I’m always careful not to waste food. (Insert joke about sale of Brooklyn Bridge or waterfront lots in Arizona here.) So after cutting the rind off a pork roast, I popped the scraps into a pot of water and boiled it to make stock. The result – gelatinous glop. Julia Child probably could have turned [...]
Tag Archives: working with nature
The Birds are Counting on Us
If you can’t get ahold of a friend today don’t worry, they’ve probably left the cell phone on the kitchen counter and headed outside to count birds. The Great Backyard Bird Count Today is the first day of the annual Backyard Bird Count, and bird aficionados all over North America are out with binocs and [...]
A Cheater’s Manifesto for Living on the Coast
In need of a refresher on pruning technique, I stopped in at my second home, the Freeland Library. No sooner had I cast my eyes toward the garden section than a title jumped out at me: How to Cheat at Gardening and Yard Work. As I’d rather be a Cheater than a Dummy or an [...]
Volunteers in other places
While my day to day activities are limited to Puget Sound, the topics of Tidal Life relate to living on any waterfront anywhere. Chesapeake Bay has a well established contingent of volunteers and some very appealing activities. Next time I visit Virginia I hope to join in some of their events. And since my son [...]
