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Efficiency Rally for Climate Action at Portfolio Standards
the Ohio Statehouse and reinstate Who: Central Ohio Climate Action Coalition the law that was passed When: Wednesday, April 20 from 11 AM - 1 PM with near Where: Ohio Statehouse, West Side Steps facing unanimous High Street support in 2008 to Join us to show the world that Ohio wants climate speed the transition to clean energy. justice, a transition to 100% renewable energy and a sustainable future. Simply Living is participating with IPL and Sierra Club and other groups, including the Citizens Climate Lobby This will be an “Earth Week” demonstration planned - Columbus and Delaware Chapters, Sustainable Clin- by the Central Ohio Climate Action Coalition. Ohio tonville, Clintonville Clean Energy Collaborative, NexGen Interfaith Power and Light (IPL) is taking the lead by Climate, Columbus Community Bill of Rights, The coordinating numerous faith-based organizations and Columbus Free Press, the Move To Amend - Interfaith arranging bus transportation to the rally from several
SAVE THE DATE! Caucus, and all individuals of conscience concerned
SAVE THE DATE! Ohio cities. about the causes and solutions to the threat of global A Lobby Day after the noontime rally is being organized warming. by both IPL and Sierra Club. Small groups will meet More information can be found on Facebook (search with our state legislators after the noontime rally to “Climate Action Coalition Rally at Ohio Statehouse.”) discuss the reality of climate change and the moral duty to act! Specifically, our representatives will be More information on IPL and registration for Lobby Day asked to “end the freeze” on the Renewable Energy and can be found here: www.ohipl.org/statehouse-lobby- day/.
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OUR VISION:
Creating a compassionate and sustainable world through personal, community & cultural transformation.
Climate Change: Ringing the Dinner Bell By Michelle White A quick glance at recent news headlines melting polar ice caps, and increasingly have lulled us into believing that food from across the world leaves little to the acidic oceans, now the effects of climate can be obtained with little thought and imagination: change are showing up in a more even less effort. But what does it mean • “Climate change sabotaging food personal and immediate way, by pulling to live in a society where a hamburger security in Pakistan’ up a chair at our dinner tables. costs a dollar? • “Time short to protect Africa’s This is a new development for most of Farmers and food activists like Wendell food from climate change’ us. In the U.S., food has been relatively Berry, Michael Pollen, Carlo Petrini • “United Nations reveals 34 “cheap” for decades, costing less than and Joel Salatin have helped bring the nations experiencing food 10% of the average income, thanks to downfalls of industrial agriculture into scarcity due to climate change’ a highly industrialized and processed the national spotlight. agricultural system. Cheap is pertinent and even the startling, only in the monetary sense, of course, as The vast amounts of water, energy, and • ‘Food scarcity caused by climate our soils, rural farming communities, and chemicals used on mega farms and change could cause 500,000 physical well-being have all paid a high concentrated animal feedlots increase deaths by 2050.’ price. pollution in the atmosphere, ground water, and arable land. Herbicides, Yikes. As if there wasn’t enough to worry Dollar menus, frozen meals, vending about with extreme weather patterns, machines and drive-through windows see Climate Change - page 6
EARTH WEEK – CELEBRATION – GREEN LIVING
Earth Week April 16 - 23 Earth Day Columbus – Sat, April 23 Green on the Green – Sat, May 7 Old Worthington Largest volunteer Join in the fun at effort for Earth Columbus Commons Day anywhere! as we commemorate Sign up or register a service project: our collective volunteer EarthDayColumbus.org. Search or effort from 1 - 10 PM. select from dozens of projects. Simply Enjoy local bands, food trucks, kids’ activities LIving will exhibit on, Wednesday, April while visiting environmental groups, 20, from 3 - 7 PM at Bexley Natural geen businesses, and our Simply Living Market, 508 N Cassady Ave, Cols, after booth. Want to volunteer? Email: Hello@ the rally on the Statehouse lawn. simplyliving.org.
WWW.SIMPLYLIVING.ORG SIMPLY NEWS | SPRING 2016 PAGE 1 D IRECTOR’S COLUMN We are a lucky bunch here in Ohio in terms of pathways to work at doing our part to eat healthy for ourselves and the planet. Ohio is a farm state, and always has Food Security, been. We can strengthen and influence the direction of farming practices in our state via market forces by Local Approaches buying local and buying organic. and Climate It is time to take our food decisions to a new level of intensity and self-empowerment. Change We can: • Get to know our providers. Choose stores and In this Issue we celebrate Earth Week with a focus on restaurants that share our values. Food Security and Climate Change. • Read and learn more about the consequences of As we learn in the article by Simply Living member our food choices. Michelle White, of City Folk’s Farm Shop and the • Become a member of Simply Living and attend Clintonville Farmer’s Market, food security, local options SLSU classes about food sustainability. and climate change are deeply connected. One of the most effective things we can do is adapt our food • Teach a class at SLSU. Already know about some strategies, as much as possible, to locally sourced, aspect of local food? Share the wealth! organic food. At the very least, locally sourced food cuts • Grow your own food, at home or in a community down our reliance on long distance transportation, and garden, or join a CSA. organics eliminate the need for heavy petrochemical • Learn about food storage through the winter applications. months. The purchase of one bunch of locally grown organic • Spread our own solutions! Ideas make for good baby arugula won’t be a cure for global climate change, compost! but it is certainly a step in the right direction. And, while Taking personal responsibility for our food decisions we won’t win the war on global climate change in one can be more of a thunderclap than a butterfly if we spring, we can win thousands of individual battles every all work at it. Do the research, help the planet, eat day by the choices we make. I find it comforting to well and enjoy! keep the concept of “the Butterfly Effect” in my back pocket as a handy empowerment tool. We can push the Let’s make a party of it! rock up the mountain, bit by bit, by being informed and – With gratitude, Sarah acting on our knowledge.
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The following is an interview conducted by Simply Living Board Q. Any additional great “start-up” story, tid-bit, or history you Member, Kerry Griffith, with Tama Ricks, Sustainabililty Coordinator would also care to share? at the Crest Gastropub. A. The Crest Gastropub comes from not only the impact our Q. When was The Crest established? Please share a little about community has made but also our Lebanese roots. Growing your restaurant. food in our backyards, spending copious amounts of time with family and friends while eating fresh food around the dinner A. The Crest Gastropub was established in 2013, and we are table. We whole heartedly believe in the importance of growing proud to have our birthday fall on Earth Day! The Crest Gastro- our own food, and knowing where our food comes from. With pub is dedicated to offering quality fresh food and drinks. Our that at the heart of it all, we have dedicated both our rooftop, as commitment to the environment and community is sincere as well as our parking lot gardens, and our patio space to growing we take pride in offering local and sustainable food choices, to herbs, and produce which we incorporate into our menu. strengthen our local food system.
WWW.SIMPLYLIVING.ORG SIMPLY NEWS | SPRING 2016 PAGE 2 Board of Q. What brings significant impact to you or day, if we are able to have access to all the Directors: your staff on a daily basis with regard to the resources to do so. Dan Barash, President environment? Q. Is there a resource you could share with our Cassie Shearer, Treasurer A. Our community and neighborhoods have members, whether it’s a blog, website, or local Luke Toney, Secretary significant impact on us and our staff. Clin- store, that you use to stay committed to your Jenny Alberti tonville holds a strong sense of civic duty. mission of being sustainable? Amy Ceccoli We feel as if we must do what we can to Kerry Griffith A. Our community partners have played a protect our community and by this, we must Chuck Lynd major role in helping us stay committed to think globally and do what we can to help Jenée Murphy our mission of being sustainable. To name a mitigate and eliminate negative environmen- few: FLOW, Local Matters, Corgi, Rain Broth- tal consequences associated with running a General ers, Urban Wild, OEFFA, Columbus Growing restaraunt. The progressive nature of those Information: Collective and now, Simply Living. in the area have been all the support any re- Sarah Edwards, Director sponsible business would need to thrive, and Gloria Jones, Office Manager it’s for that reason that we are humbled and Office: 614.447.0296 forever appreciative. E-mail: [email protected] Q. What type of Green Initiatives have you www.SimplyLiving.org implemented in your day to day business cur- Office Hours: rently? by appointment A. We currently focus on waste reduction. Re- ducing, reusing and recycling. We also make Our office is located at sure to minimize our food waste. Any food 2350 Indianola Avenue in scraps that we cannot use, we compost. We the Maynard Avenue United have partnered with The Columbus Growing Methodist Church, on the Collective. They pick up our fresh food scraps upper level, where we are to be composted at their local urban farm. pleased to share office The compost we produce is then used to space with the Center for supply nutrients to the soil used to grow our Compassionate produce. This is a beautiful cycle! Communication. The Crest has implemented many other Q. If you could encourage our Simply Liv- The Simply Living Transition green initiatives, such as water conservation ing members to incorporate into their daily Hub serves central Ohio and through our installation of cisterns and practice, what could we do that would increase is affiliated with Transition rain gardens. Our staff waters the gardens our community impact and help protect and United States. with leftover water versus throwing it down preserve our environment? the drain. We also encourage our staff Simply Living established and guests to take alternative modes of A. There are a multitude of ways you can the Support Our Local transportation, such as biking. We promote help increase our community impact and Economy (SOLE) Coalition, our Two-Wheel-Deal year round: if you ride help protect and preserve our environment. one of 80 networks your bicycle to The Crest you receive 10% It may be by cutting something small out affiliated with the Business off. We take energy conservation seriously. of your everyday life like a cup of coffee or Alliance for Local Living We use energy saving appliances, and have something major like driving your car less. It Economies (BALLE). had major LED upgrades. You will see even depends on what is easy for your lifestyle, but greater focus on energy conservation efforts we all share a similar lifestyle through food. Simply News as we move forward within the next few Buy your food locally to your best ability. Newsletter: months. Support your local farmers. Luke Toney, Editor Q. If resources were not an issue, what would Jenny Alberti, Graphic Design be a dream goal for implementing a green For more information, contact: 419.689.3884 Diane Boston, Layout initiative? or [email protected]. Robert Studzinski, Photographer A. 100% solar powered energy or net-zero energy. Our friends, Go Sustainable Energy, are conducting a net-zero energy study. We THANK YOU TO ALL WHO would love to be able to achieve this one VOLUNTEER!
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DOCUMENTARY FILMS + MEETUPS/SOCIALS CARE + SHARE LOCAL SOLUTIONS Join Simply Living for “good green fun” at TIME BANK gatherings held in a different local business or A showcase of independent, Share food, network, organization each month. We learn from brief documentary films addressing a variety participate! Each potluck presentations by the owners or directors, followed of current issues. Often followed by includes a program presented by Q&A. We include plenty of time to socialize and Q&A with experts representing local by a member or guest speaker. network. Light refreshments are served. Free! organizations Thanks to the Puffin Topics vary each month. Foundation West Ltd. for supporting these monthly public screenings. For questions, contact Volunteer for Simply Living Chuck Lynd at [email protected] or 614.354.6172 and receive credit for CSTB!
7:30 PM 11am -2 pm 6:30 pm FRI SUN THE ANTHROPOLOGIST SUN KIDS MONARCH GARDEN Potluck 8 CCAD, Canzani Center Showroom 10 17 60 Cleveland Ave, Cols 43215 DAY at The Crest in Program TBA A film that considers our planet’s fate from Clintonville First UU Church, the perspective of an American teenager. The Crest Gastropub 93 W Weisheimer Rd, Clintonville Over 5 years, she travels alongside her 2855 Indianola Ave, Cols 43202 mother, an anthropologist studying the Sponsored by Simply Living with the Wild Ones CSTB AP R I L impact of climate change on indigenous Columbus Chapter! Children learn about the monarch migrations and their 4 stages of life. ORIENTATIONS communities. $6. Sponsored by Columbus For new members, anyone Film Council and co-sponsored by The Free Children take home the knowledge to create a interested in how it works, Press and Simply Living. pollinator garden and the special plant that only and long time members Monarchs lay their eggs on. who need a “refresher” on 2:30-4 PM (Tentative) CSTB – activities, benefits, SAT CAN YOU DIG THIS? 7 pm responsibilities and website 30 FRI procedures are covered. How Urban Gardening Can Trager Movement Demo Transform Neighborhoods 15 Next orientation: Mon, April 11 at 7 pm at Old Location: TBA Simply Living (office at Maynard Ave UMC) Worthington Library, 820 This is an inspiring film about an urban 2350 Indianola Ave, Cols 43202 High St, Worthingon, OH gardening movement taking root in South Long time Simply Living member and 43085 Los Angeles, where people are planting food business partner, Karyn Deibel, will invite to transform their neighborhoods. Calling everyone to participate and learn the gentle For more info about for people to put down their guns and pick movements of the Trager method. Learn orientations: www. up their shovels, these “gangster gardeners” about Trager first hand and tap her expertise hourworld.org/ are creating an oasis in the middle of a food during the Q&A. bank/?hw=1057 desert. Stay after for Q&A panel of experts.
7-9 PM 5:30 -7:30 PM 6:30 pm FRI SUN GMO OMG Explores FRI Franklinton Gardens Potluck 13 20 15 Genetically Modified Food 909 W Rich St, Cols 43222 Y Northwood High Bldg, Room 100, 2231 N High St, Learn how urban gardening and the local Program TBA First UU Church, Cols 43201 / Free parking - R spaces only food movement is transforming Franklinton. MA 93 W Weisheimer Rd, Clintonville Jeremy Seifert asks how GMOs affect our Meet the movers and shakers, participate in children, the health of our planet, and our the Q&A, and join a tour of the gardens. Plan freedom of choice. Q&A panel of experts to enjoy some delicious local food as well. after the film. Co-sponsored by the Ohio Ecological Food & Farming Association.
4-6 PM 5:30 -7:30 PM 6:30 PM SUN Polyfaces: Joel Salatin’s FRI SUN Potluck 12 3 Shepherd’s Corner 19 Regenerative Farm Ecological Center Gateway Film Center, 1550 N High St, Cols 43201 Shepherd’s Corner Farm & Ecology Center of the Program TBA ‘Polyfaces’ is a joyful film about connecting Dominican Sisters of Peace First UU Church, 987 N Waggoner Rd, Blacklick, OH 43004 93 W Weisheimer Rd, JUN E to the land & the community. It follows Clintonville the Salatin’s, as they produce food in a Discover the ecological ministry of the way that works with nature, not against it. Dominican Sisters of Peace. Outreach The film shows how they regenerate their Director Diane Kozlowski will offer an landscapes, communities, local economies, overview of the 160 acre farm and center for customer’s health and most importantly, ecology, spirituality, and education. Walk the their soils. Q&A panel of experts after the labyrinth and learn about their programs and PAGE 4 film. $10 donation requested. Saturday Farm Stand. Backyard Bio Diversity Upcoming classes Starts at Home Crest Kids Monarch Garden Location: Franklin Park Saturday, May 14 Day Conservatory, 1777 E Broad St, 10 AM - NOON FREE Cols. Wild Ones Members Panel Sunday, April 10 For more info or to register: Discussion: Craig Preston, Sam 11 AM - 2 PM FREE www.fpconservatory.org or Pathy, Dave Marsolo Children engage in a role 614.715.8022. Location: Whetstone Library, playing game about Monarch Community Rm, 3909 N High butterfly migration. Take Home Be, Breathe, Blossom: St, Cols. Activity: children learn how Tools for Transformation to create a pollinator garden Down & Dirty: All About to attract Monarchs and Tuesday, April 26 Household Cleaners other pollinators. Hosted by 7 - 8:15 PM FREE Monday, May 16 Simply Living with Wild Ones Learn a simple & powerful 12- 7 - 8:30 PM $10 Location: Columbus Chapter. 15 minute guided meditation 6463 Proprietors Rd, Worthington, OH 43085 Activity Leaders: Barbara Velez you can do anywhere. Daily For more info or to register: practice of Isha Kriya will Barbosa & Sarah Dalton [email protected]. Location: The Crest Gastropub, help you re-organize your 2855 Indianola Ave, Cols. energies & provide increased health, enhanced mental Voluntary Simplicity NWEI Looking to build clarity, heightened memory, Discussion Course your sustainability Solar Generator– DIY with and a deep state of Wednesday, May 18-June 22 Blue Rock Station peacefulness and joy. 7 - 8:30 PM $29 (book) knowledge and skills? Sunday, April 10 Location: Simply Living (office Decisions on how we live and Already an expert? 1 - 4 PM $55 (includes plans at Maynard Ave. UMC), 2350 consume are not made in a and Jay Warmke’s book Assem- Indianola Ave, Cols. vacuum. We are affected by the bling a Solar Generator) consumer culture and society Get involved with Simply For more info or to register, This course will teach you Dianne: SunnyGlenWellness@ around us. We explore how Living Sustainable University, gmail.com or 404-603-6284. everything you need to know consumption patterns impact us, an initiative that organizes to design and build your own our relationships, and our planet. workshops/classes that train generator, including detailed 44th Annual Columbus Discover ways to slow down and and educate people about drawings, sizing charts and Audubon EcoWeekend- live simply. (6 sessions) sustainability topics and typical use sizing guidelines. Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary; Location: Simply Living (office practices. Location: City Folk’s Farm Prairie/Rain Garden and Bats at Maynard Ave UMC), 2350 Indianola Ave, Cols. Shop, 4760 N High St, Cols. April 29-May 1 For more info: columbusaudu- Register or for more info, Multiple Workshops Questions? For more information contact Jay Warmke at jay@ bon.org/index.php/education/ $40 adults/$25 Youth contact Sarah Edwards at: sedwards@ bluerockstation.com. ecoweekend To register: contact Registration deadline April 8. Pam Patsch [email protected]. simplyliving.org or call 614.447.0296. Location: Camp Oty’Okwa, Personal Toxins 101: The 24799 Purcell Rd, South Don’t Be a Food Garden Dangers of the Shower Outlaw For more details about the Bloomingville, OH 43152 Tuesday, April 12 Thursday, May 19 classes listed, visit Info at: columbusaudubon.org/in- 7 - 8:30 PM $10 dex.php/education/ecoweekend. 7 - 8 PM $15 SimplyLiving.university Turning your lawn into a natural Location: 6463 Proprietors Rd, food garden & wildlife habitat Worthington, OH 43085 Your Money or Your Life! may raise more than the eye- For more info or to register: Saturday, April 30 [email protected]. brows of your neighbors. What Landscape For Life 10 AM - 4PM $59 (includes you can do to help prepare them Thursdays: April 7–May 19 Study Guide) BYO Bag Lunch for it and still enjoy fresh food Intro to Backyard 6:30 - 8:30 PM $60 grown in your yard. Biodiversity Experience transformation, Help us create bird-friendly fulfillment & actualization Location: Simply Living (office Saturday, April 16 habitats one yard at a time. of purposeful living with a at Maynard Avenue UMC), 2350 2 pm $25 ($20 for FPC members) Landscape for Life teaches 9-step program to re-tool Indianola Ave, Cols homeowners sustainable Make your yard a paradise your conscious activity and To register or for more info: gardening practices through for native plants and birds relationship to money. 1-day Dianne: SunnyGlenWellness@ successful soil, water, plant, & with 5 steps you can achieve workshop developed by gmail.com or 404-603-6284. materials practices. in a weekend. Learn about Randall Loop, long time Simply Dinner Time: A Hearty Location: Grange Insurance impacts of land redevelopment Living member and course Audubon Center on native habitats, ways facilitator. Helping of Petrochemicals Tuesday, June 14 Register: 614.545.5475 or e-mail homeowners can mitigate this For more info or to 7 - 8:30 PM $10 Location: [email protected] or website: damage & restore habitats. Led register: [email protected] 6463 Proprietors Rd, grangeinsuranceauduboncenter.org by Simply Living member, Tisa or 614.434.8179. Worthington, OH 43085 Watts, the Columbus Garden For more info or to register: Coach. [email protected].
WWW.SIMPLYLIVING.ORG SIMPLY NEWS | SPRING 2016 PAGE 5 Climate Change: Ringing the Dinner Bell - continued from page 1 fertilizers and waste are washed away from these farms during rains, finding their way into our lakes and oceans where they damage fisheries and marine habitats.
Mono cultures and the various chemicals used to grow them have been implicated in the deteriorating health of honey bee colonies, as well as the rise of resistant pests and “super weeds.” In short, they’ve taught us that a dollar hamburger on every street corner is the perfect recipe for ecological disaster.
In a commercial system, several pounds of grain and over a thousand gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of meat. A report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN estimated that livestock production is responsible for 18% greenhouse gas emissions. These facts highlight the mouth.” Michael Pollan reminds us “that our relationship to the predicament we’re facing: a burgeoning world population that planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still wants to eat more high-quality foods such as meat and dairy, shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world.” We must be vigilant and never forget that we get to vote three times a day simply by choosing one “‘Our relationship to the planet need not be food over another. zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still Back in 2013, I heard George Siemon, CEO of Organic Valley, shines and people still can plan and plant, talk about his devout faith in roots: roots as a means of think and do, we can, if we bother to try, combating climate change; using roots to bolster food security; roots as a metaphor of our farming past and what we should find ways to provide for ourselves without strive for in the future. He brought up the fate of a conventional corn field he’d visited in the hot summer of 2012 and how it diminishing the world.’ - Michael Pollon had withered under the dry conditions compared to its organic We must be vigilant and never forget that neighbor. Without the topical aid of chemical fertilizers, the organic plant must build a strong, deep root system capable we get to vote three times a day simply by of finding and utilizing nutrients locked within the soil. Its roots are its key to survival, and the survival of the next crop. choosing one food over another.” For when the organic corn plant dies, its deep roots slowly and a changing climate that is already starting to diminish decompose and raise harvests. By 2030, foodtank.org predicts that corn yields will the level of organic be down 12% and carry a 90% higher price tag. Wheat will matter in the soil. see a 13% growth decrease and a 75% price increase. Higher temperatures, shifting weather patterns, and falling water levels According to an article will undoubtedly end the era of cheap food. Climate change will on nature.com, a bring dramatic and unpredictable changes to agriculture, which high level of organic will ultimately affect global food supplies. matter in the soil improves soil quality So what can we do? Lanzo Del Vasto tells us to “find the “through increased shortest, simplest way between the earth, the hands and the retention of water
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and nutrients, resulting in greater productivity of plants in We must nurture our roots and eat smart. Grow food wherever agricultural settings. [It] improves soil structure and reduces you can and invite your neighbor to do the same. Shop the erosion, leading to improved water quality in groundwater and city’s many wonderful farmers’ markets. Putting money into the surface waters, and ultimately to increased food security and hands of a local farmer fosters root growth, for farmers are the decreased negative impacts to ecosystems.” An easier way of shepherds of our soil. By supporting them, you’re nurturing an thinking about this chain of benefits might be something as alternative agricultural system and fostering an economy that simple as this: healthy roots = healthy soil = healthy ecosystem thinks about the future. = greater food security.
Glorious Lettuce !
If you really love salad, you owe it to yourself to try growing Eat thinnings. Lettuce seedlings often appear close together, your own garden-fresh ingredients. Lettuce is fast and easy and a good gardener will pull out excess seedlings to give the to grow, with beautiful colors and textures worthy of a flower plants room to grow. After thinning seedlings to two inches garden. Most salad staples grow best in cool weather, so don’t apart, start eating the pulled plants as baby greens. wait for summer to get started. Here are 8 tips for a successful Pick in the morning. Lettuce and other leafy greens are at their salad garden season. best in the morning, after they have had all night to recover Make several small sowings. Lettuce and other salad greens from the stresses of the previous day. If it’s not possible to grow quickly and must be picked before they get too old, so gather greens in the morning, pop a cardboard box over the bed try planting about two square feet of space every three weeks, for the day. Protected from hot sun, a salad patch can keep its starting in early spring. In most climates, it’s best to take a morning freshness until evening. break during hot months, and then plant more salad greens for Grow more when temperatures cool. Salad crops struggle in hot a second season when the weather cools in the fall. weather, but often thrive in cooler months. In the north, garden- Try Bibbs, butterheads and other beauties. Seed racks offer ers can use leftover seeds to start up a second delicious salad packets of tempting varieties, and all except iceberg types are season in late summer;; in the south, they can get an early easy to grow in a garden. Buttercrunch and other Bibb varieties start on the long winter growing season as soon as summer always do well, as do butterheads and leaf lettuces. Choose temperatures abate. a mixture of varieties or buy three packets with different leaf colors and textures. Barbara Pleasant is the author of numerous gardening books, Mark boundaries with radishes or scallions. Plant fast-sprouting including Starter Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small radish seed or green onions from the store to mark the loca- Organic Gardens. Visit BarbaraPleasant.com. tions of newly sown seeds. The onions will quickly grow new roots and tops;; simply pull them as needed in the kitchen. Article sponsored by: Natural Awakenings of Central Ohio Visit: www.naturalawakeningsmag.com/Natural-Awakenings/April- Mix in some spinach. Boost the nutrient content of salads by 2011/Salad-Lovers-rsquo-Garden-Tips/ including spinach in the salad garden. Spinach grows best in rich, fertile soil. Add water. All leafy greens crave water, and dry conditions can cause lettuce to become bitter. Keep a watering can near the salad bed and water as often as needed to keep the soil con- stantly moist, but not muddy.
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Please support Simply Living’s local business members. In Addition to yourselves, they help support our efforts to “build local.” You might also mention that you saw their listing in our directory!
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