The Delaware Gazette

Welcome Farmer’s Market season

I love this time of year — ’tis the sea­son for out­door mar­kets and they abound in Delaware County — so many oppor­tu­ni­ties, so lit­tle time. My goal this year is to make it to all of the mar­kets below at least a few times each before it’s all over (which is much too quickly by my way of thinking).

Recommit yourself to making better choices

It’s been four months since I started a new diet — not really a diet, but a whole lifestyle change. As with many res­o­lu­tions made at the begin­ning of a new year, I was “gung-ho” for the first, oh, month and a half, and have started to fade in these past few weeks.

Don’t miss these eco-events

I am amazed at all of the great eco-friendly events tak­ing place in and around our county. Delaware is hop­ping with edu­ca­tional and family-friendly hap­pen­ings. Here is a snap­shot of some local events com­ing up that you might want to con­sider attending:

Earth Day 2012: Root Down

The Nature Con­ser­vancy and Green Colum­bus encour­age you to “put your roots down” by con­nect­ing with the local envi­ron­ment and fel­low cen­tral Ohioans at Earth Day 2012. A city-wide cel­e­bra­tion is planned from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sat­ur­day, April 21, at the new Colum­bus Com­mons (the for­mer site of the City Cen­ter in down­town Columbus).

Growing your own produce is increasingly popular

With all the com­mu­nity gar­dens sprout­ing up around Delaware County, it is easy to see that grow­ing your own pro­duce is even more pop­u­lar than it was even just a few years ago. That’s a good thing. Reap­ing the rewards of grow­ing fruits and veg­eta­bles is a great way to recon­nect with nature and the ori­gins of our food.

Spring has sprung so early

I don’t know about you, but I feel like it’s sum­mer break already and it’s Ohio … in March! What a mar­vel this warm weather has been. The sights, sounds and smells of spring are in full bloom and, accord­ing to Mas­ter Gar­den­ers in Lick­ing County, it’s three weeks early.

Food: Waste not, want not

Did you know peo­ple in the U.S. and other devel­oped nations waste mil­lions of tons of food each year? Here are some sta­tis­tics I found in a recent mag­a­zine arti­cle that might bog­gle your mind:

Slow down, you move too fast

Where does the time go? Sammy’s sev­enth month is sneak­ing up from behind and I am not even sure where it came from. Wasn’t I just preg­nant with him a minute ago? Hav­ing teenagers and an infant does make you real­ize how quickly child­hood can zoom by. I joke that the next thing I know, Sammy will be ask­ing for the car keys. It sure feels that way with our older two.

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