Comments on: Dark Days challenge, week one http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/ This is a journal, of sorts, of an organic garden in SW Michigan. "Ut sementem feceris, ita metes: non semper erit aestas." Tue, 29 May 2012 17:42:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: El http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7439 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:56:18 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7439 Mike, then you’d have liked the goose: very dark! I find it quite tasty. Most people avoided it though. Which is sad.

Aimee: good luck with the goat! I know it’s going to be a tough step for you, but then again, that’s a lot of hayburners out on your farm otherwise. I am likewise out to “get” Baby Turkey, especially now that he’s become such a menace. Local is great. I am sad to hear you guys don’t have access to local grain, though…maybe over the mountains east of you?

MC, glad to hear you’re doing it, too! I think corn will be on your menu in the coming months, then, right? And could you get rice from the Carolina coast? They make some great rice down there. It’s not 100% “local” but goodness it’s lots closer than California.

WF, is there anything easier than dal? Really, quite a fast and delicious dish. It’s one of the things I always make when I am camping as red lentils are lightweight and cook quickly! But YES you can certainly still plant your garlic now!! Hop to it! ;)

Stef, we all had a lot of fun.

Sharon! why thanks. Lots more work to be done though!

Hayden! Glad to learn you’re now a neighbor! There are a few places to look into now that you’re here. Are you closer to GR or Kzoo? GR has a co-op that you can join (Crane Dance is a member) that we used to belong to: it’s a once-a-month thing, you order on line and pick it up once a month. It should help you to find farmers and CSAs etc. And there’s a Yahoo group called Eat Local SW Michigan that you can join that’s centered in Kzoo but handles GR too. They have an extensive list of local growers. I know it seems tough going, moving here from CA, but it is MILES better than it was when we moved here 5 years ago. And, next year, you’ll have your own stuff!

CC, yeah, we made everything there, which was pretty fun. Got there at noon and just began cooking, dinner at 5, everyone bring tablecloths, silverware, plates and candles!

John, it was!

Dennis, thanks for confirming! Indeed, all it really wants to do is get in the ground, period.

]]> By: DennisP http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7435 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:11:10 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7435 Hafiz – I don’t know where you’re at, but I planted garlic in mid-November last year here in central Wisconsin. I remember it being really cold, my fingers would barely work, and I was berating myself for planting it so late. But the garlic turned out wonderfully well this year. So it’s not too late!

]]> By: John A. Abel http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7434 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:39:42 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7434 It all looks and sounds so good!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: cookiecrumb http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7433 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:46:32 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7433 That’s so beautiful. Doesn’t even look pot-lucky.

]]> By: Hayden http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7432 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:54:26 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7432 Wow, that’s really impressive! Even more impressive to me now that I’ve arrived at my new home here in MI.

Went to the Fulton St. Farmers Market last Sat to meet the Crane Dance Farm folks and get some meat. Have found a raw milk source. Getting integrated into the network and locating things has been a real challenge!

]]> By: sharon http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7431 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:01:38 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7431 Great post! Teach those kids. The time is right. Thanks for you, El.

]]> By: stefaneener http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7430 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:40:50 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7430 That sounds so wonderful. Lucky you and lucky students.

]]> By: Hafiz. http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7429 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:35:14 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7429 hey – forgot to ask you. Its not too late to plant garlic …is it?

]]> By: Hafiz. http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7428 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:31:30 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7428 Did you say ‘dal’? : ) really? Great kids!!

]]> By: Mangochild http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7427 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:33:24 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7427 Delicious! I love how involved you are in your community and especially the schools in your area. In my mind, that is one of the furthest-reaching activities possible, and I’m sure that it gives a lot to the children.
I’m looking forward to the Dark Days challenge too. One thing I wish is that we had local grains in this area that I can eat, but since we don’t, it’s an exercise in doing the best one can.

]]> By: aimee http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7426 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:54:47 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7426 fantastic! I am doing an as-local-as-I-can thanksgiving: local pasture raised turkey, cabrito (goatling) from our own farm, local squashes, potoatoes and greens. Non-local items that I can’t omit include sweet potatoes, wild rice, and any wheat products.

]]> By: Mike http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/11/15/dark-days-challenge-week-one/#comment-7425 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:04 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=3895#comment-7425 The food sounds amazing. I grew up eating goose, one of my favorite foods as a child…goose and duck. I am a huge fan of dark meat to this day.

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