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.
Archive for January, 2008
Bluestone Perennials Coupon
Posted in bluestone, coupon, e-code, spring gardening on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Fed Cuts 75 bps
Posted in Misc on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Updates on curry leaf plant
Posted in CFL, curry leaf berries, curry leaf plant, jasmine on January 26, 2008 | 19 Comments »
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 [...]
Bircher muesli a.k.a. Swiss Oats
Posted in bircher muesli, breakfast, corner bakery, healthy breakfast, oats, recipe, tagged bircher muesli, corner bakery, swiss oats. bob's thick rolled oats on January 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
Planning for spring garden
Posted in Misc, bluestoneperennials, gardening, michigan bulb, spring, territorialseed on January 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Black forest Pumpernickel Bread
Posted in baking, bread, bread machine, flax meal, healthy bread, loaf, pumpernickel, recipe, rye on January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Tilapia ‘n Gravy
Posted in Misc, Puzhi Kuzhambu, Tilapia, fish gravy, tamil recipe, tagged tamil recipes on January 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
TV Converter Box Coupon Program
Posted in Converter box, DTV, NTIA, coupon program, hdtv, tv on January 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »
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 [...]
