Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Vegetable Garden

Roadside farmers' market in Bridgehampton, New...
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This is the time of year (well, maybe a little beyond it) when I get focused on planting my vegetable garden.  My wife and I both love summer tomatoes.  In fact, they’re one reason why we moved out of the city almost 30 years ago – we wanted to be able to grow and eat produce fresh out of the garden and there weren’t any farm stands in NYC then; neither was there space to grow one’s own. We’ve grown peppers of all sorts, tomatoes, eggplant, herbs, and other things depending on availably of plant stock and our mood. Continue reading

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Whole Hog

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Today marks one year to the day since we started down this blogging road together.  This is post number 233, and at about 325 or so words per post, you guys have been generous enough to put up with 75,000 words.  Hopefully one or two of them have amused you and a couple of others have made you go “ah HA!”  Thank you for your attention, your comments, and your patience. Continue reading

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Hype or Hope?

Once again this morning there is conflicting information about the value of social media:

Despite its popularity, socnet platforms – including Facebook, Twitter and the like – have failed to demonstrate prowess as marketing tools, and possibly never will, according to Knowledge Networks, which released the report, titled “How People Use Social Media.”

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