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Only 2 Days Until Our 25th Anniversary Weekend!
After 25 years of serving up healthy, organic foods and local treats in the DC area, MOMs is celebrating with friends and employees in all stores this weekend, June 30-July 1, 2012. We’ll have tons of recycling drives (our favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Energy Resources, Family, Fruits, Local, News, Organic Food, Pets, Recycling, Reuse, Vegetables
Tagged 25th Anniversary, Alexandria VA, Alice Ferguson Foundation, Anniversary, Ayrshire Farm, B'More Organic, Bethesda Green, Biggs & Featherbelle, birthday, Bowie MD, celebration, certified organic, Chespaeake Bay Foundation, Clean Currents, College Park MD, dog adoption event, Eating Well, Econscious, Edible DC, food samples, Frederick MD, games, Herndon VA, Homeward Trails, hyper-local, Ice Cream Social, Jessup MD, kids activities, Maria Rodale, Maryland Life, Michele's Granola, Mother Earth News, Organic Manifesto, organic produce, raffles, Rockville MD, Salazon Chocolate Co, Savenia Labs, Solar City, Spencerville hard cider, Timonium MD, Trickling Springs Creamery
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Testing the Soil
This is my first year with a rather large garden all to myself. I went from 6 pots to a 4×12 plot in a community garden. I was trying to go all organic from soil to plant, but the soil … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Gardening, Local, Native plants, Organic Food, Vegetables
Tagged accomplishment, Black from Tula, Brandywine tomatoes, community garden, critters, eggplant, gardening, green beans, harvest, herbs, home garden, jade cucumbers, jalapeno, kale, Mid-Atlantic, mulch, mustard greens, okra, organic growing, organic methods, pea plants, pesticide, pests, Romaine, rouge zucchini, seeds, spinach, Sun Gold, sweet peppers, tilling, weeding, zucchini patch
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MOMs is Turning 25!
Come celebrate with us Saturday June 30th and Sunday July 1st at any MOMs location! We’ll have lots of delicious free food, live local music, fun kids activities, and lots of recycling: jeans, shoes, glasses, and electronics. That’s the story … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Local, News, Organic Food, Recycling, Vegetables
Tagged alar, apples, chevy malibu, Chevy Malibu station wagon, Diane Rehm Show, electronics recycling, Evelyn Drive, eyeglass recycling, family-owned business, former employee, fun kids activities, green leafy vegetables, grocery buyer, home delivery, jeans recycling, kids activities, leadership team, local music, magazine review, mail order, MD, MOM's garage, Organic Foods Express, organic retailer, recycling drive, Rockville, Scott Nash, shoe recycling, VA, Vegetarian Times, Vienna
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Mulch and Faith
My beebalm (Monarda didyma) and anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) plants showed their first flowers of the season about two weeks ago. For the beebalm (also known as oswego tea), it is its first flower ever, so I’ve talked about it … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Local, Native plants, Natural Health
Tagged Acer negundo, Aesculus pavia, Agastache foeniculum, anise hyssop, Asimina triloba, bee balm, beebalm, berries, berry, bird, black haw, blackhaw, blossom, box elder, boxelder, bumblebee, Cercis canadensis, Eastern plants, faith, flower, garden, gardening, hummingbird, local garden, magnolia, Monarda didyma, mulch, native plant, native species, nature, North American plants, Oswego tea, paw paw, pawpaw, plants, plum, Prunus Americana, red buckeye, redbud, slug, tree, viburnum, Viburnum prunifolium
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New Rockville MOMs Opens Tomorrow!
We’re super-excited to be opening our new Rockville MOMs location tomorrow. After 16 years in our previous storefront on Parklawn Drive, we’ve realized we need more parking and a more navigable layout for our tried and true (and patient) Rockville customers. … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Composting, Employment, Energy Resources, Family, Fruits, Green Careers, Local, Natural Health, News, Organic Food, Pets, Recycling, Reuse, Vegetables
Tagged beer, bike rack, bulk foods, compostable utensils, electric car charge, grain bowls, grand opening, kids activities, kombucha, LED lights, local, low VOC paints, naked lunch, oils, organic, organic deli, organic lunch, peanut butter, pet toys, produce, salads, skylights, solatubes, sustainable building materials, sweeteners, wellness, wine
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Triplex Birdhouse- The Happy Ending
So, our ransacked triplex birdhouse has been repaired to include smaller entry holes for the sparrows. The sparrows have moved back in and are busily making their homes. The thug-like mockingbirds came back to raid again but were only able … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Local, Pets, Reuse
Tagged birdhouse, birdhouse repair, DIY, mockingbirds, reclaimed wood, sparrows, triplex
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Triplex Birdhouse: The Saga
Something terrible happened today. The lovely triplex birdhouse made from reclaimed wood has been a cozy little home for 2 bird families for a couple weeks now. Marauders raided the homes today. Big, black mockingbird-looking bullies infiltrated the happy little … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Local
Tagged birdhouse, DIY disasters, marauders, mockingbirds, raid, reclaimed wood, sparrows, spring project, triplex birdhouse
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