Comments on: How to eat sustainably on a food stamp budget http://greenlagirl.com/how-to-eat-sustainably-on-a-food-stamp-budget/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Sat, 26 May 2012 08:36:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/how-to-eat-sustainably-on-a-food-stamp-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-451253 Siel Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:30:41 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=8600#comment-451253 Yum. I read a recent article by a woman who said her homemade jam was really really expensive -- but of course that's b/c she didn't pick her own berries :) Yum. I read a recent article by a woman who said her homemade jam was really really expensive — but of course that’s b/c she didn’t pick her own berries :)

]]> By: Kim http://greenlagirl.com/how-to-eat-sustainably-on-a-food-stamp-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-451238 Kim Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:34:29 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=8600#comment-451238 Not long enough! :-) Usually mid/late August- mid/late September or early October (depending on how early it gets cold and snows.) The awesome thing is, though, that within an hour drive of Anchorage you can usually gather enough to both makes lots of jam and fill your freezer with enough to last all winter long! <abbr><em>Kim’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/cnY_j8yxI6c/palin-escape-plan.html" rel="nofollow">Palin: Escape Plan</a></em></abbr> Not long enough! :-) Usually mid/late August- mid/late September or early October (depending on how early it gets cold and snows.) The awesome thing is, though, that within an hour drive of Anchorage you can usually gather enough to both makes lots of jam and fill your freezer with enough to last all winter long!

Kim’s last blog post..Palin: Escape Plan

]]> By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/how-to-eat-sustainably-on-a-food-stamp-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-450479 Siel Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:57:09 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=8600#comment-450479 I had no idea you guys had blueberries up there! How long are they in season? I had no idea you guys had blueberries up there! How long are they in season?

]]> By: Kim http://greenlagirl.com/how-to-eat-sustainably-on-a-food-stamp-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-450407 Kim Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:21:08 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=8600#comment-450407 Well, I do have those (serious hunter-gatherer skills) those are the things that most Alaskans gown up doing (and loving) with out thinking twice about it. :-) But still, the possible foods only have a certain scope. (Alaskan wild blueberries are the absolute best blueberries EVER though. And so abundant in areas that are as close to Anchorage as a ten minute drive and twenty minute hike!) So, you take the positives with the negatives. :-) Well, I do have those (serious hunter-gatherer skills) those are the things that most Alaskans gown up doing (and loving) with out thinking twice about it. :-) But still, the possible foods only have a certain scope. (Alaskan wild blueberries are the absolute best blueberries EVER though. And so abundant in areas that are as close to Anchorage as a ten minute drive and twenty minute hike!) So, you take the positives with the negatives. :-)

]]> By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/how-to-eat-sustainably-on-a-food-stamp-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-450395 Siel Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:46:55 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=8600#comment-450395 Oh -- Okay. That makes sense. It seems like you'd really have to develop some serious hunter gatherer skills to eat totally locally there :) Oh — Okay. That makes sense. It seems like you’d really have to develop some serious hunter gatherer skills to eat totally locally there :)

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