Submitted by Taidghin O’Brien on Mon, 04/15/2019 – 9:34am Although the chilly weather on Sunday tried to make us think otherwise, Spring is here. Daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths are popping up everywhere. Evil rabbits are starting to decimate the buds and tender new plants popping up in your yard. Squirrels are digging holes in your yard […]
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Sweet Like Honey!
As I sit in my garden writing this blog, huge bumblebees crawling all over the tiny flowers of our Motherwort, I’m reminded just how amazing bees are. As with all insects, the different species and subspecies of bees have always intrigued me, and I love seeing them at different times throughout the season. Although not […]
Too Many Tomatoes!!
Submitted by Taidghin O’Brien on Fri, 08/17/2018 – 9:58am It is the time of year when tomatoes are starting to come in hard and fast. Your own garden has become a squirrels candy store as you just can’t seem to get them off of the vine fast enough. Your friends and neighbors have resorted to […]
Turnips and their Greens
Turnips are delicious. Enough said. But one of my favorite things about turnips is that the root is so deliciously subtle and sweet while the greens are setting off sticks of dynamite across the surface of your tongue. Each stick exploding with pungency. Now that I think more about that duality, I wonder whether it […]
Who am I? What am I doing here?
Submitted by Taidghin O’Brien on Fri, 01/05/2018 – 3:53pm Name: Hyde Taidghin O’Brien Preferred Name: Taidghin (it rhymes with ‘pagan’,sort of, and it is not the same as Tegan) TLC Job Title: Marketing & Outreach Coordinator Age: 31 Eyes: Gray Hair: Not Gray (yet) Pets: 3 (Candi [13, Boxer/Amer. Bulldog]; Lulu [11, Boxer]; Lucas […]
You are Here: Illinois Food Policy 2019
On Friday, February 15, I attended the Chicago Food Policy Summit in Chicago and got a chance to hear about many of the policy topics that are being addressed in Illinois this year that have a direct impact on our food system. While some of the initiatives were Chicago-centric, many of them were statewide. Some […]
