• Save money on groceries with edible landscaping Oct 14, 2008
Ball does offer a scaled-down concept, saying a family of four could raise a lot of produce in a simple bed measuring 6 by 12 feet, which could accommodate a series of vegetables in spring, summer and fall, including 24 broccoli plants, 84 root vegetables, 12 cabbages, 9 leeks, 66 salad greens, 48 pea vines, 9 bean plants, 3 cucumber vines, 3 pepper plants, 9 tomato plants and 3 squash vines. He said, however, that the Grocery Garden is meant to convey the savings over current food prices rather... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Nothing faux about Les Faux Bourgeois Oct 12, 2008
It's a short but soothing medley of classic French bistro standards, supplemented by an enticing list of daily chalkboard specials that include cassoulet, chicken pot-au-feu and a line-caught ling cod simmered in white wine with clams, Savoy cabbages and baby chanterelles. Most of the entrees are around $15, which seems almost too good to be true. (Globe and Mail)
Business model Oct 6, 2008
As a boy, he dammed a stream in the northern South African hills where his family raised dairy cattle, drew water from his pool for a vegetable plot, then sold the cabbages and tomatoes to earn extra money. Yet he did not at first consider a career in business. (CNN -- International)
Malacca mustnt be missed Oct 4, 2008
The rice is eaten with steamed or roasted chicken, black bean and lotus root soup, Shanghai cabbages and assam fish. According to Tan Hin Kit, 38, owner of Hoe Kee Chicken Rice (located at the end of Jonker Street), the rice ball concept began in the 1960s when his mum opened a shop by the port. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
'Cabbage Patch Kids' learn to grow in science program Sep 21, 2008
When last year's third graders returned to school this year with cabbages bigger than their own heads, Diehl knew the "Crazy Cabbage Contest" program would be a returning success for years to come at the Van Meter Elementary School. "I was surprised how big the cabbages were, and some of the plants produced two instead of one head," Diehl said ... " But, all that hard work just might pay off - in terms of a $1,000 scholarship from the Bonnie Plants Company, which sponsors the national contest.... (Dallas County News, IA)
Dolls' creator: Coming up with new ideas will be the challenge Sep 20, 2008
Mother Cabbages will keep hand-stitching Kids on the old site until the move. It s just dreaming, Roberts says. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Irrigation and Emergency Aid Help Ethiopians Survive Crop Crisis Sep 19, 2008
This past season alone, Teklu earned about $280 selling tomatoes, green peppers, cabbages, chard, garlic, onions and more -- in a country where the average annual income is estimated to be less than $125 per person. He used his most recent earnings to buy corn for his family to eat and to put down a down payment on a beehive to earn additional income. (AlertNet)
We can stop the cancer epidemic Sep 19, 2008
We now even have data about how specific foods such as broccoli and cabbages, garlic and onions, green tea or the spice turmeric directly help kill cancer cells and reduce the growth of new blood vessels they need to develop into tumors. Reducing exposure to many of the well-characterized chemical carcinogens abundant in our modern environments (pesticides, estrogens, benzene, PCBs, PVCs and bisphenol A from heating liquids in plastic containers, alkylphenols in cleaning products, parabenes and... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Swaziland: Young Farmers Improving Food Security Sep 18, 2008
Now she often brings home cabbages, spinach, onions or carrots and donated food hampers. Twenty-six orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) at this primary school are able to put food on the table through the garden where they have individual and communal plots. (allAfrica.com)
Bedugul organic farmers struggle against long distribution Sep 18, 2008
After being harvested, paprika (bell peppers), tomatoes, carrots, Chinese cabbages and other fresh vegetables are usually sold to tengkulak, who mostly live in the same villages as the farmers. The farmers sell their products to the tengkulak not because they like the prices offered by the tengkulak or out of a sense of loyalty to their fellow villagers. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Chef returns to the kitchen Sep 12, 2008
"You eat what the land provides --- carrots and cabbages and potatoes and rice," he said. "This is what people are used to from growing up on the farm or just remembering grandparents or parents telling about Depression years, what they had to do."These apples, for instance, grew up only 20 miles up the road," said Vollmer, pointing to a crate.Vollmer quickly whipped up more meatloaf as his first night attracted about 120 of Landmark's 142 residents. An average Monday crowd is 80 diners, said... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Oil Seed Rape Grown For Biofuel Can Help Clean Up Toxic Soils Sep 11, 2008
Oilseed rape is a member of the Brassica family, which also includes cabbages and Brussels sprouts. It is well suited to Irish growing conditions and is already widely grown by farmers for biodiesel production. (Science Daily)
Grief and hatred Sep 10, 2008
There are tomatoes ripening in the vegetable garden and cabbages, roses and grapevines growing up the side of the house. The strange thing about this village is that it is completely deserted. (BBC News -- Europe)
Prime Minister would be "a fruit" Sep 10, 2008
That's what happened in Winnipeg this morning when Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an announcement inside the Peak of the Market produce warehouse surrounded by cabbages, carrots, potatoes, cucumbers and other Manitoba-grown vegetables. After a dozen or so reporters asked serious questions about reducing consumption taxes, Mark Jardine, a City TV reporter from Winnipeg, used the last question from the press gallery to address the elephant in the room. (Winnipeg Sun)
First, free broccoli; now, lettuce Sep 3, 2008
As will have strawberries as well as tomatoes, zucchini, cases of broccoli and cauliflower, new potatoes, cabbages and lots of peas. Stockwell Farms has two kinds of kale and other veggies too. (Anchorage Daily News)
Square meals Sep 1, 2008
Grass and leaves for most of the ruminants (such as cattle and deer) and even the biggies like elephants and giraffes; vegetables such as cabbages, spinach and carrots for tortoises, turtles and porcupines; fruits like bananas and papayas for the primates; and frozen buffalo meat for the big cats and bears. The clincher is that they look good enough for humans to eat, too. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Diminutive 79-pounder wins cabbage contest Aug 31, 2008
Walking among the cabbages Friday, spectators peered at vegetables of all shapes and sizes. Some cabbages had leaves that seemed to burst out like water from a Las Vegas fountain ... That heft was on display in the fairgrounds arena, from 20-pound cabbages in the junior division to Robb s 79-pound monster. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Good cabbage gone bad Aug 27, 2008
Scott Robb tends to his giant cabbages in his Palmer yard last week ... By the end, some of their biggest cabbages looked like some of Valley's road signs ... At his home off the Glenn Highway across from the state fairgrounds, Robb's cabbages get better accommodations than professional football players. (Anchorage Daily News)
Southern Africa: Free Trade Area Will 'Choke' Small Business Aug 26, 2008
"Cabbages and vegetables are now cheaper in the supermarkets as all farmers are forced to sell their products in the supermarkets," said the delegate. SAPSN contends that the FTA will not benefit SADC states until the region is fully integrated. (allAfrica.com)
Hail the king of winter vegies Aug 23, 2008
The standouts have been the cabbages. They've thrived in the cold and become sweeter as their heads have swollen. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Elements will open in former George's spot Aug 22, 2008
His father is a former owner of Cabbages and Kings, a restaurant that's long gone from Fig Garden Village. And Muhawi is the former owner of Rain Creek Baking Co., a wholesale bakery now in Madera. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Better late than never when it comes to Valley sunshine Aug 20, 2008
Crops they're not sure about because of gray and rainy skies are brussels sprouts, potatoes, full-sized carrots and storage cabbages. Valley shoppers can buy produce at the Beans' home stand from 5 to 7 p.m. Fridays at 1305 N. Smith Road, just south of the Mt. View RV Park in Palmer. (Anchorage Daily News)
Cabbage Festival by the North Sea Aug 9, 2008
Approximately 80 million cabbages are harvested from the almost 7000 acres every year, which makes Dithmarschen the largest area of cabbage cultivation in Europe. The reason for this is the ideal climate and soil: The marshes are reclaimed land with very fertile, heavy soil and the nearby sea provides a constant supply of moisture in form of rain and humidity and moderate temperatures throughout the year. (Suite101.com)
A crowd stopper Aug 9, 2008
Cabbages ms Restaurant in Bangkok is not for the prudish. I stroll into the Cabbages ms Restaurant in Bangkok with my friend Nancy Yeoh, only to be greeted by a bizarre, out-of-season Santa Claus made entirely out of condoms ... At Cabbages ms, the rubber contraception is everywhere and pops up in the most unexpected of places but we heave a sigh of relief when the waiter assures us that our food, plates and cutlery are condom-free. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Gerry ducks for cover Jul 29, 2008
" Duck season, wabbit season, fox season. All the same to our Gerry, who obviously likes pottering about his Dural garden. "I've got cabbages coming on at the moment, I've got peas coming on at the moment, I've got my orange trees with oranges on them," he said. We pointed out we got some nice ones at the market. "No good. If you had one of mine you'd never eat any of those. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
How does your garden grow: August gardening checklist Jul 27, 2008
During the first week of August, plant short-season snap beans, broccoli, cabbages, cauliflower, carrots, mustard greens, spinach and radishes for fall harvesting ... In hot weather, lettuces and cabbages can bolt quickly and form seed stalks. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
* Fung-wong approaches Taiwan Jul 27, 2008
A marketing company manager said yesterday that people in Taipei had few choices of vegetables following the torrential rains brought by Kalmaegi, adding that root crops and cabbages grown on high-altitude farms were now dominating the vegetable market. Chen Chia-nan, a director at the Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Co, said that since the passage of Kalmaegi, the daily supply of vegetables had declined by about 200 tonnes. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Share the bounty Jul 18, 2008
Spreading at our feet, grow row upon row of this season s bounty cilantro, chives, Italian parsley, summer savory, sugar snap peas, shelling peas, snow peas, beets, carrots, cabbages, cauliflower, kale, broccoli, arugula, lettuces, mizuna, broccoli raab, onions, leeks, scallions, chard, purple and yellow beans, spinach, six varieties of potatoes, sweet corn, tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplants, cucumbers, sweet and hot peppers, summer and winter squash, pumpkins, melons, asparagus, cut flowers ... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Weather, late spring take toll on 4-Her’s plant projects Jul 18, 2008
Later in the day, a few cabbages and broccoli were judged. There s usually more onions and tomatoes, too. (Charles City Press, IO)
Feeding Africa: Key is better farms Jul 16, 2008
AWASH MELKASA, Ethiopia - Hussein Ibrahim walked solemnly past tidy rows of bright green cabbages, vines bursting with tomatoes and trees weighed down with plump avocados. This modern, thriving farm a rarity in drought-ravaged Ethiopia filled Hussein with envy. (MSNBC -- International)
Floods take toll on fruits and vegetables, but all is not lost Jul 6, 2008
"Discard all of the leafy-type vegetables, like your lettuce, your cabbages, those types of things," she said. "They're just really hard to clean.". (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Drop by drop, of wisdom Jul 5, 2008
The human scale of the succession of tiny, precious gardens sprouting rice, bananas, aubergine, cabbages is of a different order, the closest thing to paradise I've seen. But it's as close to paradise as it is to ruin. (BBC News -- UK)
Rains shorten Wheeler Brook strawberry season Jul 3, 2008
The cabbages are nearly ready. There is always the corn crop coming in August and pumpkin crops and corn stalks to look forward to in the fall. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Rehabilitating Sadr City Jul 2, 2008
Vendor after vendor hawks piles of watermelons, cabbages, tomatoes, mint leaves and other foods. Shops along the walls behind the market sit with doors swung open, their display windows inviting shoppers to buy suits, purses, shoes, and cosmetics. (Time.com)
Monte Cello's Italian Restaurant Jun 27, 2008
It tasted almost exactly like the mixture I put into stuffed cabbages. I like it better in cabbage, but it was all right on the bun, especially with a heap of gooey melted mozzarella. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Cockroach race, anyone? 10 weird attractions Jun 21, 2008
Cabbages and Condoms Restaurant: Bangkok, ThailandThe restaurant's name raises eyebrows, but it's all for a good cause. "Don't be misled by the restaurant's odd name or put off by the array of contraceptive devices for sale. This very popular place raises funds for the Population & Community Development Association, the country's family-planning program. The complex is a restaurant, bar, Internet cafe, massage shop, and gift shop all rolled into one. All diners get a condom with coffee, instead... (MSNBC -- Travel)
* World Business News Quick Take Jun 20, 2008
The company, which also operates 7-Eleven convenience stores, will grow vegetables such as cabbages, radishes, carrots and spinach on 2 hectares of land in cooperation with the farmers. AGRICULTURE. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The Shed at Glenwood Jun 20, 2008
Enter chili-glazed duck breast, a little tough, with Asian flavors and an excellently made cole slaw of mixed cabbages. "Small plates" have been rechristened "sharing plates," though I experienced no discernible difference in their size. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Between X, Y and quetzllaamas Jun 19, 2008
My Heckler was not about shoes or ships but did indirectly refer to cabbages. It was about food wankery. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
China Floods Pummel Export Heartland Jun 18, 2008
"It washed away all my cabbages." ... In a vegetable wholesale market in Shilong, Liu Juhua, a vendor, was peeling rotten leaves off cabbages ruined by the rain. (Planet Ark, United States)
More floods threaten south China Jun 18, 2008
"It washed away all my cabbages," he told Reuters. In neighbouring Guangxi province, water levels on the Xijiang River are also said to be several metres above maximum safe levels. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
More of this story Jun 17, 2008
That's the problem not only with watermelons, but with cabbages and everything else. "And the work of farming doesn't end with planting and growing."Another major problem is getting the labor to harvest," said Gallaspy, who uses teenagers to harvest his small crop. "Someone with 40 or 60 acres has got to have strong hands to get it out. (Bogalusa Daily News, LA)
Cultivating and Harvesting Cabbage Jun 15, 2008
Autumn Cabbages are good for slaws. Red Rodan takes 140 days and makes a head about 8 to 10 inches in diameter that is very hard but surprisingly tender. (Suite101.com)
Findhorn Foundation Jun 10, 2008
News of 40lb cabbages growing out of the sandy soil spread and people came to the park to see what the secret was. The secret was, of course, working with nature something the Foundation is doing more and more as it focuses on sustainable living and not only nurturing one s soul but the environment as well. (Suite101.com)
Citizens' Groups Step Up In China Jun 10, 2008
But in delivering medical gloves, antibiotic cream, and fresh cucumbers and cabbages to the front, they had done more to get replacement supplies to rescuers than government troops had managed. "Fantastic! We've got shortages. We really need fresh vegetables," said Wu Jun, head of a military university hospital, meeting the convoy in a camouflage T-shirt and carrying a sheaf of papers. (Yahoo News -- China)
Grow your own future Jun 9, 2008
A product of the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, it re-creates a vegie patch during World War II, when Brits, Australians and Americans were encouraged to cultivate cabbages and nurture nature. Britain imported 55 million tonnes of food a year before the war. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Europe on the cheap Jun 7, 2008
And just as a grocery store separates tinned fish from cabbages, M-ARS sorts paintings, photography and sculpture on shelves in different departments. Scanner checkouts complete the supermarket experience. (Globe and Mail)
* Weather bureau forecasts another day of heavy rain Jun 6, 2008
Cabbages, grapes and green onions have also taken a heavy beating, the officials said. Executive Yuan Spokeswoman Vanessa Shih (v) said yesterday that Premier Liu Chao-shiuan (B) had instructed the COA to raise subsidies for Yunlin and Changhua farmers who have suffered as a result of the nonstop rain. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
"Confident" China rules out post-quake epidemics Jun 2, 2008
Some were grumbling that their farmland, with crops also including beans, cabbages and citrus fruit, was now being bulldozed for the prefab housing. "Our biggest concern is the future and how we will live," one woman said. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Head above the rest: Local man grows colossal cabbage May 28, 2008
So, a small garden of tomatoes, squash, string beans, zucchini, okra, peppers, cabbages, rutabagas, corn and cucumbers is a simple chore. "Every time he plants a garden, it will grow," Linda Stiles said of her husband. (Clanton Advertiser, AL)
Classic salads for any season - Complement cookouts with cole slaw, potato vinaigrette May 23, 2008
I used the machine to make the dressing and shred the cabbages and carrots into the work bowl ... Use a large chef s knife to thinly slice the cabbages. (Missoulian, MT)
Food for the poor from President May 21, 2008
All seasonal vegetables, from okra to pumpkins, a variety of cabbages, turnips, broccoli and onions are also grown. When the produce is ripe and ready it is packed and sent to institutions for the needy. (Hindu)
JIM DODSON: Our New House Isn't New at All May 18, 2008
With a little luck, she says, we'll soon rediscover the art of making conversation and growing cabbages. In many ways, the new downtown Farmers' Market simply reflects a growing consciousness in favor of locally made food and sustainable agriculture, and couldn't be better timed to boost local farmers and enhance the vitality of our community life in a number of ways large and small. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Late start: Valley planting season begins May 15, 2008
VanderWeele has 25 acres in production that include four kinds of lettuce, red and green cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, onions and potatoes. He said he hoped to put in the first of three plantings of carrots this week. (Anchorage Daily News)
Europa Palace, 3.5 stars May 10, 2008
I ordered stuffed cabbages, at her request, but she would not let my one dining pal order veal ... The stuffed cabbages were out of this world, though, and being half-Polish, I am a tough judge. (AZCentral -- Home)
Malibu Seen (9) May 4, 2008
"Chefs were busy swapping recipes and talking shop as they decorated their stations with a cornucopia of cabbages, artichokes, asparagus, peppers and eggplant. Colleen Cox was dishing out tangy barbeque from the Blenders Restaurant in Kansas City. The eatery is no more, but the famous sauce survives. "It's an old family recipe and what really makes it is the celery salt," Cox explained. "The restaurant was around for more than 50 years and has fans from around the world. "The lines were long at... (Malibu Times, CA)
Kids who care Apr 23, 2008
Students also grow vegetables including lettuces, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflowers, onions and cabbages. "It shows them how easy it is to be a little more involved in making some of their own food," Unicomb says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
It's not easy being green Apr 22, 2008
Unfortunately, the gardening model isn't exactly feasible for the other areas on Grounds, unless of course the University is prepared to start growing cabbages in the Pavilion gardens again. Last night the Newcomb Dining Hall offered a "Green Dining" theme dinner. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
The DNA of antioxidants Apr 19, 2008
The second consists of the thousands of organic compounds found in plant foods that have functions like giving grapes their purple skins or cabbages their slightly sulfurous odor ... Organosulfurs: Cabbages, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower. (CNN -- Health)
Plants thrive on Moon rock diet Apr 18, 2008
Even if that gets the go-ahead, some Esa officials at the EGU meeting suggested that planting marigolds (or tulips or cabbages) would be unlikely to be part of the strategy: "it is science fiction," one observed. But as director of the International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG), which looks for exciting and innovative ways to study our nearest cosmic neighbour, Bernard Foing believes that Europe or one of the other players will eventually decide to plant the seeds of Earth where... (BBC News)
7-day Menu Planner Apr 13, 2008
In a large bowl, combine 1 cup each coarsely chopped walnuts and dried cranberries, 2 cups each finely sliced red and green cabbages, and 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion ... SHOPPING LIST: pork tenderloin, brown sugar, five-spice powder, salt, cayenne pepper, hoisin sauce, orange juice, dark (toasted) sesame oil, cooking spray, rice, cider vinegar, canola oil, sugar, celery seeds, walnuts, dried cranberries, red and green cabbages, red onion, baguettes, fat-free vanilla ice cream, strawberry... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
The no calorie spiritual food Apr 8, 2008
There s something strangely alluring about planting them, watching them sprout and grow, then tending and picking the flowers unlike cabbages or tomatoes, they re of no actual physical benefit to us. You can t eat em. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Local farmers struggle to find laborers due to troubled immigration system Apr 7, 2008
Avalos has worked on U.S. farms since he was 18, harvesting oranges in Florida, Christmas trees in North Carolina and apples and cabbages in Virginia. He said migrant workers don t want to make the trip north to work short harvest seasons in Pennsylvania, where there aren t many options for them to find work if one farm fails. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
A bitter crop sown in climate of fear Apr 6, 2008
Mr. Avalos has worked on U.S. farms since he was 18, harvesting oranges in Florida, Christmas trees in North Carolina and apples and cabbages in Virginia. He said migrant workers don t want to make the trip north to work short harvest seasons in Pennsylvania, where there aren t many options for them to find work if one farm fails. (Scranton Times, PA)
Take a peek inside 'The End' Mar 25, 2008
The thick-waisted matriarchs pick through the same piles of pale vegetables at the same wood-crate markets, filling sad cloth bags with potatoes and turnips and wilting cabbages and waddling down the street to haggle over stringy gray beef. Undernourished chickens dangle from the butchers' rafters on bloodstained lengths of rope, as if they had lost patience with the mundane gore of ghetto life and flung themselves to their demise. (USA Today -- Life)
