Loving the Earf
I'm back in my Emerald City now, and am so.glad. to be home!! I was greeted at the airport by K and Jessica, who is visiting for the week. Yay!! We went down to Elliott Bay Books, where I take all of my nerdy, bookish, and delightful friends, and I indulged in my current obsession with Urban Farming, including gardening, composting, chicken raising, and--eventually--goats!
Here are the goodies I'm going to start ordering from SPL and review them as I go!
Jess bought me:
Keep Chickens by Barbara Kilarski
What I'm ordering from SPL:
Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting by Michael Perry
Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, a Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese by Brad Kessler
The Urban Homestead by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutsen
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter
And some books on food and eating:
The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food, both by Michael Pollan.
Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
If any of you have further suggestions for urban farming or great food memoirs, please send them along to me!
posted by Miss Carousel | 18:03
4 Comments:
I really liked Animal, Vegetable, Mineral -- it's the human side of Omnivore's Dilemma for me. Yay!
Epitaph for a Peach - Four Seasons on my Family Farm by David Mas Masumoto
I've heard wonderful things about it and it's currently in my "to read" pile. I'll loan it to you when I'm done. :)
My ma keeps a great blog on gardening you might like:
http://growthis.blogspot.com/
She has been getting eggs from a local lady for about a year now, and they are so freaking good. The yolks are dark orange, and they actually have flavor! Ummm. Eggs.
Have you seen Food Inc.?
hey frances!!
thanks for your ma's blog link. i will certainly check it. i haven't et seen Food, Inc, but it's on my netflix queue.
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