A Bonanza of Greens

Summer in March seems to have finally ended and left us back in a breezy Ohio Spring again...

...but not before those warm days spurred an amazing bonanza of greens in the garden!

 Share in the bounty!

Stop by

 EarthStoreHouse Project @ 270 East College Street, Oberlin, OH

 to pick up some fresh local greens grown sustainably without chemicals or fertilizers.

Come by the front porch on

3/27, Tuesday 3-5pm 

3/28, Wednesday 1-6pm 

3/29, Thursday 1-6 pm

This Spicy Greens Mix is perfect

• for shredding up and adding as a vitamin-packed flavorful addition to salads
• for steaming or stir-frying (great with sesame oil!)
• for juicing to kickstart your day!

What's in it?

 Tat Soi

Turnip greens
Bok Choy greens
Chinese Cabbage
Hemerocallis leaves -- an earthy slightly spicy flavor
Garlic Mustard leaves -- super garlicky flavor
Baby Kale leaves (winterbor, redbor, lacinato)
Baby Savoy Cabbage leaves
Brassica florets -- like mini-mini broccolis!
Brassica flowers -- rich yellow blooms for a bright garnish

All that for only $8/lb!

What's been going on at EarthStoreHouse lately?

• A group of OC Environmental Studies students is coming out weekly to learn sustainable gardening skills.

• Marco is supervising a private reading in gardening to facilitate the inception of an OC-student-led community gardening project in Kentucky.

• Every Friday this Spring OC students are gathering for the Exco course, "Zen/Gardening," an exploration of how Zen meditation and gardening can inform and enrich each other.

• Marco continues teaching in the Sustainable Agriculture program at LCCC. He is teahcing "Plant Propagation" right now and will teach a course on Wild Edibles in the early summer. Want to join in on the fun? For more details go to: http://www.lorainccc.edu/NR/rdonlyres/CD7C32A9-A316-4027-8A3A-14B0B01E65AB/13033/SAGRCoursedescriptionsanddetails.pdf

• Marco is offering a series of two-hour gardening workshops through LCJVS under the course codes ESHP and RP. To learn more and register, go to: http://payments.lcjvs.com/adult-career-center/index.shtml?tp=8&tp2=1&all=1