January 14, 2013 - 6:05pm
It's cold outside, but that doesn't mean your compost bin should suffer. With some tips from Breaking New Grounds, your bin will keep cooking all winter long, just in time to help boost your springtime plants and flowers. Plus, get your kids to pitch in and help!
I'm dutifully throwing my coffee grounds, eggshells, and banana peels in my compost heap, but my pile is seriously underperforming. This fall, my dirt wasn't dark and rich and wormy; instead, it just looked dry and unhealthy. Then winter came, bringing freezing temperatures that made...
August 2, 2012 - 11:00am
Canning vegetables isn’t just for Grandma. With the presentation ‘Preserving Food the Old-Fashioned Way’ local writer and foodie Jeneen Whiche shares a hosts of food-saving secrets this Saturday, August 4th at the Louisville Free Public Library at 1pm.
My kitchen is a monument to gadgetry. Although deceptively quaint at first glance, the old-world charm of Café Day is full of hidden whirring, buzzing contraptions with lots of nice buttons eagerly awaiting the intrepid fingers of culinary genius. And by “culinary genius” we...
July 29, 2012 - 8:02pm
Saturday May 12 offers the chance to attend fifty free workshops on a variety of topics at the Main branch of the Louisville Free Public Library from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
July 29, 2012 - 8:07pm
Glenview Garden Club incorporates downtown gardens.
The Glenview Garden Club has traditionally included gardens exclusively located within the historic Glenview community on the Town and Country Garden Tour. This year, the Glenview Garden Club has promoted the tour from a green angle--for the first time incorporating gardens located close, yet...
July 29, 2012 - 7:50pm
Just before dawn on the first Saturday in May, Carol Belser adorns the Churchill Downs winner’s circle with roses. She appreciates this early-morning moment as the only part of her day that is almost completely silent. During the rest of her hectic weekend there is little time for reflection.
This article appears in the March 2011 issue of LouisvilleMagazine. To subscribe, please visit loumag.com.
