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This Tuesday At Byrd House Market

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From email announcement:

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Welcome new vendors!
Decadence Gourmet Cheesecakes joins us this week with locally made savory cheesecakes in amazing flavor combos in JARS. Jim Mead, Mount Airy Studio, is a Richmond area painter bringing limited edition prints from a new inspirational series, It’s All About Love – great gifts. Thinking of You Creations returns with YumTarts, Cookies and Granola!

See our complete vendor list for July 30 by clicking here.

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Herb Tea Making & Herb Drying Demo
At 4 pm and 6 pm Learn how to make tasty herbals tisanes (teas) from from fresh herbs from the garden and learn about the healing properties of several common garden herbs. Learn also how to effectively dry and store herbs for future use. Taught by Gananathamritananda Swami from Shakambhari Devi Herbs. Manager’s Note: Gananatha regularly offers samples of his tisanes.

Teens Learn at the Byrd House
WBCH is really pleased to partner once again with HandsOn Greater Richmond to provide one of the 5 days of site-specific activities for their TeenImpact summer program. 10 kids will spend Tuesday morning in our Library with Stacy Luks of SloFood RVA and then help set up the market, visit with vendors, tour the farmlet with Matthew and learn about WBCH Food Pantry and Farmlet processes. Later they’ll do a scavenger hunt and shop the market!

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Featured Vendor: Heath Farm
Bill and Joyce Heath have provided a wide variety of sustainably-, locally-, and family-grown vegetables and plants since Byrd House Market began in 2007. I must be in pepper mode because following the Padron Pepper sear of the week before this last week I took the bag of green, yellow and orange bell peppers and decided that every meal would incorporate one or more of the colors and sweet, crunchy goodness from these peppers. So far
– a salad of greens, sweet orange peppers with shaved sharp cheddar cheese and a simple olive oil, squeeze of fresh lime, salt & pepper dressing, and
– a saute of green peppers, crimini mushrooms, onions, garlic laid over fried eggs and garnished with cherry tomatoes!

Acoustic Music by Blue Lotus Collective Face Painting by Madeline Making it Bilingual with VACLAA will bring art activities to make and use bright, colorful signage for the garden, farmlet and market in English and Spanish. Art, Literacy and Food! For all you kids!

Stuff the Bus!
at The Diamond this Sunday, August 4 at 2pm. Learn more at WBCH.org!

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Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306

Tire-less James River Volunteer Opportunity

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Volunteers are needed to remove tires from the James River between Lynchburg and Richmond during the first Tire-less James Event. Sign up today at http://www.jamesriverassociation.org/get-involved/volunteer/tire-less-james

JRA is partnering with Virginia Canals & Navigations Society and the Heart of Virginia Council, Boy Scouts of America in The Tire-less James project on August 17.

Tredegar To Merge?

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Chris Dovi has an interesting blog post in Richmond Magazine about a possible merger discussion.

Three Richmond museums that focus on history may soon become more intertwined. The Museum of the Confederacy, the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar and the Virginia Historical Society have entered into discussions that may lead to a merger of the organizations.
The three museums have “a long history of cooperation,” says Jennifer Guild, a spokeswoman for the Virginia Historical Society, who confirms that the cooperation could evolve into a greater unity of the three entities. “All three of the museums are working together to determine what collaborations exist so we can make Richmond a premier Civil War tourist destination.”

“Use of Certain Stones” – City Council Surprise

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I was going to wait until next week and the next Open Source show to report on the latest with the Kanawha Canal controversy, but then I spotted this in the agenda for tomorrow’s SURPRISE City Council meeting:

“Introduction of Proposed Ordinance to Authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Richmond and the Richmond Metropolitan Authority Concerning the Use of Certain Stones from the Kanawha Canal.”

Tomorrow at Byrd House Market

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From email announcement:

What’s new at BHM?

Pickled Silly joined us last week and added to our fabulous mix a really bright and delicious Bloody Mary Mix. Now, add Spicy Okra, Dilly Green Beans and Tarragon Carrots and, well, just imagine the pairings, eh? Wandering Cow Farm and St. Andrew’s Church return this week.
Jack Tabby Plays Viola – Will E. Nelson will be providing entertainment for the Byrd House Market by presenting a series of musicians through the Blue Lotus Collective. This week it’s Jack Tabby, viola playin’ member of MH & His Orchestra. This collective promotes up-and-coming songwriters and bands by acting as a talent agent and publicist. Solo performers as well as bands will be sharing their music at the market. Be sure to catch a new artist every week starting at 3:30 p.m. Improve your farmer’s market experience with live and local music!
Make art with VACLAA’s Eva and Spencer in the shade of the community garden. Relax and enjoy a nosh. Meet friends, plan your shopping, …etc.
Richmond Tree Stewards will be on hand to share more about the life of Richmond’s trees. You wouldn’t want to be without them!

Featured Vendor: Amy’s Garden

As Garnish or Appetizer, Seared Poblano Peppers are a treat. Got a bag of perfect looking green peppers from Amy and followed her directions to the letter – heavy bottomed skillet, a little oil, blistered the peppers on all sides, sprinkled liberally with good quality salt and ate them with a cold drink and grilled good quality beef hot dogs with chopped fresh tomatoes, chow chow and roasted potatoes!! I know it’s been hot, but this meal worked! yum.

Stuff the Bus for WBCH

Join the WBCH staff on Sunday August 4th and help Nutsy Stuff the Bus with school supplies for WBCH kids this fall. Details at WBCH.org.

and from the Grace Arents Library

The Scavenged Haiku – Last week, Woodlake United Methodist Church youth volunteers worked in the farmlet, collect stock for the food pantry and find material to create their own haiku poems in the titles of books in the Grace Arents Library. And we got a little play because I remembered a favorite childhood book that was included in a children’s Book Review in the daily paper this weekend!
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Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306

View of Oregon Hill From Across Belvidere

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The 1991 photos of downtown from the Virginia Penitentiary that recently appeared on the Shockoe Examiner blog prompted me to wonder if there were any views of Oregon Hill from the same vantage point.

While not exactly the same thing, this Flicker photo by Timothy Wood, taken from on top the parking deck at 3rd/Main street, may be the closest to what I was looking for and, with lots of Hollywood Cemetery trees in the background, gives Oregon Hill a small mountain town feel. Click here to see photo.