Thursday, February 2, 2012

Kyrene School District

As a partner in education, FIGG hosted a group of Kyrene de los Ninos students.  Everyone learned all about worms, composting, seed germination, and seed harvesting.








































































Beets



Beets.  Read more here.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Plant hardiness zones

The US Department of Agriculture announced its new plant hardiness zone map.  Click here to see it.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Can you say potato?


Several kinds of potatoes were planted in two of the Food Bank plots. We'll be watching and learning.




  
 

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

From a food writer

Here's a little fun reading that will inspire preparations for Spring planting.

  Molly Stevens is a food writer, editor and cooking teacher living in Northern Vermont. Her cookbook All About Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking (WW Norton) won a 2005 James Beard Foundation award and an International Association of Culinary Professionals award. Food & Wine magazine listed the book as one of the top 10 cookbooks of 2004.