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Ingrid's 2006 Holiday Greetings

Happy Holidays, Everyone!

I have to think about what all I did this year. Much of my time, of course, was spent at work. You can see the results of that at the Community CROPS website: http://www.communitycrops.org

I also spent a lot of time enjoying my garden and cooking the vegetables in my solar oven. Here's a few photos around the house. Click on any photo to see the full-size version.

Some of the many sizes and shapes of tomatoes I harvested from my garden this year.
The harvest right before the frost in October. The veggies on the lower right are lemon cucumbers, look like lemons, but are just cucumbers inside. Delicous and prolific!
The vegetable garden in early July with the tomatoes growing like crazy in the back, the corn only a few feet high and the rhubarb (front corner) doing well.
The whole vegetable garden in August with the tall popcorn and broomcorn center, and broccoli on the left
The front yard blooming, and the house.
The front yard from the driveway, where once there was a lot of useless grass.

You can see my Costa Rica photos from January 2006.

I also did a lot of travelling for work this year. I went to Northern California twice, Philadelphia, Wisconsin and Missouri twice. Got to see new things, visit some friends and learned a lot. Jeff and I did meet up in Chicago for a few days, but otherwise enjoyed time together closer to home.

Northern California

The Ecology Action mini-farm site on a snowy March day. We learned a lot about Bio-Intensive Growing.
Ingrid in San Francisco for a couple days of sightseeing

The gorgeous conservatory at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
The famous Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley. We watched kids in the attached cooking area fight over getting to eat broccoli!

Wisconsin/Chicago, August 2006

The Fondy Farmers' Market, Milwaukee, WI
Jeff and our friends Cheongsil and Wonmo, who we met up with in Chicago
A prolific community garden in Chicago
The Franklin Park Conservatory, Chicago. We took lots of photos here!

Spring Creek Prairie, Denton, Nebraska

Spring Creek Prairie on a beautiful fall evening. Always a delightful place to be.
The beautiful sky over Spring Creek Prairie

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