I have some great pictures, lots of detail on what we’re doing on the farm which I’ll post this weekend. Until then, proof that I’m hard at work.

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Monticello Veggie Garden (photo by Moofpocket)

This is not my garden, but I wish it was.  It’s another great Friday in Chicago — too good to be inside.

Look for more great pictures and descriptions of farm activities throughout the weekend.  Until then, enjoy the outdoors.  The internet will wait for you.

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• Alice Waters of Chez Panisse fame will be at the Green City Market at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (2430 N. Cannon Dr.) on April 25th from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., signing her book, The Edible Schoolyard. [amazon-product]0811862801[/amazon-product]

• Save the Date – Michael Pollan writer of Omnivore’s Dilemma will be at the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, Harold Washington Library Center on Monday. May 18 at 6:00 p.m.
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1. Friday Weeds – April 17, 2009
2. Friday Weeds – April 10, 2009
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Green City Market
Saturday from 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
The last of the Green City Indoor Markets (we’re moving back outside!). The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon, will host The Market inside the Museum from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

I will be getting my eggs there as well as whatever else looks good.

North Shore Distillery
Introduces Mole Poblano
Our new limited release spirit is coming out this week.

Taking inspiration from traditional Mexican mole sauces, and specifically Mole Poblano, we infused and distilled seven types of chili peppers, cacao beans and a wide range of herbs and spices into this wonderful, complex spirit. The color and flavor of Mole Poblano comes solely from the peppers, chocolate and spices.

I own their traditional gin and it tastes (and smells) homemade.

Slow Food Chicago Event
Morel Hunt
Saturday May 2nd 9:00 AM
Join Leon Shernoff hunt for morels.  Leon is a mycologist and the editor of  ‘Mushroom The Journal of Wild Mushrooming’, the only North American consumer magazine for people who hunt morels, porcini, and other interesting fungi.

Related articles:

1. Friday Weeds – April 24, 2009
2. Friday Weeds – April 10, 2009
3. Green City Market, April 18, 2009

• Tending the Stanford Garden – Article from the Stanford Daily on farming education and maintaining a vegetable garden at Stanford.
• Growing Grain on a small scale – From Treehugger, their guide to growing grains in a home garden.
• City Farm Spring Start, Saturday, April 18, 2009, 10am to 2pm
  Join the Resource Center’s City Farm as we begin our tenth season by helping to get our main garden ready to produce another 12,000 pounds of food for Chicago.  We will have groups rotating among four activity workshop areas: preparing compost, spreading compost, planting, and recycling (not a typical farm activity but an integral part of what we do).
• Pass on the Gift – Pass on the Gift from Heifer International.  I’m a big fan of Heifer because they are an organization that “teaching people to fish” instead of giving people fish.  Today is Egg Day.  If you donate, your donation supports projects that include chickens, ducks and other poultry to provide nutritious, delicious eggs.
• White House Garden Layout:
  

  White House Garden (from the New York Times)

Related articles:

1. Friday Weeds – April 17, 2009
2. Friday Weeds – April 24, 2009
3. Green City Market, April 18, 2009