Comments on: Cooking is to gardening. . . http://goorganicgardening.com/fruits-and-vegetables/cooking-is-to-gardening Tips on organic gardening, composting and natural methods to grow a vibrant, healthy garden. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:53:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: frank@nycgarden http://goorganicgardening.com/fruits-and-vegetables/cooking-is-to-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-1101 frank@nycgarden Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:07:20 +0000 http://goorganicgardening.com/?p=1244#comment-1101 I suppose its all about form, and in a democracy, we are looking to mold the form to meet our needs and desires every new president. Somehow, perception allows me to imagine a British Queen out gardening. An American president/first lady, only if they are born gardeners. However, the way the media has had access to this president, I fully expect to see their chef hit the road, maybe in August when the tomatoes are bountiful. Who was the last gardener in the white house? Anybody know? Most of us would probably say Lady Bird J. Reality lies in policy. We need real, new policy regarding food production/distribution in the US. The formal presentation of the food growing and eating by the white house should come after that policy, or it is empty display. By the way, Katie -I can email you that recipe -which I just made up on the spot. Everything goes good with tomato sauce. I suppose its all about form, and in a democracy, we are looking to mold the form to meet our needs and desires every new president. Somehow, perception allows me to imagine a British Queen out gardening. An American president/first lady, only if they are born gardeners.

However, the way the media has had access to this president, I fully expect to see their chef hit the road, maybe in August when the tomatoes are bountiful. Who was the last gardener in the white house? Anybody know? Most of us would probably say Lady Bird J.

Reality lies in policy. We need real, new policy regarding food production/distribution in the US. The formal presentation of the food growing and eating by the white house should come after that policy, or it is empty display.

By the way, Katie -I can email you that recipe -which I just made up on the spot. Everything goes good with tomato sauce.

]]> By: Katie Elzer-Peters http://goorganicgardening.com/fruits-and-vegetables/cooking-is-to-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-1097 Katie Elzer-Peters Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:29:34 +0000 http://goorganicgardening.com/?p=1244#comment-1097 Kathy-does he indulge in the "summer squash drop and dash?" ;) I always tell my neighbors to WATCH OUT when the squash is on, because they will find piles of it in their cars, if they don't lock them, or in their mail boxes, etc. (Just kidding, sort of!) Frank-I think it would be awesome if the White House Chef went on tour-Michelle or no Michelle. I agree that she probably has no time to garden OR cook. Regardless of who is in the White House, it is never a bad idea for somebody there to champion healthy eating-and the things that go into it! But, we all have our own opinions, which is a good thing! Happy gardening to you both. Thank you for visiting! Kathy-does he indulge in the “summer squash drop and dash?” ;) I always tell my neighbors to WATCH OUT when the squash is on, because they will find piles of it in their cars, if they don’t lock them, or in their mail boxes, etc. (Just kidding, sort of!)

Frank-I think it would be awesome if the White House Chef went on tour-Michelle or no Michelle. I agree that she probably has no time to garden OR cook. Regardless of who is in the White House, it is never a bad idea for somebody there to champion healthy eating-and the things that go into it!

But, we all have our own opinions, which is a good thing! Happy gardening to you both. Thank you for visiting!

]]> By: Kathy J, Washington Gardener Mag http://goorganicgardening.com/fruits-and-vegetables/cooking-is-to-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-1096 Kathy J, Washington Gardener Mag Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:46:57 +0000 http://goorganicgardening.com/?p=1244#comment-1096 I'm not saying the veggies grown would go to waste and just be left to rot -- just that the one growing does not actually haveto be the one consuming or preparing them to be a great gardener. You may grow them as I do to give them directly to the soup kitchen up the street or as a neighbor does to have presents for everyone. He detests eating squash himself, bt so easy to grow and he gives it away by the bag full. I’m not saying the veggies grown would go to waste and just be left to rot — just that the one growing does not actually haveto be the one consuming or preparing them to be a great gardener. You may grow them as I do to give them directly to the soup kitchen up the street or as a neighbor does to have presents for everyone. He detests eating squash himself, bt so easy to grow and he gives it away by the bag full.

]]> By: frank@nycgarden http://goorganicgardening.com/fruits-and-vegetables/cooking-is-to-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-1095 frank@nycgarden Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:32:03 +0000 http://goorganicgardening.com/?p=1244#comment-1095 If I were the president or the president's wife, and not a gardener or cook, I would look foolish taking it up just to prove a point. The president doesn't have to be all things to all people. Besides, the White House has its gardeners, chefs, and who else tending to the garden and taking its bite of the tomato. Michelle Obama isn't a gardener or a cook -so she should convert now? Maybe she'll take it up in retirement. I'm sure she has plenty of interests that just aren't the save the world thing of the moment. Really, take a step back and look. Imagine requiring Hillary C. to have been gardening and cooking. Hard to, different time, wasn't THE thing. Did the taste-makers complain that Laura Bush didn't pray enough or shoot guns? Puuullleeeaaassee. Gardeners do more every day to promote gardening than any first lady going perennial on us. If I were the president or the president’s wife, and not a gardener or cook, I would look foolish taking it up just to prove a point. The president doesn’t have to be all things to all people. Besides, the White House has its gardeners, chefs, and who else tending to the garden and taking its bite of the tomato. Michelle Obama isn’t a gardener or a cook -so she should convert now? Maybe she’ll take it up in retirement. I’m sure she has plenty of interests that just aren’t the save the world thing of the moment. Really, take a step back and look.
Imagine requiring Hillary C. to have been gardening and cooking. Hard to, different time, wasn’t THE thing. Did the taste-makers complain that Laura Bush didn’t pray enough or shoot guns?

Puuullleeeaaassee. Gardeners do more every day to promote gardening than any first lady going perennial on us.

]]> By: Katie Elzer-Peters http://goorganicgardening.com/fruits-and-vegetables/cooking-is-to-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-1094 Katie Elzer-Peters Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:36:54 +0000 http://goorganicgardening.com/?p=1244#comment-1094 I don't believe that you can't cook without gardening and vice-versa, but earliest gardens were completely for food consumption or medicinal purposes. It is only recently that we have had enough time to consider gardening a "leisure" activity with no need for an ROI. Until the advent of cheap food in grocery stores, every garden was planted with the intention of eating the bounty. Plus, I can't imagine growing succulent, juicy tomatoes and then just letting them rot on the vine, or giving them away with nary a bite. That might, actually, cause me physical pain! Finally, if you've ever grown vegetables, and you are a vegetable eater, you must have experienced the trauma of pest infestations, the anticipation of waiting for the first ripe cucumber, and the disappointment when asparagus season is over. To me, they are completely tied together-they might not be for everyone, but I think you would be hard-pressed to find very many vegetable gardeners that don't eat what they grow. I don’t believe that you can’t cook without gardening and vice-versa, but earliest gardens were completely for food consumption or medicinal purposes. It is only recently that we have had enough time to consider gardening a “leisure” activity with no need for an ROI. Until the advent of cheap food in grocery stores, every garden was planted with the intention of eating the bounty.

Plus, I can’t imagine growing succulent, juicy tomatoes and then just letting them rot on the vine, or giving them away with nary a bite. That might, actually, cause me physical pain!

Finally, if you’ve ever grown vegetables, and you are a vegetable eater, you must have experienced the trauma of pest infestations, the anticipation of waiting for the first ripe cucumber, and the disappointment when asparagus season is over. To me, they are completely tied together-they might not be for everyone, but I think you would be hard-pressed to find very many vegetable gardeners that don’t eat what they grow.

]]> By: Kathy J, Washington Gardener Mag http://goorganicgardening.com/fruits-and-vegetables/cooking-is-to-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-1090 Kathy J, Washington Gardener Mag Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:36:24 +0000 http://goorganicgardening.com/?p=1244#comment-1090 I completely disagree that gardening and cooking are necessarily tied to each other. Can't someone enjoy gardening just for the process and not the results? (Same as a cook good make something for the joy of watching others eat it and have no intention of parttaking themselves.) Can't they just want to try it out to watch a seed grow to become something of use and beauty? Why is our society so focused on "ROI"? Just be in the moment. I completely disagree that gardening and cooking are necessarily tied to each other. Can’t someone enjoy gardening just for the process and not the results? (Same as a cook good make something for the joy of watching others eat it and have no intention of parttaking themselves.) Can’t they just want to try it out to watch a seed grow to become something of use and beauty? Why is our society so focused on “ROI”? Just be in the moment.

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