tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4626928178539178552.post4693269497252816580..comments2023-07-03T06:33:49.206-04:00Comments on J-TWO-O: Farm living is the life for meJ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10888193975667450910noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4626928178539178552.post-49042065906568438932013-10-03T09:56:11.383-04:002013-10-03T09:56:11.383-04:00I love the photographs.
One thing I love about ga...I love the photographs.<br /><br />One thing I love about gardening is how it attracts insects, like the butterflies pictured here. My girlfriend and I did the landscaping for a small bed in front of her urban apartment building, and last night we discovered a praying mantis eating aphids that were eating one of the flowers. I love how growing things can support a whole ecosystem.<br /><br />I also noticed your carrot photo...I discovered the diversity of colors of carrots a few years ago when I started shopping at the Clark Park Farmer's Market in West Philadelphia. Prior to this I had only eaten orange carrots...but I started regularly buying the carrots of different colors, including raspberry-red colored ones, dark purple, light orange, white, yellow, and even some with substantial green tops. Each color / variety tastes subtly different! And I love how I can use them to achieve a color contrast with my food...like achieving a rainbow-colored dish made mostly of carrots, or choosing a particular color to put in a soup or salad to contrast with what else is present.<br /><br />I love the taste of some of them too! It makes me realize how much has been lost in the industrialization / standardization of our food supply in the U.S. I'm glad that there's a move back towards traditional farming.Alex Zorachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335878680429494039noreply@blogger.com