We've chosen the most tasty, productive and dependable varieties for each climate area, with the intense taste and unmatched freshness you only get from homegrown veggies.
    From garden to plate in minutes, not days, homegrown produce abounds with flavor and nutrition--but no food miles, no additives, no packaging, and no grocery bill!
    Time to revive that unused garden plot or till up a sunny patch of lawn and grow it yourself! Don't forget, you grow these vege successfully, you'll need six hours or more of sunshine.
    Check later on our website for schematics and culture, harvesting, processing and storage ideas for your bounty.
    Love ya, Ketzel!
    Alice from Log House Plants
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  6. If you use Facebook then you might like Twitter...
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