Archive for April, 2009
Reminder: Low-Car Diet Clinic this Saturday
REMINDER: Low-Car Diet Clinic this Saturday, May 2, 2009; Sunnyside School park, SE 34th Ave. and SE Taylor St., Portland; 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. –Joe Bike will have plenty of cool cargo bikes (and cargo!) on-hand to test, not to mention free Voodoo donuts and coffee. See you there!
Livin’ the Low-Car Diet
As the sun begins to creep over the mountains and spill down into our otherwise gray Pacific Northwest lives, many folks are dusting off their bicycles in hopes of enjoying another of Portland’s fantastic summers –via two wheels. If the human-powered call of the road has you thinking about sun-drenched weekend cruises down stumptown’s tree-lined [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 30
The weekend of April 17 through April 19 was underscored by a mini heat wave, providing an open invitation to little else but getting out and about by bike. The tomato twins were called into action numerous times during the weekend, for everything from simple, barely 1/2-mile runs to Oregon Park, to trips to the [...]
Garden Diary 5
Keri really rose to the challenge today, cultivating the remainder of the primary garden space we planned out for this year’s expansion. As stated in my last garden diary entry, we now have a plot inching ever close to 800 square feet, with more than 500 of that dedicated to rows. I feel bad that [...]
Grease on Earth
For those of us who may not make regular trips to the Metro recycling station, it may come as a mild surprise that individuals can recycle their used cooking oil at several locations throughout the Portland metropolitan area and beyond. Encore Oils, a subsidiary of Sequential Biofuel, collects waste oil from these locations, transporting it [...]
Props to the `Ville
Living among giants and facing the effects of one of the nation’s worst economic depressions, Oregon’s Burgerville restaurants are forging ahead without fear. Always paddling against the current in the fast food burger market, Burgerville’s 39 restaurants continue to press the notion of how good fast food can taste, and how sustainable and community-focused their [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 29
Most people who ride a bicycle for daily transportation understand the basic principles of bicycle tires, including the methods for changing and/or patching a flat, whether in the garage or out on the road. Like it or not, most anyone who has ridden a bicycle has encountered a flat. This being said, with a utility [...]
Garden Diary 4
I finally finished my cold frame so the seedlings can transition to the great outdoors. We’ve had such beautiful weather as of late that I’m confident we’ll likely not encounter any freezing for the remainder of Spring. I’m pleased with the cold frame, which is essentially a combination of 5/8″ cedar panels attached to 2×4″ [...]
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