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October 2008 Blog Posts (25)

A Great Day at McRorie Community Garden

Today was a beautiful day at the garden. Click the photo below to see the set I took.

Enjoy!

The photo below is of a luffa sponge goard. Both Bruce (pictured) and I were amazed at the size of it. Bruce said he planted a few plants because the small luffas taste like zucchini. The luffa plants propagated like weeds. There must be 50 huge luffas in Bruce's patch. Last night, I cooked a small one Bruce gave me. It tasted just like zucchini. Delicious!

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Added by Michael Levin on October 10, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Green is the New Black

Morning conversations over coffee can be wake up calls. Let me reflect on what's in my head this fine morning.

Consider this scenario: A secretary with 2 kids making $22K/yr whose husband lost job drives into work and spends $100/wk on gas. That's 22K/yr and $5K goes to gas.

How about a medical patient who postpones a checkup because of transportation costs?… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on October 10, 2008 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

Still going strong

Hi again

The two gigs with NMA were a success. Our old stock of CDs was sold out - luckily we were able to find few more in Italy. (Don't ask...), so we might have some stock left for the merchandise table next gig also.

My latest project includes a scrap bicycle found in a forest. Litterally, it was dumped in a bush. I carried it home just to see, that there was some damage above the bottom bracket - I hope the welding is done well so it can be turned into something nice… Continue

Added by pete korhonen on October 10, 2008 at 3:37am — 1 Comment

Lu Yuan Electric Bike

You are going to love this. The Lu Yuan Electric Bike is a bicycle with electric assist. It has a three-speed gear for normal cycling and will go up to 15-20MPH on electric power. And, it's a blast to ride.

The Lu Yuan Electric Bike is available here in Gainesville at...Swamp… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on October 8, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Fall Harvest Festival

Abundant Edible Landscapes, (now a member here at Zoobird!) hosted a fall planting festival on 10/4/08 at INDIGO with workshops, food from Reggae Shack Cafe, and a wide variety of perennial edibles, vegetable plugs and compost for sale. Workshops focused on organic soil building…

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Added by Michael Levin on October 7, 2008 at 5:00am — No Comments