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Michael Levin's Blog – March 2012 Archive (14)

A New Day

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Rhiannon Hull and running are synonymous. If you like the idea of pushing yourself to the limits and reaching some, this story will take you there. Read the story first, then…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 30, 2012 at 10:30am — 10 Comments

Mars tonight...



(Photo from www.astronomy.ie) …


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Added by Michael Levin on March 29, 2012 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Your Camel is Loaded to Sing

Your Camel is Loaded to Sing



The

 Camel

   Is loaded to sing.

Look what good poetry can do:

   Untie the knot in the burlap sack

  And lift the golden

 Falcon

Out.



~Hafiz (translated by Daniel Ladinsky)

Read more inspiring poetry at the…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 28, 2012 at 1:30pm — No Comments

A Great Day at the Garden

McRorie Community Garden Salad

Today indeed was a great day at the garden. You're looking at the end of the story. 

 

It all began early today with all the windows open at our little home. The birds were singing way before dawn. If you've never been to Florida, I suggest you choose March as the month to make your visit. The citrus trees and anything else that blooms…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 25, 2012 at 11:57pm — No Comments

A Cardinal Singing His Morning Song

Cardinal

It's Springtime here in Florida. The birds let you know every day. It's a paradise for a birdwatcher. The mornings are especially beautiful these days. I took a sunrise walk and was lucky enough to be right next to a cardinal singing his morning song. Enjoy the…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 25, 2012 at 9:02am — No Comments

Jalapeño Lemonade

(Ron Chandler and Ted picking a peck of purple peppers at the McRorie Community Garden in Gainesville, FL)



Take some fresh lemons and make lemonade. Cut up some jalapeños and put them in a container of water. Let the jalapeños infuse into the water just like you do with a mojito. Add the jalapeño water to the lemonade and…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 22, 2012 at 6:29pm — No Comments

Botany Everyday with Marc Williams - Class starting tomorrow

Marc Williams leads an online botany class from his website, Botany Everyday. It starts tomorrow, March 23rd. 

 

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Added by Michael Levin on March 22, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Tomato Sprouts are Sprouting

Tomato Sprout

Can you see it? There's a tiny sprout in the upper right corner. Tiny, tiny, but it's coming up.

These sprouts started out in the grocery store and then germinated about 4 days in my kitchen. …

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Added by Michael Levin on March 22, 2012 at 10:25am — No Comments

Trek Mountain Bike Rebuild, by Tim Kinney

You can make a nice City bike or touring bike out of an old mountain bike from the era when they had a rigid fork (a cheap suspension fork is the spawn of Satan).

I recently repainted and rebuilt and old Trek MTB for my nephew. I painted it in…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 21, 2012 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Tepache is Mexican Fermented Pineapple

Making Tepache

 

 

 

Tepache is a fermented Mexican drink made from pineapple and spices. I read through lots of recipes and derived this:

 

1 large pineapple

5 crushed up cloves

10 cups (about 2 1/2 liters) of water

3 cups of piloncillo (brown sugar)

3 tablespoons of canela (cinnamon)…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 15, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Birds - A Morning Menagerie

Beautiful sunrise

It's dawn here in the swamp and the birds are waking up. Listen by clicking here and you'll hear the various suburban bird life here in Gainesville, Florida.…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 15, 2012 at 7:50am — No Comments

Sprouting Seeds

Sprouted Tomato Seeds

My tomato seeds are sprouted!

 

Tomato sprouts



I planned in advance a little and got some seeds for this season. It…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 14, 2012 at 7:30am — No Comments

A Great Day at McRorie Community Garden

A Great Day at The Garden

Yes, it's that time of year in this brilliant place, Florida. You know what I mean. If you live anywhere that has citrus, you are fully aware of this phenomenon. It's called Spring. 

 

I can remember excitedly telling people that March is the best month to visit Florida. People in California, for example. Funny. People in Chile. Even more…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 13, 2012 at 8:30am — No Comments

Juicing with Kale

Kale

My bud Shmal and I have planted some kale we bought from Farmer John at the Gainesville Alachua County Farmer's Market at Bo Diddly Square. Shmal said to me "Hey, Mike - this seems like ornamental kale. I don't know whether it's edible." So, I walked over and took a look. Then, I took a bite. Sure enough, it was very rough and fibrous. I asked Farmer John and he said "It's…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 11, 2012 at 8:30am — No Comments

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