OK, technically we tied for first. Our coop page is here. The other winners are listed here. Go here for a bunch of other great coop pages. Next up, the girls are going to enter their chickens in the Spokane County Fair. By the way,…
Even better than the pictures are the emails; Sorry if this email is a little long winded; I'm a girl in love with her garden...My landlord decided to put new siding the house last summer. During the project he left the siding next to the…
The Times online gives the rundown here. Here's the summary of their conclusions:The watchdog stopped short of advising consumers that buying organic produce was a waste of money but its message was clear: choosing to eat organic food will make no important difference to a…
The Baltimore City Paper has an interesting article titled "Locavore's Lament" in which Michelle Gienow expresses her dismay at discovering that not all the produce and fruit for sale at the Market is produced by the seller or sourced locally. In other words, at her…
View Larger Map A couple of months ago I floated the idea a community Garden on the two bare parcels of land pictured above. The land is owned by Inland Empire Paper and there is a history of the land being used for growing pumpkins…
One of the great things about converting our lawn into a patchwork of vegetables and flowers is the wildlife that thrives in our little ecosystem. It's a living and breathing space of birds and insects and bees. This is the most active year of wildlife…
This fascinating map is making the rounds on the internets today. It's a map from 1996 showing world coke consumption. You can see Coke's latest plans for world domination here. I wonder what would be possible if the resources that go into selling the world…
I took the above picture just east of Hutton Settlement on the hillside in late May. I was drawn to its rustic look but mystified by it's meaning and history. "DO NOT THROW ANYTHING..." I didn't think much more of it until last night when…
Reader A.Z. sent in a view from the garden he shares with five others. Here's his explanation;I live in a huge house that's been subdivided into six apartments. Of those, five are represented in our new community garden. We've got tomatoes, peppers, herbs, carrots, squash,…
Took my wife out for a birthday dinner last night at Latah Bistro. David Blaine, who runs the restaurant and writes a great blog on the local restaurant scene, is one of the important advocates for nurturing local food systems in Spokane. The restaurant was…
At least that's how I voted today in the love your Farmers' Market contest put on by Local Harvest. If you want to join in me in favoriting the Millwood Market go to here. Or if you'd like to put in a vote for your…
Ag weekly highlights a report on "electrosmog";Cell phones, wireless networks, and the developing "smart grid" utility technologies are being hailed as progress for communication and information, but the downside is an emerging public health issue.A report documenting health hazards linked to wireless radiation, called "electrosmog,"…
It's a loco locavore thing I guess. Read about it here at the Star Tribune.
We gathered for a picnic at the center of the garden labyrinth on Sunday. I've planted edible nasturtiums as the ring around the middle this year. We were enjoying our stoplight salad as filling for our tortillas. I wasn't quite hungry enough to fill another…
On evening of June 22 in the downtown Spokane a young man inexplicably kicked in the window of a car, grabbed a small Shih Tzu dog by the leash, and hurled the dog into the unforgiving concrete sidewalk leaving her for dead. It took more…
Freshly cut alfalfa on the prairie just north of Northwood, or as my friend with the a lot of friends on the South Hill calls it, "the North Hill".
A friend signed me up to receive the Ag Weekly newsletter out of Twin Falls, Idaho. So every week I get a bunch of Ag industry news in my email inbox. As someone who has looked at the food conversation primarily from the consumer's perspective,…
The Year of Plenty blog was created by Craig Goodwin in the winter of 2008 to chronicle the experiences of his family as they sought to consume everything local, used, homegrown or homemade. That journey was a wonderful introduction to people and movements in the Spokane area who are seeking the welfare of the community through local foods, farmers markets, community gardens, sustainable transportation, and more fulfilling and just patterns of consumption. In 2009 and beyond the blog will continue to report on these relationships and practices, all through the eyes of a family with young children. Craig manages the Millwood Farmers' Market, is a Master Food Preserver and Pastor at Millwood Presbyterian Church. Craig can be reached at goody2230@gmail.com
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