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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Addicted to Bokashi!

Anyone that has engaged me in talking about gardening knows that I love composting.  Composting is breaking down food with lots of beneficial bacteria and oxygen.  Bokashi is pickling food scraps anaerobically without oxygen, but can also consume meat and dairy unlike normal compost. Bokashi is great for urban composting.  All food scraps are placed [...]

Disaster in the Garden!

It has been really hot here in the Midwest, so I was glad to see that we had rain the forecast.  After the rain, I go outside to find my huge tomato plant had collapsed on itself and broke the cage. Going out to the fence where my grapes are, I found my cabernet vine [...]

Lao Shanghai in Chicago Chinatown

We were feeling adventurous on a daytrip, so we went to dinner at Lao Shanghai in Chicago’s Chinatown. We started off with steamed dumplings and a bottle of sake. I got the princess lamb with vegetables. Wifey got braised pork belly.  It was so tender like prime rib of the pig. (You’ll have to pardon [...]