by Geoff | Nov 9, 2011 | CobraHead, Events, Gardening
Over the past couple of years Noel has been developing and refining his presentations on organic raised-bed gardening. It’s about time. After thirty years of growing lots of good food, he has learned a thing or two. Below is the press release that we have put out touting his abilities. Please feel free to share this with any groups that would want to hear Noel speak. CobraHead’s Noel Valdes Speaks on Open Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening Cambridge, WI –...
by Geoff | Nov 8, 2011 | Recipes
I’ve made a couple of versions of this dish over the past few weeks and gotten a lot of compliments, so I figured that it was time to share. Quick and easy to make. Please keep in mind that the quantities listed are approximations as I don’t measure everything exactly when I cook. One-half cup uncooked black beans (One cup cooked) Two cups uncooked quinoa Three celery stalks One-half onion Olive oil Balsamic vinegar Cook the black beans the way that you like...
by Geoff | Oct 19, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
A few months ago I came across Mike Lieberman’s website, the Urban Organic Gardener. He posted several how-to videos about making self-watering planters out of reclaimed five gallon pails. He does an excellent job explaining how to make them, so I’m not going to repeat all of the steps in this post. I decided that this would be a perfect project to try out with the Save Our Youth Project of Red Salmon Arts, housed at Resistencia Bookstore. We had already...
by Geoff | Oct 17, 2011 | CobraHead
We want to thank everyone who donated to Austin’s Urban Roots last month. Because of all of your contributions we raised over $850 to help keep this inspiring youth agriculture program running strong. We will be sending Urban Roots at least $850 worth of our tools and other products as a match to the cash donation. We also want to thank everyone who re-posted, re-tweeted, facebooked, or otherwise helped get the word out about the fundraiser. In particular, we...
by Geoff | Sep 15, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
We’re giving away a CobraHead Weeder, a garden fork, and a kneeling pad, our Garden Essentials Package worth $89.95 to help Austin’s Urban Roots program – see the details at the end of the post. We’re also matching donations in kind with up to $1,000 worth of our tools and other products. Austin has an amazing youth agriculture program called Urban Roots, a program of Youth Launch. Now in its fourth year, Urban Roots is a youth development program that...
