Author Archives: Betsey Brairton
Green Bridge gets green light
From Effingham County one morning this week, Michael Maddox wrote in his blog, “After many long months, or more correctly years, I finally have approval from the Effingham County Commission to proceed with my project.” The project, Green Bridge Farm, is one I have mentioned here before, and it’s been covered in local news. Initial … Continue reading
Savannah Food Co-op Active, Almost
Some of us in Savannah have been poking around for a local/regional produce box program (that delivers) and/or a CSA ready to sprout. In the meantime, we are following the tenets of Square Foot Gardening, reading classics like One Acre and Security: How to Live Off the Earth Without Ruining It or The New Self-Sufficient … Continue reading
Something Fishy
A special dinner seems appropriate for Easter weekend, or at least to mark the beginning of spring (first day of spring was March 20). I don’t eat ham but I am thinking of other pink foods … there sure is a lot of salmon out there. But is it OK to eat? In a recent … Continue reading
From little seeds …
Just got off the phone with the local parks service and tomorrow I go to check out the garden plots available for planting—free of charge—by Chatham County residents. The director of recreation told me these plots just west of the city used to fill up every year but that over time the number of active … Continue reading
Why drip when you can gurgle?
On his blog “Notes from the Food World,” writer/journalist Michael Ruhlman espouses the virtues of the humble coffee percolator, declaring “Percolator Love.” He wants to “rid the world of the ridiculous automatic drip coffee maker, a sham perpetrated on an unthinking, convenience-minded public.” I’d like to help him. I currently own electric and stovetop percolators, … Continue reading
Buzzword, Locavore. Ironic Fallacy?
The words of the year for 2007 have been determined. The Oxford American Dictionary picks “locavore” (noun) • one who eats food grown or produced locally or within a certain radius such as 50, 100, or 150 miles. The term “locavore” was coined two years ago in San Francisco by a group whose official membership … Continue reading
It’s about more than produce…
The map at localharvest.org still doesn’t show much happening in community gardening or Community Sustained Agriculture in Savannah or Chatham County. Nonetheless, there are people around here who are and who have been bringing organic farm products to their families and this community all the while. They are working on the community garden thing and … Continue reading
Community supported agriculture in our area?
On my regular trips to see family in Allegany, New York, one of the highlights is harvesting my sister-in -law’s weekly “share” from Canticle Garden, a community garden sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany and guided by a dedicated core group of local residents. Each week shareholders go to the farm and pick (or … Continue reading
Bacon Park Forest Discovery Walk
The Savannah Tree Foundation hosts a guided nature walk. Wear long sleeves, long pants and sturdy shoes; bug spray and water recommended. Walks usually last about one hour. Meet at the northern corner of Bacon Park Tennis Courts, off Skidaway Road just south of Bonna Bella Road (between DeRenne and Eisenhower). For more information, visit … Continue reading
