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The pains and joys of recycling
In our ongoing look at how sustainable living differs in the city and country, our two writers turn to the subject of recycling. For Margaret and Katherine find that it's not a black-and-white issue in this edition of TreeHugger Town & Country.
Margaret: Finding my DIY
It probably isn't a surprise that as a writer for TreeHugger, I spend a lot of time thinking about recycling. As I report on how policy makers and companies deal with waste, it naturally makes me think about the choices I make in my personal life.My thinking about recycling has been heavily influenced by the book "Cradle to Cradle" by Michael Braungart and William McDonough. In an ideal world, products would be designed to be recycled or composted. When it's useful to be able to dispose of something, say tampons or toilet paper or medical devices, we could have materials that are totally nontoxic and would just biodegrade. For items that we want to last a long time, say cell phones and shoes, I would be able to slap a shipping label on my used up product and send it back to the manufacturer, who would use those materials to make more shoes or cell phones.
I don't live in an ideal world, I live in New York. We actually have a pretty decent recycling system. There's no curbside pickup for compost like there is in Portland yet, but there is door-to-door collection for paper, metal and glass. The city also recently expanded its plastic recycling, and will now collect all rigid plastics, from yogurt cups to Solo cups. To recycle plastic bags or food waste, you'll have to work a little harder to find a collection point. The same goes for electronics and batteries.
There are a few categories that are much more frustrating, and clothing is a big one. I frequently sell or give away clothing that I no longer wear, but just as often I end up wearing out beyond repair.
One solution is to donate these items to the textile recycling program run by Grow NYC, which has drop off spots at a number of farmer's markets and also has a program that installs clothing recycling bins at apartments and schools.
Another solution is to go DIY, and treat my old clothes as raw material. The clothing I'm most likely to wear out is the clothing I love wearing, clothing that's attached to stories and memories. I've tried my hand at re-making garments, and for the most part have concluded that I'd better leave tailoring up to the professionals. However, I've fallen in love with quilting.
I make crazy quilts, which don't follow a pattern and tend to be heavily embroidered. It is very time consuming, but for me the process is enjoyable. So far, I've finished one small quilt, and am working on a larger second one. The fact that I'm recycling has become secondary to the pleasures of sewing, although I started quilting initially as a way of giving a second life to worn out clothing.
Katherine: Recycling used to make me feel good!
When Maggie suggested we write about recycling for our Town & Country column, I thought her timing was impeccable. I've just made a resolution for Lent – to create as little recycling as possible for the next forty days. My goal is to not even fill a single blue box, though I don't know if I'll succeed. It's part of the bigger Zero Waste quest in which I'm trying to minimize all waste generated by my home and family.
You might be wondering why I'd want to minimize something like recycling. It's supposed to be a good thing, isn't it? Yes, and it is, in some ways. Recycling used to make me feel good, too. "Look at all this stuff I'm recycling!" I'd think as I hauled the blue bin out to the curb for biweekly pickup. I shopped for groceries with the blue bin in mind, always selecting items that came in recyclable packaging over those that didn't.
That was before I'd read books such as "Zero Waste Home" by Bea Johnson and "Garbology" by Edward Humes. Now my opinion has changed. Recycling still has its place, but I've come to realize that it's far from being an adequate solution to North America's serious trash problem. Recycling can be a cop-out for consumers, making us feel justified about buying stuff in excessive packaging.
The sad reality is that many of the things we toss in the recycling never get recycled because they disappear from the recycling stream and are never accounted for. And plastic is never recycled; it's always downcycled into a lesser form, until eventually it ends up in landfills. My goal now is to avoid packaging of all kinds whenever possible, but if I can't, to choose glass, metal, paper, and wood over plastic, giving preference always to reusables.
The blue bin, however, is only one aspect of the recycling I do. I also have a composter in the backyard that receives all food scraps, minus meat and dairy, since my town doesn't offer green bin pickup. At least my garden benefits from the rich composted soil.
I can relate to Maggie's dilemma about what to do with old clothes, specifically those that are too worn out to donate to a thrift store. There are only so many rags a household can use! Currently I have a big box of ancient clothes and holey cotton diapers that need to be recycled, but so far I've been unsuccessful at figuring out where to send them. I'm no seamstress, so converting them into something else is beyond my ability.
I'll be thinking a lot about recycling over the next forty days as I try to reduce, repurpose, and reuse as many items as possible. I'll let you know how it goes at the end of April.


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"[A]s government consolidates and strengthens, the power of independent moral judgment in the citizenry weakens; and this is one of the most interesting phenomena of our time."
Nock wrote those words in 1934, as he watched FDR unfurl massive efforts to weaken the independent moral judgment of Americans. That's one thing that people don't understand about Nock. For the godfather of libertarianism, the free market wasn't about economics, it was about morality: virtue, ability, objectivity. Sure, Nock believed that free markets were the best method of ordering things monetary, but as I plow through his works, I'm stunned by how little he wrote about the financial side of economics. It was the moral side of economics that interested Nock. Indeed, he repeatedly condemned a thing he called "economism," a state of mind that reduces all of life to the almighty dollar and the things it can buy. Nock himself wasn't remotely well-off. He simply didn't care about money.
When you think about it, such detachment to money and a loathing of authoritarian government go together well. Money, Simone Weil observed, is power's master key. Authoritarian government craves money–to the extent that it will even (for all practical purposes) counterfeit it (the Federal Reserve) or debase it (3rd century Rome). It's no surprise that the thing that craves power most is the thing that craves money most. But then on the flipside, authoritarian government weakens the moral judgment of its citizenry, with the result that the culture lapses into economism: a nearly-exclusive concern for the dollar. Materialism, of course, is the most pronounced characteristic of a weakened moral judgment. The conclusion: debased currency leads to a debased citizenry. The person who, like Nock, refused to allow himself to be debased became fiercely opposed to that thing that tried to debase him: the government.
It's interesting to think about spheres where the government has exercised the most influence: the inner-cities and the USSR. In both, government took care of the citizens' basic needs: food lines, food stamps, subsidized housing, free education. Yet in both, the citizenry became enormously debased, both giving rise to drug and gang cultures, both of which are materialistic (debased) to the core. Both also suffer from a kind of torpor: an existential laziness that pervades the atmosphere. I've never visited the old USSR, but I have seen lots of inner cities (south Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Harlem). The description of Russia coming out of Communism is very similar to what I've seen while slumming. Two entirely different worlds; two very similar environments; one common feature: authoritarian/paternalistic government.Bookmark it: del.icio.us | Reddit | Slashdot | Digg | Facebook | Technorati | Google | StumbleUpon | Window Live | Tailrank | Furl | Netscape | Yahoo | BlinkList
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June 18th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
I like the quote. Reminds me of some of the things de Tocqueville saw and admired in the US since he thought the strong moral inclinations of the local citizens was more effective and better suited than a far away king. I really like this quote.
There are authoritarians that crave money and power as you've described very wll. We've seen plenty of them. I think there is also another group of authoritarians that do not crave money, but power. Despite the saying, money does not always equal power and vice versa. I think of Josef Stalin who had a drawer full of uncashed party checks in his drawer. He didn't care about money. (Not to say other party officials didn't care about money.) He cared about power. Money was not the USSR's master key at this time. Fear, intimidation, cullings, and the like were the master keys in my opinion.
Good analogy with the inner-city and USSR. I visited there for 2 weeks in 1990. It was a dismal place. The people were nice enough, but you could see the souls sucked out of most of them. Alcoholism, prostitution, theft, abortion, the lack of respect for life, etc were rampant despite what officials said. Every person I spoke to, despite having KGB minders, spoke of these things as if they were normal. There may not be a direct correlation, but I think you are correct that the roots of the problems in both are similar if not the same.

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|JINO Creep and His Master
What the hell is this guy thinking? But, as the cheap ass merchandise TV commercials say, there's more! While denying the Freedom of Speech at this event to Christians and Jews, Bloomberg supports the construction of the Ground Zero Mosque! You know, a Mosque where Muslims "worship". These are the same 'Religion of Peace' (bwahahahahahaha) adherents that call Jews the sons of apes and pigs. The same ROP'ers who believe, as taught in the Koran, that the "Zionist Entity" (Israel) must be destroyed and all Jews (and other infidels) must be KILLED or put into servitude. What part of "these pedophile worshiping (pbuh) subhumans want to kill non-Muslims" does mayor Bloomberg not understand? Not only has the Mayor turned his back on people of faith and the heroes of the aftermath of 9/11, but all in one fell swoop he has told the people of NY and the USA "fuck you!"
This small little man obviously has a very high opinion of himself and will go to extraordinary lengths to impose his distorted (self-serving?) view of the world on his "subjects". No wonder NYC is bleeding residents fed up with this kind of immoral behavior. They are the truly smart ones who have fled Bloomberg's tyranny and Nanny Stateship.
Mr. Mayor, karma's a bitch and if you don't get yours in this lifetime for your betrayal of your fellow Jews and Christians, New Yorkers and Americans, then surely you'll get what you have coming when you stand before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates,
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Whilst visiting the lovely little town of Colebrook recently we met a wonderful couple at at St Patrick's Catholic Church. Whilst deep in discussion (family history of course) an idea was floated out there that we thought was wonderful and deserved consideration. To the gentleman who suggested it thank you.
The idea:
To compile a list of birth, deaths and marriages in Tasmania that are not registered on the Tasmanian Pioneer and Federation Indexes.
So if you have a birth , death or marriage in Tasmania that was not registered we would like to hear from you. The aim is to provide a free on line database that can be easily accessed by all. Your birth, death or marriage must be referenced though, no we think their parents are etc.
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Bilson - Bennett Family of Tasmania
Generation 1: Sarah Nixon nee Unknown
Born: circa 1786 Middleton, Durham, England
(grandmother of Charles Bilson (gen 3)
Generation 2: Thomas Bilson married Sarah Wood
13 January 1837 Wolfhampcote, Warwick, England
Generation 3: Charles Bilson (son of Thomas and Sarah)
Born: 26 July 1846 Wolfhampcote / Flecknoe , Warwick, England
Died: 4 June 1927, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
Married: Circa December 1870, Guisborough, York, England
Sarah Stonehouse (daughter of Thomas Stonehouse and Mary Unknown)
Born: 15 May 1853, Guisborough, York, England
Generation 4:
Margaret (Meg) Bilson
Born: 9 June 1872 Loftus, York, England
Died: 1957, Kew, Victoria Aust. Cremated 18 April 1857, Springvale.
Married: Henry John T Frankland; 5 February 1893, Waratah, Tas, Aust.
Thomas Bilson
Born: 1874, Loftus, York, England
Married: Circa 1912, Burnie, Tasmania, Aust.
Elizabeth Ann Langmaid nee Bennett (sibling of William Henry Bennett)
Maud Mary Bilson
Born: 1880, Skelton, York, England
Died: 16 May 1955, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Married: William Henry Bennett (sibling of Elizabeth Ann Bennett)
4 April 1905, Stanley, Tas. Aust. (Divorced)
Arthur Russell married 1942, Victoria, Australia
Walter Bilson
Born: 1879, Skelton, York, England
Died: 16 May 1955, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Married: Ellen Hulcombe
Charles Bilson
Born: 1 June 1886, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 9 July 1948, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
Jessie Bernice Bilson
Born: 19 December 1893, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 30 September 1936, Chelthnam, Victoria, Austrlaia
Married: Joseph Shepherd Kirby
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The season finale of House, "Wilson's Heart, was amazing. Season two's finale was very exciting, but this one was in a different way. There wasn't a huge, dramatic cliffhanger. Brian Singer and the writers did a really good job with this one. The music was great, as usual, too. No one cares about Amber—and maybe […]
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Wow, I haven't reviewed any tv episodes in a looong time, but I figured with season finales coming up, I better at least write something about the final episodes of the season. Let's start with House (WARNING: SPOILERS). Monday's episode (ach, I always forget it's not on Tuesdays anymore), "House's Head," was the beginning of […]
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À la Brotherhood 2.0, this post is coming to you in more than one part. Part I: What's up with the writers' strike? It's frickin' over, that's what! After three months, they finally settled on a deal with the WGA. So what does this mean for your shows? Weeelll … it's not so good. The […]
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Okay, several things. For anyone who didn't catch (or bother to watch, whichever) Sunday's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, Daniel Day-Lewis won outstanding male actor for There Will Be Blood (yeah, I know this is somewhat belated, but I don't always have time to spare to write these posts when I'd like to). Why do […]
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Broncos open with narrow win
The Denver Broncos defeated the Buffalo Bills 15-14 today in thrilling fashion at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y.
As time expired, Broncos kicker Jason Elam booted a 42-yard field goal for the opening-day victory.
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SPECIAL VALENTINE'S Dinner at the Residence of the Colombian Ambassador
The Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide (AAFSW) cordially invite Wharton Club Members & Guests to celebrate Valentine's Day on Friday, Feb. 16 at 6:30 pm with the 3D's: Dinner, Dancing and Diplomacy.
The AAFSW and the AAFSW Family Crisis Fund Committee will celebrate Valentine's Day on Friday, February 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the residence of the Colombian Ambassador. Located at 1520 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036, it is an elegant mansion in the heart of Washington, DC, near Dupont Circle
One of the highlights of the evening will be the presentation of a Zumba instructor for those who would like to learn to dance, followed by a delicious Colombian buffet dinner and then dancing.
The Colombian Ambassador, His Excellency Camilo Reyes, will welcome us into his lovely residence to enjoy Valentine's Day, celebrating romance, love, and friendship. What better way to give love and show our support to those in crisis, than by enjoying a lovely evening in a Latin style, with great wine, delicious food, and dancing! Proceeds will go to the AAFSW Family Crisis Fund.
We look forward to seeing you on Friday, February 16, at 6:30 pm.
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The arrival of Lego mindstorms kicked off a wave of Lego innovation, but not all of that used official Lego mindstorms kits - some where just motors strapped onto curious contraptions, some of the most interesting being the Rube Goldberg devices, kinetic sculptures, rolling ball machines and similar.
Lego Domino laying contraption:
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Innovations like this have led to responses with pure Lego, the culmination being the Great Ball Contraption - GBC - This video has trains, robots, and many ball moving machines:
The GBC is many contraptions made by many Lego clubs and fans, unified by a common interface and brought together at Lego gatherings where many are joined end to end to make a circuit. These lead to videos of smaller collections like this one, filmed in a way that makes it clear it has become obsession:


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About Mike | Atlanta, GA
Mike has helped clients across Georgia recover more than $37 Million, including a $6 Million policy-limits settlement, $2 Million policy-limits settlement, $1.7 Million jury verdict, and a number of other multi-million-dollar settlements. His philosophy is simple and effective: focus on a small number of cases and fight to get the largest recoveries possible. Mike represents families in wrongful death cases, people injured in tractor-trailer, commercial motor vehicle, and automobile accidents, crime victims in negligent security cases, and others who are seriously injured.
Mike Rafi started Rafi Law Firm to help people who are seriously injured when they are not treated fairly by insurance companies, business, and others. Mike uses his Results, Expertise, and Training to ensure his clients receive full and fair compensation for their injuries.
Insurance companies and business pay more when a client has lawyer who has a history of recovering large amounts of money for their clients. These are some of Mike's recent Results:
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Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart pay tribute to the late great Harold Ramis
Stephen Colbert must keep up appearances as blowhard mouthpiece "Stephen Colbert" on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, but at the tail end of Monday night's episode, "Stephen Colbert" offered that if he, in fact, were a comedian…"as a young, bookish man with glasses looking for a role model, I might have picked Harold Ramis. Thank you, Harold." The real Colbert started at The Second City a generation after Ramis had taken the Chicago improv/sketch mainstage there. Colbert told the audience of Ramis: "You may not know that through the movies he wrote or directed, he made your life better....Read More


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"Tainted Love" | Gloria Jones
She was an American soul singer who peaked with this steller tune in '64. It never quite made the mainstream, but was big abroad. She eventually, like Jimi and P.P. Arnold and so many others, found better support and fame in England. In the early 70's she met Marc Bolan of T.Rex. They were steadfast partners until his untimely death in 1977. Their son was responsible for the recent restoration of the T.Rex documentary, "Born To Boogie", shot by Ringo Starr. This song of course finally received its fame in a medley with the Supremes' "Where did Our Love Go" which became a huge hit for English new wave duo Soft Cell in 1982. It's also been remade by Coil, Inspiral Carpets, Marilyn Manson, The Pussycat Dolls, and sampled by Rhianna for "S.O.S. (Rescue Me)".


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CHA Sneak: My Little Yellow Bicycle (25 Days of Christmas)
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- Caroline said...
I definately like this Chistmasline best... ! ! !
Greetz, Caroline from Holland
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- Tanis said...
Wow. Now that's more like it.
Something a little different than everyone else.
LOVE the colours. Not so bright and crazy.
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- Tamikko said...
Oh WOW!! I agree, this is the best Christmas line out there. My family has been wondering why I'm talking to the computer screen going "wow!", "oh, yes, I have to have that", and "OMG!! the so #@%**%$ COOL!!"
I love everything! I so want a 25 days of Christmas book. It's the 25 days before that really are the most fun of Christmas :)
They really outdid themselves, I'm so looking forward to getting everything.
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An evening at the circus.
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Oak Street
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Amie flirts with the subway guy enough that he lets her ride for free. When her wink is just right, or when she's not wearing anything over her bikini top, he lets both of us through the handicapped entrance. There's a 25 yard ramp down to the train platform and I wonder if it's to make it handicap accessible or just so we could race down it. Everything feels that way, made for us. This sky above, this city slowly making its way closer out the train window, this rocking action of the train that puts Amie to sleep on my shoulder, the damp darkness of the subway tunnels as we head underground, all of this is for us.
We liked Oak Street Beach because it was pedestrian only. No parking lot, only city dwellers. The night before, we listened to an album called Endless Summer and I listened and loved it and not because of the music. I thought if we sat and just played it on loop it would somehow make the dusk last longer and into the night, that we could be back porch sitters until the end of all things. She told me that night that she never waits to get her toes in the sand, that she loses flip flops that way, that she still gets upset when she sees any real shoes at the beach and we should go tomorrow.
Sure enough, when cement became sand after crossing under Lake Shore Drive, the flip flops flopped off and were left behind, me watching, as she ran flicking sand behind her, dropping bags and towels haphazardly as if she needed to get to the water before her next breath. Amie took pride in being a Great Lake Swimmer. She called it her tribe, a sense of belonging that the ocean-front dwellers would never understand. She'd say their water is too buoyant, that you don't even have to try to stay afloat. She liked the metaphor of working to stay up, "like Carl Sandburg's Chicago," she'd say, "even our leisure time we muscle through."
Her hair tangled, she made her way to the towels I laid out, collecting her discarded belongings on the way.
"The water's cold," she says.
"I read something about how it never really gets above 70," I say.
"I like that I feel it everywhere. I like this I feel this everywhere."


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St Mary's School is the leading independent day and boarding school for girls aged 4-18 in Cambridge.
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Every day at St Mary's School is filled with learning, fun and laughter.
Junior School Breakfast Club runs from 7.15am to 8.00am each day and is open to girls in Years 1 to 6 (not Reception). Breakfast and supervision are available for a small charge, for further information please email the school office.
After school club, with a light tea is available for a nominal fee.
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Taking side by side L'Occitane and Crabtree&Evelyn brings a constant, timeless, endless "battle"-the French against the Americans.
So, L'Occitane en Provence brings the tradition of French luxurious beauty, whilst Crabtree&Evelyn gives the new, modern vibe of an American product. Even though the American beauty brand bankrupt a few years ago, it has recovered from it and tries to keep up the pace with the other famous beauty lines.
None of these two brands is BBB accredited, but this hasn't stopped them from getting all kinds of awards for their beauty products.
When you go online, you can see that L'Occitane is more active in social media, and Crabtree&Evelyn is also on Pinterest. On Facebook though, the likes of the French brand are almost three times more.
L'Occitane is even on Youtube.
If you want to go shopping online from the official websites, most of the credit cards are accepted and both sites are secure and haven't encountered any situations in the last three months.
When it comes to the return policy, L'Occitane takes its purchase back unopened within 14 days (30 days from shops), while Crabtree&Evelyn accepts returns within 60 days (with a copy of the receipt, unused products, original packaging and paperwork).
As it is an American brand, it seems that more than 60% of the visitors online for the Crabtree&Evelyn are Americans. The situation differs for L'Occitane, whom most visitors are from Japan.
- Crabtree & Evelyn – Gardener's Ultra-Moisturizing Hand Therapy Pump Vs. L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream
- L'Occitane Shea Butter Extra Gentle Soap vs. Crabtree & Evelyn Triple Milled Soap Set
- L'Occitane Shea Butter Extra-Gentle Lotion for Hands & Body vs. Crabtree & Evelyn Skin Quenching Body Lotion
- L'Occitane Cherry Blossom Eau de Toilette vs.Crabtree & Evelyn Eau de Toilette, Caribbean Island Wild Flowers
- L'Occitane Verbena Shower Gel vs. Crabtree & Evelyn Skin Cleansing Bath and Shower Gel
Crabtree & Evelyn – Gardener's Ultra-Moisturizing Hand Therapy Pump Vs. L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream
For the dry, cracked hand skin, Crabtree&Evelyn gives you a hand cream that is very thick, soaks into the skin in few minute, but works great.
The hand cream from L'Occitane is also very thick as texture, needing only 30 seconds to get absorbed into the skin.
Both hand creams are not greasy and leave no film feeling when applied.
L'Occitane hand cream has a light scent, while the hand cream of Crabtree& Evelyn is strongly, but amazingly perfumed.
The hand cream of the French brand contains 20% Shea butter, whereas the American hand cream consists of extracts of calendula, clover and yarrow-hence the "garden" name.
L'Occitane hand cream is very moisturizing and may be used even in the dry, humid summer. Its healing powers make it an amazing product, which was also rewarded a few years ago.
The Crabtree&Evelyn hand cream is easier to use than L'Occitane, but the American cream comes in no refillable, no recyclable recipients (just like the French one, though).
Even though both hand creams are highly appreciated by the customers they are both considered to be pricey. They are almost the same price, but L'Occitane comes in a smaller weight.
L'Occitane Shea Butter Extra Gentle Soap vs. Crabtree & Evelyn Triple Milled Soap Set
As you always try to take good care of your skin, one of the products you should try is L'Occitane Shea Butter extra gentle soap. This is a creamy, smoothing soap that relaxes your skin and doesn't dry it at all.
In the same category is also the milled soap from Crabtree&Evelyn that gives you a triple set option. It's also a creamy, nice looking soap that gives your skin a proper care.
L'Occitane soap is larger than the regular sized bath soaps and it lasts longer as well. It has a nice, discreet lemon scent.
Crabtree&Evelyn soap feels nice on the skin, and doesn't give any rashes as it rinses completely. It contains Jojoba oil which stirs up the customers: some absolutely love it, some find it to be too strong for a soap.
L'Occitane soap is 100% vegetable oil based and contains Shea butter, nourishing the skin.
The American soap from Crabtree&Evelyn is triple milled for lasting fragrance and it's creamy and it's worth every penny.
L'Occitane Shea butter soap gives a luxurious, relaxing feel when used, working great for the itchy skin also.
Some noticed the soap from Crabtree&Evelyn not to have entirely natural ingredients.
When it comes to prices, both products are considered to be of great quality, but pricey products.
L'Occitane Shea Butter Extra-Gentle Lotion for Hands & Body vs. Crabtree & Evelyn Skin Quenching Body Lotion
When you get out of shower, you want to make the fresh and smooth feeling last as long as you can.
L'Occitane helps you with the Shea-utter extra gentle lotion that is for hands and body. It smells nice, discreetely and absorbs quickly into the skin.
Crabtree&Evelyn created the Quenching body lotion that brings comfort to the very dry, rough and splitted skin. The mix scented of citron, peach kernel oil and apricot gives a very nice, not very long lasting though smell.
L'Occitane body lotion contains 5%Shea butter, oat milk and honey extract and moisturizes efficently the skin. You only need ½ a pump to use once and the recipient can get you through good four months.
The award-winning body lotion from Crabtree&Evelyn contains citron, honey and coriander and it's not greasy as well.
The body lotion from L'Occitane has a florally smell, unisex and its softness lasts quite long.
Crabtree&Evelyn's body lotion is lightweight on skin and may work for eczema as well.
Similar in quantity, these two body lotions are almost the same price, but both considered to be not very cheap.
L'Occitane Cherry Blossom Eau de Toilette vs.Crabtree & Evelyn Eau de Toilette, Caribbean Island Wild Flowers
No, no matter what some say, you can't get out of the door until you put some perfume or eau de toilette on you. It's the final touch, the small detail that makes you feel special and one of a kind.
If you want to get surrounded by a spring, flowery feeling, get yourself L'Occitane Cherry Blossom eau de toilette. The floral fruity scent gets you away, dreaming of the cherry tree hillsides of France.
When you like the strong, one of a kind mixings, you can get an unforgettable touch with Crabtree&Evelyn Eau de Toilette, Caribbean Island Wild Flowers. This combines wild briar roses, ambergris and features notes of vanilla, bergamot and patchouli.
L'Occitane eau de toilette is light, goes great for the dry skin and leaves a fresh, heavenly floral feeling.
For some, Crabtree&Evelyn's eau de toilette appears to be strong, while for others is subtle. This proves once again that perfume is a matter of taste. This eau de toilette comes in a cute box and leaves a fresh feeling on your skin.
The French eau de toilette features also notes of freesia, lily of the valley and amber and musk are the underline base.
The American eau de toilette gives also scents of wild rose, peony, ambergris and the citrusy perfume of bergamot gives you a refreshing boost.
As they are eau de toilette, these products are not very long lasting.
They come almost at the same price and volume.
L'Occitane Verbena Shower Gel vs. Crabtree & Evelyn Skin Cleansing Bath and Shower Gel
No good cleaning may be done without a good, nice smelling shower gel.
The Verbena shower gel from L'Occitane has a nice consistency, not very thick and may be used both by men and women.
It's nice, slightly citrusy scent gives your skin a refreshing feeling and the Verbena fragrance may be found only in this brand's shower gels.
The shower gel from Crabtree&Evelyn is not over powering and has a clean, citrusy smell, leaving a fresh feeling on your skin.
As it's very concentrated (and yet not too thick), you only need a small amount from L'Occitane shower gel to use.
The same thing goes for the shower gel from Crabtree&Evelyn- only a small amount is enough for a smooth lather in the shower or some brilliant bubbles in the bath.
L'Occitane shower gel is enriched with essential oils from verbena, orange, geranium and lemon tree.
The shower gel from Crabtree&Evelyn gives a tingly feeling thanks to the lemon and coriander extracts, even though you can barely sense the smell of coriander.
These shower gels come in almost the same volume and price.
If L'Occitane shower gel wins as it goes great for men and women just as well, the shower gel from Crabtree&Evelyn wins as it may be used for bath just as well.


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The Path To Finding Better Properties
Knowing the Questions to Ask Property Management Professionals
For those who have tried the process of recruiting a property manager, it is clear that the task is not as simple as it may seem. There are a few property directors out there, likely more than what you truly need to bring your property into the market.
With such huge numbers of decisions accessible, you may think that its hard to pick one for your unit. But, you should not feel strained. The important thing for you to do is concentrate on the most essential questions. Ask you ask the queries, examine your properties to gauge whether the managers are the best match.
Inquire about the properties they have overseen. Experience automatically creates a bridge between the managers and those to evade. However, the number of years one has been in the field is not the qualification mark, as the properties handled within the duration count a great deal as well. With the knowledge of the properties you have, settle for managers who have experience in managing such, or those who have managed more advanced properties.
Inquire how the managers would screen potential tenants. Screening potential inhabitants is a standout among the most vital strides to property administration, so the way they do this frequently mirrors their level of administration to your property. The cor-ordination of tenants and ways of attracting them to your properties should also be highlighted. Once you have the answers to these questions, you will know to what extent the managers can cope with your property demands.
Another aspect to consider is the handling of late installments by the experts. It is one thing to identify potential occupants, and another to deal with them. The manner in which you are answered will give you an overview of how the general running of your properties will be. Analyze all the answers to see whether they are in line with your expectations.
Also, ask them about their reaction when it comes to protestations. Like the past inquiry, this inquiry enables you to gauge how well a potential property supervisor will deal with the proprietor occupant relationship. Keep in mind that a property chief will go about as the arbiter among you and your occupant, so it's imperative that you're okay with their procedure for managing any protestations or issues.
Another point worth noting is the frequency of assessments. Regular assessments are vital to the property owners and you should be aware how often it will take place within the year. This inquiry will help you understand how well the manager will take care of your properties, even after being contracted.
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Each day canine and cats within the Yakima Valley die from neglect, homelessness, or are euthanized in shelters. Data on the age of the pet, whether or not photographs have been administered, the place the animal has been rescued from are some of the questions you must bear in mind to ask at the rescue heart. A rise within the variety of these surgical procedures enormously reduces pet overpopulation and in the end saves the lives of numerous homeless cats and canines from being put to sleep annually.
There are literally thousands of rescue teams devoted to a selected breed of dog or cat, too! Better care and a spotlight is given to the pet way of life in some of the foster houses for the Chihuahua. Yes, I wish to obtain communications from the Petco Basis and Petco regarding their lifesaving work and access to reductions on pet services.
In doing so, we hope to offer a substitute for the purchase of puppy mill and pet store canines, thereby lowering the demand for, and ultimately, the supply of, such canine. You possibly can verify together with your native pet supply stores as to when they will be hosting their subsequent pet adoption days.
I've been taking part in this for ages, such a easy idea, get rid of the blocks & rescue the pets. As a growing rescue group, we're in fixed need of volunteers who can assist us in saving canines. A lot of the shelters have websites the place you can see pictures and details about the animals which can be out there for adoption which then would save your time to find the pet you take note of.
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|This article is about a/an actor in Choujin Sentai Jetman.
Toshihide Wakamatsu (若松 俊秀 Wakamatsu Toshihide) played Gai Yuki (Black Condor) in Choujin Sentai Jetman.
Originally when auditioning for Jetman, Toshihide was going to be cast as a villain as he rehearsed lines that belonged to First Captain Chevalier from a Fiveman script. But he did eventually get the role of Black Condor.[1]
He was considered for the role of Kouji Segawa, the titular Kamen Rider of the movie Kamen Rider J. [2] (The role would go to fellow Super Sentai actor Yūta Mochizuki (Geki/TyrannoRanger). Yūta also briefly took over for Toshihide to voice Black Condor in Super Sentai World.)
He later reprised his role as Gai Yuki in episode 28 of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger and appearing through archive footage in episode 45.
External Links
- Toshihide Wakamatsu at Wikipedia.
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Bearly Legal from Red Dead Redemption
Description: Kill and skin 18 grizzly bears.
Stallion Says: "Some developers know how to make clever achievements and this is one of the cleverest."
How to Get It: There's nothing tricky about this achievement other than the fact that you have to find 18 bears to kill, with each requiring only a couple of shotgun blasts to the head. We recommend hitting up the Aurora Basin: Use bait to attract bears into the open and then kill 'em. Usually taking down one will attract a few more, so wait it out, you outdoorsman, you.


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Gaithersburg HELP
The Youth Group of Mill Creek Parish works in partnership with Gaithersburg HELP to collect food, diapers, formula, and other needed items to be distributed to the families and individuals in need in the area. Donations can be dropped off at any time at our church and/or participate in our food and item collection events throughout the year such as, "Souper" Bowl Sunday, Trunk or Treat, VBS food drive, Christmas baby item drive, etc. For more information call the church office and go to the Gaithersburg HELP website at http://gaithersburghelp.org/
Mill Creek Parish United Methodist
7101 Horizon Terrace, Rockville, Maryland 20855
Phone: 301-926-9024
Church Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-1:00pm
Sunday Worship Service: 9:30am
"Our vision is to help youth gain knowledge and Understanding of Christ, who Christ is, what he can do in their lives, and to help them experience Christ in a personal way. Our mission is empowering youth to be Disciples of Christ, through worship, community, leadership, service, fellowship, teaching, and the sharing of their talents, in a safe and welcoming environment."
Sunday School- Sunday Mornings 9:30-10:30AM
Youth Group- Sunday Evenings 6-8PM
The Gathering (worship and Dinner)- 1st Sundays of the month 6-8pm)
Outings/Service Projects- Times vary


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The term garagista derives from a French term that is used to describe small producers of wine. I use it with affection to describe a few small wineries, one of which is Deux Amis Winery. Located in the Dry Creek Valley, Deux Amis specializes in Zinfandel and also produces some Petite Sirah. Deux Amis (two friends in French) is a partnership of Phyllis Zouzounis and Jim Penpraze. Founded in 1987, today the winery produces around 1,500 cases of wine.
I enjoy their wines so much that I am a member of their wine club. Thus, I can look forward to semiannual shipments of their delicious and well priced wines. If you would like to taste Deus Amis' wine, they are usually open to the public on Saturday afternoons or you can call for an appointment. There's nothing fancy about their tasting room, just a table amongst the barrels of aging wine in an unadorned warehouse. No spit buckets here, just dump any unwanted wine in the drain on the floor.
Deux Amis is located at 1960 Dry Creek Road, in the front of the building that houses Wilson Winery's tasting room. You can call (707) 431-7945 if you want to schedule an appointment to taste their wines. Better yet, let Blue Heron take you on a tour of the Dry Creek Valley. You can schedule a tour by calling (866) 326-4237 (toll free) or e-mailing me by clicking here.
Monday, April 17, 2006
Garagista in Dry Creek Valley
Labels: Dry Creek Valley, Healdsburg, Sonoma County
1 comment:
- Anonymous said...
I like your difinition better. When I first encountered the work-it mentions tahat is is Itilian for a wine maker who make wine in His/her wine in a garage.
I guess I am a garagista.
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This position will be responsible for writing short form news for the WRGA News Website, Basic Storytelling Reporting Skills. Basic audio editing and voicing some news content on air for NewsTalk 98.7 WRGA Radio.
The candidate we're seeking must have the ability to go on location to cover local news stories or events. The ability to interview government officials, and members of the public is essential to this position.
The ideal candidate will work with others to identify potential news stories and help schedule coverage for those opportunities and breaking news.
On Camera reporter ability is a plus. Ability to work a flexible work schedule and strong verbal and written skills are necessary. Must be a self starter with the ability to follow a project to completion.
This is a full time position.
To apply: Send Resume and Cover letter to: email@example.com or click the link above to submit an application.
Rome Radio Partners, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and drug free workplace.
Rome Radio Partners, LLC, has an immediate opening for an Account Executive in our Sales Department to represent our six Award Winning radio stations.
This position is responsible for increasing sales with assigned accounts, while aggressively developing new customers in broadcast and digital media.
As an Account Executive, the ability to execute sales plans, maintain knowledge of competitive media, and be visible in the community including outside events, is required for success.
Outside sales experience is preferred. Good written and verbal skills are essential. The ideal candidate must be highly self motivated and willing to work positively on the behalf of their clients. A background in selling "direct" clients, advertising agencies, and automotive accounts would be helpful.
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http://elyonline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/eol-logo-1.jpg 0 0 Karl Bedingfield http://elyonline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/eol-logo-1.jpg Karl Bedingfield2016-06-30 09:48:532016-06-30 09:48:53Acquisition of land for commuter car park
Acquisition of land for commuter car park
Thu, 06/30/2016
East Cambridgeshire District Council has purchased land close to Ely railway station with the aim of providing additional car parking spaces for commuters.
The land is close to the Tesco 'Click and Collect' depot at The Dock. Subject to obtaining planning approval, the Council is aiming to provide at least 100 new car parking spaces and a lit walkway linking the new carpark to the existing car parking facility at Angel Drove.
It is expected that the cost of parking at the new site will be the same as the prices at the Angel Drove car park.
The full ECDC press release can be viewed here:Acquisition of land for commuter car park


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Your customers don't care….
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…or that your systems don't "talk" to each other…
…or that you say "your call is very important to us" over and over again.
Your customers care that every aspect of the shopping experience–and that includes returns–is as close to frictionless as possible.
They care that they don't have to re-start at the beginning every time they interact with someone from your organization–and that they don't get a different answer based upon who they happen to speak with.
They care that if say "your call is very important to us" that you hire enough people to answer the phone quickly and that the person on the other line can actually resolve their problem the first time, every time.
Customer-centricity is rooted in an outside-in perspective and starts where the customer is, not where your brand happens to be.
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France in 46 historical maps
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The name France refers to Land of the Franks. The name means "Land of the free People". The name may also be derived from the word frankon (spear), one of the weapons used by its warriors. On earlier maps the Latin name Gallia (Land of the Celts) or Gaul (Land of Foreigners) was used; during the 17th century the name Francia came into use. In the oldest classical descriptions (e.g. Strabo, ca. 20BC) the name Celtica is used to identify the region covering present-day France. France was also described by Ptolemy in his Geographia (150AD). The accompanying maps were worked out again by European cartographers at the end of the 15th century. Its coastline is depicted more accurate on the Portolan charts of the late middle ages, when the Mediterranean region was a centre for navigation and trade. The first printed separate maps of France appeared in the early 16th century.
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My favorite mural in DC
Photos by Sebastian Marin
Pleather Jacket- Rainbow Stores, Caftan- vintage, purse-thrifted, Cross chain- Forever21, Wedges- Urbanog.com
I once read an article in the travel section of the Post about how to take a "mini-trip" in DC--- you could go to "Jamaica" or "Peru" (among other places) by visiting a few key restaurants, bars and museum exhibits (That's what I love about this city!) I have a soft spot for this Afro-Colombian mural on U st--- the imagery feels straight out of the warm coastal region and sends an important message about the conditions of people living there. (I thought maybe by standing in front of it I could pretend it wasn't 40 degrees outside!) This was the caftan I mentioned I wore on Thanksgiving to allow for maximum food intake--- I think from now on I'll always go to dinner in such pieces :)
UPDATE: Getting ready for a big holiday lookbook shoot coming up this week with Spicy Candy DC, Lacey, and The President Wears Prada! I'll give you a hint--- there's pie involved :)


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BERLIN — The German president recalls it as an electrifying moment. One of Berlin's most resplendent avenues is named simply the "Street of June 17" in remembrance. But the heady, short-lived uprising by hundreds of thousands of East Germans 60 years ago on Monday has never lived in history as the more famous anti-Communist revolts that followed — in Hungary and Poland in 1956, in Prague in 1968 and in Poland again in 1980-81.
Joachim Gauck, the first Easterner to be president of the reunited Germany, was 13 at the time, living in the Baltic port of Rostock, he told Parliament in a quietly emotional speech on Friday. "But I remember very clearly the sense of euphoria that the dockworkers were on strike," Mr. Gauck said. "I was sure that something new was under way."
It took 36 more years before East Germans rose up en masse again, and the Berlin Wall fell. And now, almost 24 years after that, Mr. Gauck sits in Bellevue Palace, and Angela Merkel, another Easterner, in the Chancellery. So commemorations of the 60th anniversary were infused not just by Germans' penchant for marking round dates but also by a sense of putting the 1953 uprising on more of a pedestal.
As Ms. Merkel noted Monday, the revolt was the forerunner to 1989. Norbert Lammert, the president of Parliament's lower house, wryly lauded the event's place in the "the not-so-rich history" of Germans fighting for liberation.
The uprising actually began on June 16, 1953, when construction workers in East Berlin marched down what was then Stalinallee to the seat of the Communist government, demanding that it rescind an increase in work hours and calling for a general strike the next day.
That call to strike was broadcast by RIAS — Radio in the American Sector, in West Berlin — and picked up throughout East Germany. As historians now know, from studying archives after Communism's fall, more than one million people in about 700 cities, towns and villages heeded the summons to strike and demonstrate on June 17.
But the revolt — the first uprising against the Soviet rule imposed on Eastern Europe after 1945 — was swiftly put down. The Soviet high commissioner, Vladimir Semyonov, declared a state of emergency and sent Soviet tanks into the streets in several cities, said Manfred Wilke, a prominent historian who specializes in East Germany.
Professor Wilke noted that the uprising originated in Moscow. In 1952, he said, Stalin decreed a tightening of Communist rule in the Soviet zone of Germany: collectivization of agriculture, attacks on the middle class and the Evangelical Church, the raising of a 300,000-strong army.
Loyal East German Communists embarked on the harsh course, but after Stalin died in March 1953, his successors in Moscow reversed it, in part because of their alarm that 500,000 East Germans had fled to the West in the months after Stalin's 1952 decrees (the Berlin Wall had not yet been built). East Germany's Communist leaders were told of the new Moscow line on June 4, 1953, and after much wrangling they issued a decree that admitted "the party has made mistakes," Professor Wilke said.
That admission, combined with the lengthening of the workday, prompted the workers' march down Stalinallee, the professor added in a telephone interview.
Lutz Rackow, now 81, was one of the few journalists to chronicle that march. Invited to lunch with a dozen or so other witnesses at the presidential palace on Monday, he expressed joy. "This is historically overdue," Mr. Rackow said. "I love what is now happening."
Several hundred yards away, on the Street of June 17, which pierces the park between Brandenburg Gate and old West Berlin, Karin Netzband, 70, has run a snack stand for more than 40 years. She was only 10 when the uprising happened, but she said she clearly remembered the Soviet tanks and the stone-throwing. Ms. Netzband drew parallels — as did more official speakers, like Mr. Lammert — with what is happening in Turkey today. In East Berlin, she said, it started with workers' demands; in Istanbul, "it all started with a park, and now they've begun demanding more freedoms and democracy too."
Mr. Gauck used his speech on Friday to plead for more study in the schools of June 17, which for decades was a public holiday in West Germany, but deteriorated, he lamented, into an empty ritual of speechmaking. Interviews with Germans young and old on Monday along the Street of June 17 — so named by West Berlin's Senate just five days after the uprising was crushed — suggest that although younger people know of the revolt, it has more significance for old-time Berliners.
"I can't even stand thinking about it," said a 74-year-old man who refused to give his name. "I'm an old West Berliner. At the time, I thought I was going to become a Russian."
Elli Fricke, 79, who has lived in the Ruhr area of western Germany since 1959, began to weep during a telephone interview. In June 1953, she was a 19-year-old West Berliner, pregnant and engaged to her sweetheart, Dankwart, 21, an East Berliner.
For three or four crucial days, she remembered, they were cut off from each other. She miscarried, perhaps because of the anxiety. But the couple married anyway that August, and on June 17, 1954, she gave birth to their first child, a daughter, whose son has become a history teacher fascinated by, among other events, the 1953 revolt.
Arno Heller, 83, is a much-interviewed witness to the revolt because he is one of two figures caught in an archive photo of young men hurling stones against the Soviet tanks. A native Berliner, he welled over with the pride that is characteristic of this city, which is now prized throughout Europe as a destination for the young but is also scarred by its history.
It was no coincidence, Mr. Heller said in a telephone interview before joining Mr. Gauck and the other witnesses at lunch on Monday, that Berlin gave birth to the first revolt against Soviet rule.
"Berlin is a political city," he said. "The people are not just here to eat or to work. Here, they have political instincts," imbibed like mother's milk. "Berlin," he concluded with force, "is alive."


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Classes Nine and Ten – Harvesting and Wrap-Up
August 19, 2014
Author: Ian Whittington
Category: General News Stories from the Garden
This is why most of us probably took this class. Sure we wanted to learn all the ins and outs of gardening, but let's be honest. No one signed up looking forward to all the weeds they were going to get to pull; they signed up for the plump tomatoes and spicy peppers.
Now that the fall season is approaching our plants are really starting to produce. My bean plants are especially fruitful, to the point where I'm giving some away because I know we won't eat them fast enough at home.
What have we, and by we I mean my mom, done with my harvest so far? The beans were put to good use in pancit, a Filipino noodle dish with a mix of veggies and meat. The tomatoes have been cut up into salads, and a bunch of basil was blended into a pesto.
But even though my mom has been the one to use my produce the most I still have ideas about what I'd like to do with them as well. What I'm really looking forward to is trying to make tzatziki sauce out of my cucumbers. I love Mediterranean food, and nothing would make me happier than dipping pita wrapped lamb into some homemade tzatziki.
I'll have to hurry though if I'm going to do this with my own cucumbers. While they've lasted longer than my classmate's cucumbers they've also started showing possible signs of bacterial wilt. Some people have told me that it might just be that they're ending their life cycles. Regardless its looking like my last cucumber harvest may indeed have been my last.
Whatever happens with them though I'll still have plenty to harvest for the next few months. Besides my exploding beans I'm still getting tomatoes, basil, and lots of peppers. And just this week I got my first leek.
But am I harvesting everything right? Between this class and my apprenticeship with Love and Carrots I think I'm starting to get a good understanding of when and how I should harvest. For instance, I know that tomatoes can be picked as soon as they start to turn red and will continue ripening off the vine. I also know that okra pods are best cut off when they're 2 to 4 inches long because beyond that range they get to be too tough. One thing that's really been drilled into my mind is to harvest beans every 2 to 3 days to keep them producing. This last tidbit harkens to a larger rule, which is harvest fruit as often as possible.
Now if you've been paying attention to all my posts you may be wondering why I'm talking about harvesting fruit when all I've grown are vegetables. Have I been hiding some secret strawberry patch tucked away in some Photoshop hidden corner?
I wish.
No, when I say fruit I'm talking about it in the botanical sense, meaning the part of the plant that contains seeds. Really a lot of what we think of as vegetables are actually fruit.
Okra, pumpkins, and yes, even tomatoes are botanically fruit.
But why does this matter? Well, realizing that you're harvesting the seed producing part of the plant when you pick a fruit helps in understanding why harvesting frequently is paramount. When a plant produces a fruit it's fulfilling a vital part of its life cycle: reproduction. Once this is done it has no reason to keep producing the fruit that we want. Not all but a lot of plants will keep producing as long as you keep harvesting. By taking off the fruit you're sending a signal to the plant that it still needs to make seed. Again, beans are a great example of this.
Okay. So we know we need to harvest frequently. Great. Now how do you know if your fruit is ready to be picked in the first place? One tip Joe suggested is the grocery store test: if it looks like it does in the grocery store its ready. That, however, isn't full proof. For one thing, if you're growing something that isn't typically in a grocery store that doesn't help you much, now does it? And let's not forget that people are picky, something of which grocery stores are conscious of when they decide to put out produce. Just because a fruit's weird looking doesn't mean its not good to eat.
So then what is a full proof way to know when you should harvest your plant's fruit? One word: Knowledge.
Knowledge is important because, well, you need to know how whatever it is you want to harvest is supposed to look like when its fully ripened. There's no overarching rule for everything in existence. Remember all the confusion with the Baltimore fish peppers a few classes ago? That was only a problem because we didn't have the proper knowledge about that particular plant. Once I did a little research I realized there wasn't really a problem at all.
Knowledge about a specific plant in question is also important so you know when and if your plant is over ripe. Take cucumbers. Generally speaking once a cucumber turns yellow it's bitter and no longer good to eat. But some varieties of cucumber, such as the Salt and Pepper cucumber, are actually supposed to be yellow. Again, a little knowledge goes a long way.
Now that we've got a hang of when to harvest, how much is too much? That really depends on what part of the plant you're harvesting. Fruit doesn't serve a vital function in terms of a plant sustaining itself. Pick all the fruit hanging and the plant will do just fine. But when it comes to harvesting foliage and roots, that's a different story.
Plants we harvest for their foliage are leafy plants like kale, spinach and lettuce. Foliage is basically a plant's leaves, so in harvesting foliage we're taking away the parts of the plant that carries out photosynthesis. Obviously if we want our plants to live we want them to keep conducting photosynthesis. Therefore, we don't want to take too many leaves away. Generally the rule is don't take more than one third of the plant.
Will you kill the plant if you take off more? I don't personally think so. But it is a good guideline to keep in mind in order to keep yourself from getting too harvest crazy. One tip: go for the big leaves towards the bottom. You'd be surprised by how much one big kale leaf really is when you break it up into a salad. I'd pick the leaves towards the bottom because, well, they're older and going to die sooner. We didn't plant these crops to let them go to waste.
Wasting as little as possible is why you want to be careful about harvesting root crops. Root crops are plants we harvest for the root, such as potatoes, radishes, and carrots. Whereas we harvest parts of the plant when we go for the fruit or foliage, when we harvest root crops we have to pull out the whole thing. This means once you decide to harvest a root crop you're committing to it.
One way to know if a root crop is ready to harvest is to see if the top of the root is sticking out. When I volunteered with Common Good City Farm, seeing radish tops popping up let me know that they were ready. It wasn't an absolute rule because sometimes the tops were still too small, but it was definitely a good visual to utilize.
But this method won't work for all root crops. Sweet potatoes, for instance, are deep underground and have to be dug out when harvested. In this circumstance I could use the leaves to know when its time to dig. Once half the leaves turn yellow I'll know its time, unless of course Mother Nature forces me to act early. Really wet roots crops can rot, so persistent rain and soggy soil could be reasons to harvest before you planned.
It shouldn't be too long until its time for me to harvest my own sweet potatoes. But once I do what will I do with that space? Quite honestly I don't know yet. But what I do know is that I will indeed be able to plant something there.
As of August 2nd the summer session of NFI's Adult Garden Education class is over. It's hard to believe that it's been three months since I dug into my plot and made my beds. They've come a long way, and I'm really proud of what I've accomplished. But I'll be able to accomplish even more this fall when I continue with the fall session of the program. I'm already thinking about what I want to plant, with peas, carrots, and spinach being at the top of my list.
There's one thing I'm not sure of though. Is it even the right time of year to plant these? I guess we'll find out in a few weeks.


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