New North Eden

New hours and a new menu beginning the week of June 22. Lucas, Michael and Tim will be offering us a fresh menu featuring raw foods!

North Eden Opens Soon!

North Eden will be open Cinco de Mayo, maybe earlier! Look for fabulous baked goods every day, delicious hot bowls and big breakfast burritos to start your day!

Spring is coming...

Longer, sunnier days, seed catalogs in the mail, beginning of daylight savings, spring break from school, Buckwheat ski classic...enjoy and let's put off that spring cleaning a little bit longer...

and it's still cold out brrrrrr

I did pull my carrots in December and they were perfectly sweet and crisp and nothing had eaten them before me.
Brought the oregano and rosemary pots in end of November. Oregano got very leggy right away (set on floor, reaching up for light) but the rosemary doesnt seem to be minding the low light so much.
Time to sprout seeds for fresh homegrown greens, and how about trying to brew your own kombucha. It's very easy and I have scoby to share...

Baby, it's cold outside!

Keep warm, keep safe. Drink lots of water. This wind and dry cold will dehydrate you. Stay hydrated to ensure proper nutrient distribution and body temperature regulation. Stay well!

Still raining...

Most of the leaves are off the trees (throw some into your compost), we've had a frost that killed off the cilantro and other herbs that were still out (but my rouge d'hiver lettuce is fine). I'm going to wait for a second to pull the last of the carrots.

Time to think about indoor gardening: dividing and re-potting house plants, sprouting seeds for salads and mung beans for pad thai.

Autumnal Equinox

It's raining out--again, or is that "still"--must be close to the equinox...
Time for some hearty, warm food. Like the winter squashes we're starting to bring into the store. My favorite, the kabochas, arrived Tuesday. Bake one of those and enjoy that rich texture with some of Strauss's wonderful european style butter. We also got rutabagas in. Makes me hungry for a nice stew with the new crop potatoes, and onions, the rutabagas, and Muir Glen canned tomatoes--because here, we never have so many fresh tomatoes we would "waste" them, cooking and canning! Go get some of Lemon Rose Bakery's rolls to soak up your stew broth. Then with a full tummy, you'll be ready to settle in for some book time...I know this great little library where you'll find something for your every reading interest! Enjoy autumn!