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Shameless promotion?

As a continuation of Site Re-design from a few days ago, I thought I’d write about how I’m getting my website out there for people to find. I know that you are what I deem a “good” reader and provide a valuable addition to The Burné. I want more readers like you. The converse is [...]

Language

Γεια σας και σας καλωσορίζουμε στο Burné.

Let me transliterate that for you, “Yassas kay sas kalosorisoomay sto Burné”. That means “Hello and welcome to The Burné” for you non Greek speakers out there. I used Google Translate to help me with that, but I’ve been picking up some of the Greek language lately to help [...]

Site re-design

You may have noticed a new look to The Burné! I recently made the transition from Blogger to a self-hosted Word Press site and am now at my new home of http://www.theburne.com. Lets take a look at what steps I had to do to make this possible so that you can follow them.

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Coffee emergency

I’ve been out of coffee filters for about a week now. No big deal, I’ll use the french press. This does mean sacrificing my auto-brew functionality and having fresh coffee waiting for me right when I wake up. Still, no big deal. I can boil water when I wake up and have delicious french pressed [...]

Buy local challenge concluded

Stop the presses, the buy local challenge is over! Were you able to go a whole week incorporating local ingredients into at least one meal a day? I didn’t track the challenge for myself but I do know I was able to complete it successfully. Tonight Ricky made a veggie soup with beets, potatoes, cabbage, [...]

Squirrels in the garden

My newly planted shade garden is lovely. I picked out some good choices for the location and they really fill out the containers they’re in quite nicely. When sitting on the porch, I’m able to enjoy the contrast in color the greens, pinks and whites make against the brick wall. The garden is in fact [...]

Buy local challenge update

Honestly I haven’t given this challenge much thought. I haven’t gone off track at all mind you, it’s just that this has become increasingly easier for me to do. To the point where now I think about it as something different. Every morning after making my coffee, locally roasted by Zeke’s here in Baltimore, I [...]

How to buy local

It’s not easy buying local. I’m young enough to not really know what a corner store is and have grown up instead with giant supermarkets offering products from around the world. I can go in any day of the year and get a ripe tomato, mangoes and bananas, and just about anything else. These stores [...]

Vermicomposting

Back in March, I set up a vermicomposting operation. Vermi is Latin for worm, and vermicomposting is composting with worms. More specifically, red worms, or Eisenia foetida. In hindsight, I probably started this as difficult as possible. I went to a bait store and bought about 100 worms for a fairly hefty price. I was [...]

Liquid Earth

I was recently taken on a surprise excursion to Liquid Earth, located near the Harbor East area of Baltimore. Ricky and I first heard of this place thanks to the cast of Spring Awakening, seen here:

The place seemed like a perfect fit for our newfound veggiedom. We stepped inside and it had the quintessential coffee [...]