Garden
How To Garden Like Colette and Virginia Woolf
Women were the world’s first planters and cultivators. 20 stories above Manhattan, Susan Brownmiller is continuing in that tradition.
Finding Faith in a Glass of Homemade Kombucha
It would take a slimy culture of infinitesimally small bacteria and yeast and the magic of fermentation to transform plain old tea into the elixir I was looking for.
A Rhubarb-Season Reminiscence — My Lunch With Miriam Rothschild
On a stopover in London en route to Israel, the author found herself at lunch in the home of a likeminded naturalist with a highly illustrious background.
Corn and the CSA
For several years, a key part of our Shabbat has been the weekly journey to the farmer’s market to pick up our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share. Beginning in early July and lasting until approximately mid-September (if we are lucky), freshly picked corn on the cob is the centerpiece of our share. We plan Saturday dinners around it. The meal begins with Mr. Matt’s corn (in my son’s parlance), and is built from there with veggie burgers for protein. If we are really lucky, we have also received beets with good greens in our share that we can use.
5 Years, 5 Steps to Community Garden Collaboration
My synagogue garden will be five years old this spring. That is how long it took to become a truly congregational enterprise, and not just a labor of love for me.
Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1970), Vittorio De Sica - Trailer
Film&Clips wrote: Un film di Vittorio De Sica, con Fabio Testi, Helmut Berger, Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Romolo Valli. Tra i pochi frequentatori della casa dei Finzi Contini - un’antica ed aristocratica famiglia ebraica che vive in una lussuosa villa di Ferrara circondata da un vasto giardino - ci sono due giovani: Giorgio e Giampaolo, amici dei più giovani esponenti della famiglia, Micol e Alberto.
Zach Braff Raises Money For "Garden State" Sequel On Kickstarter
Remember the movie “Garden State”? Well, the man behind the movie, actor Zach Braff, just raised over $2 million on Kickstarter to produce the movie’s sequel! Excited? Here’s why you shouldn’t be.
Wine Festival at Israel Museum's Sculpture Garden: Wines from Golan Heights, Shilo Wineries
We’re here in the beautiful Sculpture Garden of Jerusalem’s Israel Museum where Israel ‘s largest wine festival has just kicked off. Every summer thousands of visitors come to sip celebrated Israeli wines and find out about the up and coming labels. We’re going to start our tour of the festival at the Golan Heights Winery. About 6 months ago, the Israeli winemaker beat out over 3500 winemakers from more than 30 countries to take home the top prize at one of Italy ‘s most important wine competition. Let’s go over there and see what the hype is all about… The Golan Heights Winery was the first Israeli winemaker to take the top prize at the Gran Vinitaly Special, what is known in Europe as the “Wine World.” With 105 wine experts and journalists sitting on the jury, it was no small feat to win… Located in Katzrin on the Golan Heights, the winery produces nearly 400000 cases of wine a year, under the labels Yarden, Gamla and and Golan… If you drink Israeli wine, chances are you’ve tried one of the Golan Heights wines — almost 40% of Israeli wine exported abroad comes from their vineyards…. The festival showcased over two dozen winemakers…most of them are kosher…they poured, swished and offered up their best bottles for Israelis of all ages, secular and religious… Dalton’s Alma Shiraz is just another example of an Israeli wine that has wowed international experts. They’ve taken notice that Israel ‘s young wine industry can now keep up with and sometimes beat the …
How Does Your Garden Grow?
I’m counting the Omer and reflecting on my garden this year: What has been accomplished, and what remains unfinished? (the metaphors abound).
Planning Your Edible Garden: It's Seed Catalog Time
It was the first day where the temperature hadn’t risen above freezing, and I was seriously feeling January. Until I picked up my mail…and found a Johnny’s seed catalog. Pages and pages of beautiful vegetables leapt out at me, warming my heart if not my blistered hands.