|
Hello, Friends of CobraHead,
Despite a cold snap here in Austin, we are still enjoying fresh broccoli
and greens from the garden and gearing up for spring planting, which starts
right about now. It is a different story in Wisconsin, where my dad, Noel, takes
advantage of the time off from the garden to lay out his 2010 crop rotation plans.
Judy wants to keep everybody warm by
sharing a recipe for purple pea soup. Of
course, composting remains a year-round endeavor, and Anneliese complements the
traditional compost with vermiculture.
Geoff
|
|
From Small Plans Many Veggies Grow
It helps to have a plan. For business, for life in general,
and certainly for growing plants to eat, planning gives you some control of the
future. Noel discusses the system of crop rotation used in his raised bed
vegetable garden.
|
Phil's New Digs
 We've written before about the importance of worms in the garden, but did you know we keep them in the house, too? Vermicomposting has been gaining a lot of popularity lately, and it's actually a pretty fun and easy thing to do. Anneliese's worms (a.k.a. Phil) have been hard at work producing some rich, uh, compost, and this month she decided it was time to harvest some.
|
Purple Podded Pea Soup
 A hearty soup can be great comfort food during the cold winter months. One of our household favorites uses the Capucijner purple podded pea. Judy explains her soup-making methods and how to use a pressure cooker to cut way back on the cooking time.
|
|
If you like our newsletter and our products or if you have some suggestions, we'd love to hear from you.
If
you have gardening friends or if you know potential gardeners who might
be interested in CobraHead and what we have to say about gardening and
eating, please forward this newsletter to them.
It is the mission of CobraHead to help people grow their own
food and to provide exceptional products and services to all gardeners. We
try hard to "walk the walk" when
it comes to issues of sustainability and in deciding what is best for
ourselves and the environment as we grow our little company. We've chosen to make our tools locally,
here in Wisconsin,
and we think that bigger is not necessarily better. Gardening might just be earth's
great hope, and in any case it's a great hobby.
|
|
Thank you,
Noel, Judy, Geoff and Anneliese
The CobraHead Team |
|
|
|
|
Mmm, broccoli!
Over the weekend, Anneliese was fortunate enough to pay a visit to her big brother Geoff in Austin, TX. Here they are posing with some of the broccoli that's growing in his garden.
Late winter and early spring is when you're likely to find us at a garden show. Here are some of the events we have coming up:
1/22 - 1/24
Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show, Eugene, OR
1/28 - 1/30
Texas Organic Gardeners & Farmers Association Annual Conference, San Marcos, TX
2/12 - 2/14
Wisconsin Public Television Garden Expo, Madison, WI
2/25 - 2/27
MOSES Organic Farming Conference,
La Crosse, WI
2/28 - 3/7
Philadelphia International Flower Show, Philadelphia, PA
3/6 - 3/14
Chicago Flower & Garden Show,
Chicago, IL
Keep an eye out for upcoming changes to our website. Newsletter subscribers will be treated to a special preview!
Happy Gardening from the CobraHead Team!
Noel, Judy, Geoff, and Anneliese Valdes
|
|
