http://locavoregon.com/blog1 Eating Local in Oregon and SW Washington Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:54:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My garden has been growing, although I believe the contractor mixed in some of the old bark dust with the soil. Since it contained Caseron to keep the weeds away, I haven't been able to sprout anything from seed except for the peas. The peas might have benefited ... http://locavoregon.com/blog1/2009/07/25/peas-tomatoes-peppers-and-collard-greens/ LocavOregon is now on Twitter: @locavoregon Come follow me. The Twitterfeed will bring you LocavOregon posts and Portland Sustainable Foods Examiner posts. Plus my foodie explorations of local and sustainable foods. http://locavoregon.com/blog1/2009/07/08/locavoregon-twitter/ I've launched as the Portland Sustainable Foods Examiner at Examiner.com. The new site will give me a wider audience to report local foods. I plan to continue with LocavOregon as well. http://locavoregon.com/blog1/2009/07/08/portland-sustainable-foods-examiner/ The third monthly wine maker dinner at Encore 310 featured La Bete Wines of McMinnville, Oregon. La Bete Wines doesn't have its own vineyard. They purchase the fruit from growers (including Momtazi) and feature that grower on their label. They share their winemaking facility with Couer de ... http://locavoregon.com/blog1/2009/06/01/la-bete-wine-maker-dinner-review/ I got my first weekly pickup at my CSA, Rosemattel's. The first pickup included kale, chard, beet greens, french carrots, radishes, green onions, lettuce, broccoli -- a treasure trove! I got a double dose of kale because I didn't want the chives or fennel. What to do ... http://locavoregon.com/blog1/2009/05/27/penne-pasta-with-braised-kale-and-lemon-parmesan-sauce/ I was searching for a good place for our anniversary dinner in Vancouver and got a coupon for Farrar's Bistro in Felida. I checked their menu and thought it would be worth a try. The bistro is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I called in the ... http://locavoregon.com/blog1/2009/05/21/farrars-bistro/ Back in March, I hired a landscaper to make me a garden. He did this by scraping up the barkdust in the "back 40" and dumping a load of mushroom compost soil. He said I didn't need raised beds because the plot had the right drainage profile. ... http://locavoregon.com/blog1/2009/05/18/planting-the-garden/ I am always on the lookout for a farmers markets held on Sundays. On Saturday I may be off doing a walk that isn't near a farmers market, and need to use Sunday to stock up on veggies. At Orenco Station in Hillsboro, the Hillsboro Sunday Farmers Market ... http://locavoregon.com/blog1/2009/05/17/hillsboro-orenco-station-farmers-market/ On my way to and from my walk this weekend, I stopped in at two farmers markets I hadn't yet sampled. The Parkrose Farmers Market is actually quite convenient from my side of Vancouver, just south of Airport Way near 122nd. It was opening day and they were giving ... http://locavoregon.com/blog1/2009/05/04/parkrose-and-troutdale-farmers-markets/ I've updated the list of Portland/Vancouver area farmers markets as many are opening this weekend and next weekend. It is still very early in the season. I've been going to the Vancouver Farmers Market the past month and buying last season's root vegetables and fruit, plus some lettuce and plant ... http://locavoregon.com/blog1/2009/05/02/farmers-market-list-updated-for-2009/