http://www.adkerratics.com Inclined to be Irregular Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:32:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The market is bustling as we head into the high summer season at Paul Smith's College! Here are a few views from early July. Check us out Fridays, 2-5 on the Paul Smith's College campus. [singlepic=168,250,250] [album=5] http://www.adkerratics.com/2008/07/13/paul-smiths-college-farmers-market/ Oh happy day! The Scrabulous website works again! If you are a Scrabble player who needs a daily fix and a chance to procrastinate doing real work, email me and we can play. Scrabulous sets up a game with a dictionary built in so you can tell right away ... http://www.adkerratics.com/2008/07/08/scrabulous/ While looking up info about tents, I happened upon this site documenting a couple's (Michelle Ferrarese and Marty Heller) bike trip in Michigan in 2006 visiting CSAs around the state. They visited 31 farms ranging from 4 to 250 shares each. The photo blog, and the documentary they made (you ... http://www.adkerratics.com/2008/06/26/csa-bike-tour/ [singlepic=149,250,250,right] ...'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.' KeatsAnd sometimes it can be found in the garden... Hard to remember this in the intense flurry of planting everything, building stuff, and getting the market display ready. ... http://www.adkerratics.com/2008/06/13/goings-on-in-the-garden/ Lots of things are going on in my garden, including the construction of my first hoop house (yay!), but I've left my camera in Massachusetts and can't take any pictures. So here are a few very interesting factoids about food and growing: Giving up one day per week of eating red ... http://www.adkerratics.com/2008/05/29/some-food-facts/ How do our food choices affect climate change, land use, local economies, world trade? A movement is emerging to connect people more directly with the foods they buy, an ethic that looks at the hidden costs of our current food system. (A similar discussion about the hidden costs of our ... http://www.adkerratics.com/2008/04/28/foodprints-and-sustainable-eating/ [singlepic=126,100,175,left]Beautiful weather means everyone is on the move - including this woodpecker beating my alarm clock lately (the hose sprayer does seem to cool him off.) And it means an influx of hungry deer. It took a surprisingly short time to get the electric fence going again this summer. In ... http://www.adkerratics.com/2008/04/25/getting-a-jump/ Sunday was one of the best days skiing at Whiteface - soft snow, crazy spirits, beautiful views. I returned home to see bare ground peeking out from the snow edges, enticing me to pull my first weeds. The growing season begins! Last week I stoked my enthusiasm for expanding my ... http://www.adkerratics.com/2008/04/08/whoop-hoops-chicken-coops/ The sky is blue, the conifers are green, and the garden is buried beneath feet of snow. It's almost April first! Click here to see a small view of the early, early spring signs, or just go the the "Photos" page above. http://www.adkerratics.com/2008/03/30/sun-and-snow/ Having taken the time to read through Oxfam's guide to the 2007 Farm Bill, I appreciate why it is so difficult to talk about. Although the majority of funds included in this omnibus bill go for food stamps and other nutrition programs, the commodity and trade support portions of ... http://www.adkerratics.com/2008/03/29/farm-bill-not-too-late/