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Archive for January, 2008

The other day I had a blog post on Planning for spring garden where I had briefly mentioned about Bluestone Perennials for perennial plants. This week I had received a 20% OFF coupon on mail from Bluestone Perennials to be used before Feb 6th. Thought it might help someone planning on their spring garden.

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The Fed Cuts 75 bps

As global stock market took a plunge on Martin Luther King day, every one had their eyes set on the US stock market and there were early predictions that there will be a biggest plunge in the US stock market as traders were in a panic mode and it was supposed be a heavy selling [...]

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The other day I had blog posts on curry leaf berries, and curry leaf plant. Its more than 2 months now since had I sowed my curry leaf berries and there are about 15 “baby” curry leaf plants Thanks to Compact fluorescent lamp -CFL. It is definitely helping my indoor plants to grow – even [...]

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It’s almost a year now, since I first tasted this wholesome oats cereal at Corner Bakery in Chicago. I was on a business trip to Chicago and upon suggestion by a colleague of mine I visited Corner Bakery to try their oatmeal cereal for breakfast. Going through their heavenly menu, I came across this Swiss [...]

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Ah its that time of the year again – when you are inundated with catalogs on mail from seed/plant/bulb companies. Over the past few years I regularly receive catalogs from Brecks, Michigan Bulbs, Bluestone Perennials, Springhill, and Territorial seed. Based on my personal experience, I like ordering from Bluestone Perennial for perennial plants and Territorial [...]

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Another whole grain bread with goodness of rye, wheat, flax meal, cocoa. If memory serves me right, I had my first pumpernickel bread during our vacation at Disney World. We were in a hurry to get to the parade on a late afternoon and had to grab a cold deli on pumpernickel for a quick [...]

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Tilapia – fish that isn’t fishy Another easy to make recipe popular in Tamil Nadu. Typically this fish gravy recipe is suited for any freshwater fish. Ingredients: (makes about 4 serving) 3 tilapia loins cut into 3″ fillets 3 teaspoon cumin powder Chili powder – per taste salt per taste lemon size – tamarind paste [...]

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The other day I had mentioned about DTV Converter box coupon program in my blog post Here today, gone tomorrow. Here is a quick recap of the coupon program Starting January 1, 2008, all U.S. households will be eligible to request up to two coupons, worth $40 each, to be used toward the purchase of [...]

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