tour de france it ain't

Gorgeous ride around Titicus reservoir, past a bunch of horse farms with Jeff "El Jefe" Haber. Good stuff!

july 4 flowers

The beginning of July has featured the first harvest from the garden, a salad bowl of lettuce, arugula, radishes & spinach with Elliot & Asegul. And to celebrate the holiday a bunch of the veggies have started to flower...i've got action on the peas and peppers, cucumbers and courgettes (zucchini, but altered for alliteration).

Thought I'd share some of the color...double click to enlarage.

kicking it lohud style

Big shout out to Bill Cary and the LoHud crew who are following the progress of my garden! Check out the article here

It was good to see that there are other local gardeners who seem as obsessive as I've become! I was definitely jealous to hear that one of the other gardeners has had to give her lettuce away...

The first harvest was a tasty salad made up of lettuce, arugula, spinach, radish leaves and radish. Made whole with a lovely rose' from Provence. They know their winemaking stuff down there!

So two questions for any gardeners who show up here: any tips for tomato plants that are showing little yellow and black spots on older leaves? and what do i do about the carrots that have been shaded by the squash plants? can they dig a little bit of shade, or are they done for?

One last request for LoHud: can you make the link to the blog live?

A great way to sell cars...

I thought that this was a very interesting way for a car company to catch my attention. I would like to see more brands trying to break out of the box that says advertising has to be about one way messaging. Even if VW mistakenly think they can sell me an SUV, they've definitely proven to me that they get interactive advertising!

Creative Zone by Eyeblaster - Volkswagen - Twitter in banner

garden mid monsoon/mid summer

After 2 weeks of almost constant rain (6" plus), the garden is certainly not thirsty. Now if we could get a little sunshine up in Katonah, I reckon I'll see some real growth. Still, this photo shows you a pretty major difference since the last shot at the end of May...

The zucchini, squash and a host of heirloom tomatoes are raging along the northern and southern borders of the garden. I'm hoping that the carrots, arugula and radishes don't mind the shade a little bit. The trellises are supporting a couple of varieties of peas and cucumbers, and there are herbs, peppers, broccoli, cauliflour, brussel sprouts and eggplants chugging along as well. Even the artichokes that I had left for dead seem to have perked up a bit. Keeping my fingers crossed for those guys. So far, the only casualty out there has been my dill plant; it was too fragile for all the rain.

city country city

The song that gave this blog its name...



I'd highly recommend the album The World is a Ghetto. Not only is the album cover awesome, but the tunes mix up a tasty stew of soul, funk, jazz and blues.

shillin' for nike + murphy family conundrum

When did Charlie Murphy become funnier and more relevant than Eddie Murphy? This has to be one of the great mysteries of comedy. The man who gave the world Billy Ray Valentine is now reduced to a megalomania where he has to play all the parts, and none of them are funny...while his brother lets some writers - and in this case ad writers!!! - feed him material that's actually worth watching. Its a travesty!

Watch him shill for Nike's Air Jordans here...I don't think he ever says the word Nike, but you know they're behind it, and you've got to give them their props for staying firmly in the background. There's a whole website of Leroy behind this, and some pretty funny stuff back there!