I am Going to Portland, Oregon

Powell's, here I come! I've always wanted to go to Portland!

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I accidentally said earth hour was on the 28th, while it's really on the 29th

Listen

Take my advice:
1. climb a tree
2. wrap yourself in fuzzy blankets
3. look at the stars or the sky
4. close your eyes
5. listen.

Earth Hour

Saturday, March 29th, 8:30 - 9:30 pm is Earth Hour. Famous landmarks, businesses, and ordinary citizens will be turning off their lights for one hour to raise awareness to protect our wonderful Earth. It's more than that, though. It's a time for people to take action about the state our world is in. This video explains it better than I ever could:

I propose that on this day, at least 50 people plant something to eat, whether it be a row of 500 cabbage plants or just a little pea plant in a pot inside an apartment. Take a video of you planting with a candle if it's during the hour. Do it outside (if you can where you live) or under a little incandescent light bulb. Just plant. Plant food. And I want to see your food being planted! Make your most creative planting arrangement, or an inspirational planting project. Do your best work and I'll feature you on this blog and do my best to make you famous. Support my Earth Hour project, and you will get unmistakably good karma: food! I don't care if you live in the tiniest urban apartment or on 5,000 acres, you CAN plant something! And I hope you will.

Planting Seeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All of the seeds are Maestro Peas from Seeds Trust, except for the bottom of the egg cartons (the part that holds eggs) which are USDA certified Organic Garlic Chive seeds from Burpee. I have egg cartons and salad containers and pie tins and just plain terracotta pots. I'm doing all this so early partly because of the Snap Pea Challenge on  http://coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com/ which gave me the idea and partly because I WANT GREEN STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I encourage you to get some pea seeds and plant the entire package. There's no such thing as too many pea plants.

Give the Gift of Fresh Food

I dare you to give any of these to somebody you know:
Fresh baked bread
fresh baked pastry
planted seeds for an easy-to-grow veggie
food from your garden (if you have one)
eggs from your chickens (if you have any)
honey from your bees (again, if you have any)
Just get someone hooked on fresh, local food. In my opinion, it's one of the best addictive gifts you can give.
Or get yourself hooked!

Forbidden Desert

The sequel to Forbidden Island, a great cooperative board game that I love, Forbidden Desert is even better. I played it for the first time today and was not disappointed. Check it and its predecessor out. You'll have a good time.