About Me

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I’m a dog lover, avid gardener and enjoy cooking with fresh, seasonal ingredients. I am recovering from a nasty run with Lyme disease, but I’m not there yet. I have a (little) vegetable and herb garden, perennial gardens and a few varieties of blueberries in my small but abundantly planted urban yard. I’m the recipient of beautiful, locally grown CSA vegetables throughout the year, making it easy to maintain my “98 percent vegetarian” lifestyle.

I love food, cooking and health, caring for the environment and understanding the intersection of these things. I enjoy the challenge of learning about eating and living in support of health and the creation of a better world.

Nourishing Words allows me to share these passions. My greatest hope is that my actions and the information I share here might contribute to some greater good; there’s a lot that needs to be done. I believe that taking personal actions, even small ones, is an important way of creating positive change in the world.

I live, learn, write, cook, eat and garden from my zone five Concord, New Hampshire home.

Contact me at nourishingwords@gmail.com.

Charlie

14 comments on “About Me”

  1. Happy New Year Eleanor! And Happy Blue Moon! I am enjoying this blog very much! You write very well, research is your thing! I seem to have lost your email address–I have something to share, which you may enjoy!

  2. Eleanor, I’m your site-manager from LHCSA!! I just missed you at the Newmarket Market on Sat. I’m starting a WINTER FARMERS’ MARKET IN CONCORD!!! I need help with getting the word out there. The location is Cole Gardens, Loudon Rd, Concord, NH. Jan.30th, Feb.27th, March27th. 10-2. Can we talk on the phone? Thanks, Joan O’Connor 496-1718

  4. I’m very much enjoying your blog! Thanks for writing about a topic that’s near and dear to a lot of us! We’re a small family farm to the North of you (Belmont!) Keep eating locally!

    • Thanks so much! I was very happy to find yours today. I suspect you’ll find mine quite a bit lighter in contrast, but I like to think we’re each doing our part in our own way.
      Eleanor

  6. I enjoyed reading your blog! You might like my poem, “Tomato Sandwich,” in my new collection of poetry, but I’m from NC and I don’t know if you eat garden tomato sandwiches in New Hampshire! Anyway, happy gardening… All the best, Terri Kirby Erickson, author, Telling Tales of Dusk

  7. I was wondering what types of vegetables you receive from your CSA in the winter. I live in NH, and just want some more information.

    Thanks

    • At first, it’s a lot of winter squashes, kale, swiss chard, cabbage and carrots. Later, it’s a lot of root crops like potatoes, celeriac, carrots, parsnips and beets. We had some sort of fresh greens throughout, often crazy kinds of sprouts, but then larger greens toward spring. I think winter CSAs can vary a lot, and I know many local farms are moving toward planning for more diversity in winter storage crops because of the proliferation of winter farmers markets and CSAs.

  8. Thanks for the info. We have a once a month farmer’s market down here but I don’t remember ever seeing sprouts. I’ll have to keep my eyes open this winter.

  9. I am enjoying your blog … having lived in lovely Craftsbury for 10 wonderful years … I knew Pete when he was a wee boy and knee deep in gardening even then! … Claire Fern was an adored gardening client of mine … and Bonnieview Farm was just around the corner from me. I enjoy your reading about your travels beyond my beloved former home … and have added you to my blogroll – I like having New England connections. Keep up the glorious work. In joy!

    • Thank you for your comments, and for reading. From my perspective, it’s hard to imagine moving away from a place like Craftsbury, although life does tend to take us in other directions sometimes. I hope that you get to go back there often. It’s a beautiful place.

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