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Cookin'?
J'Weatherlys plant to aid food bank
! REBECCA WELLS barriers together to extend the gar- Kohlrabi au Gratin
I As a former single mother who
rUggled to make ends meet in her
t, Ashe Weatherly paid plenty of
sits to food banks. Now, with an
lWard-winning, overly abundant
rden, she's enjoying the chance
) pay back a local food bank
"For me, the food bank is kind of
ke the clothing bank: I make with-
awals, but I also make deposits,"
e says.
For the last couple of years, she
ms been sharing the excess produce
tad eggs she raises on her property
Vith the Saints Pantry, a food bank
n downtown Shelton. But this year,
lce her husband Steve won t be
rking as many hours at the Puget
d Naval Shipyard in Bre.mer-
)11, their finances are tighter.
With a much smaller budget
year, an idea has sprouted in
lle's mind to keep both her gar-
en and her donations to the food
bank flourishing: turn it into a com-
mlnity garden.
.eiirWIiEN THEY first moved to
seven-acre property on Johns
tie about five years ago, the
!e garden plot was languishing.
|-,ter rototilling and covering the
I rden soil with a foot-high layer
fhorse manure, the couple started
oVing fruit and vegetables so big,
e won ribbons for just about ev-
rything she entered in the Mason
,0Unty Fair. " s-
In fact, she grew blueberries u
; t
g, hey were too large for pancake
atter, but she says they still won
P honors at the fair. And she had
Ver entered anything in the fair
-lbre this. But now she's ready to
P back and let other contestants
zve a shot at winning awards for
Lei;r gardening efforts.
I didn't want to be greedy after
,.Second year. I had so many r!b-
s and I proved to myself that I m
t[ really good gardener, so let some
,[lteW people have some ribbons,'
e explains. At the same time, her
frees thumb was so successful, she
tlld hardly give the food away
enough sprang up
before
more
,']ler garden. She would even de-
,fresh produce to people when
aid her bills. That s when she
Lqht of bringing some to the food
tOO. " e
was a lot of fun, she rem m-
EJIER CROPS arent the' only
rd-winning products she s
. Ashe's golden Polish hen
her eggs had also garnered
d champion status before she
much to Ashes regret. For
,this champion bird had been
more than just a chicken. She
.a pet, as well as a valuable po-
_'al breeder.
Lhlese days, Ashe still has more
| a hundred animals on her prop-
. sAmong them are more than 30
, a few cats, three large, af-
ioriate turkeys and more than
dozen chickens of all ages and
eral exotic varieties she s breed-
While she was in her garden,
had already been donating ex-
eggs and a rooster or two to the
for the last couple of years.
Ong with the golden Polish
d, she also has a few turkens,
aich are special chickens with
lag, bald necks that look sort of
e turkeys, though she assures
Y're really cross-bred with
keys. not
LOne of her favorites is Violet, a
se-trained Chinese silkie with
, furry plumage. Ashe first
ttght Violet was a hen but later
.d out "she" was a rooster with
'0[elinine name. So as much as she
[s Violet, Ashe would still like
=_have a Chinese silkie hen some
Y.
tYou know how some ladies
wanted a
Vee lap dogs? Well, I lap
Cken,,, she says.
WITH VIOLET, one of her pet poultry, Ashe Weatherly
stands in front of the garden plot she has prepared to cul-
tivate a community garden.
WHILE ASHE hasn't allowed
Violet inside the house since she
tbund out his true gender, she has
managed to raise her cats and
chickens together since they were
just kittens and chicks. As a result,
they mingle without any problems.
"My cats know the difference be-
tween 'my birds' and 'their birds,' "
she says.
Betbre Ashe started producing
eggs for sale and her own consump-
tion, she never thought she would
develop such a fetish over birds,
though she has always loved cats.
"But now it is so fun to breed,"
she says. From there she became
virtually obsessive-compulsive
about keeping records of her chick-
ens for the first couple of years. She
even went so far as to teach herself
chicken first aid in order to keep
her mortality rate really low. She
also enjoys poring over a magazine
called Backyard Poultry.
"And all my husband can think
about is eating all my chickens,"
she jokes.
BOTH STEVE and Ashe come
from agricultural backgrounds. He
grew up in a family with a garden
and then later worked in orchards
in the Hood River Valley, where he
lived.
Ashe, on the other hand, had the
opportunity to do homesteading in
California when she was younger.
Every other weekend she would go
to help work on a piece of property,
taking it from an overgrown plot of
land to cultivating its very first gar-
den there. Through this experience
she also learned how to garden,
cook and recycle water.
From there, she started migrat-
ing from farm to farm, eventually
working on a self-sufficient ranch
initiated from scratch over 40 acres
on a mountaintop. This farm also
raised hogs.
"The best bacon I have ever had
in my entire life," she recalls. And
that's when Ashe realized she had
soil in her blood.
NOW AT THEIR small acreage
on Johns Prairie, they enjoy eating
stir-fried vegetables picked straight
from their garden all summer. Steve
also has fun making salads right
from vegetables they've grown.
Although Ashe knows she's a
few months late into the season to
start her garden this year, she's not
worried, because based on previous
seasons' experience, she expects to
be able to grow "cold crops," such as
leafy greens, farther into the winter
than ever before. In past years she's
been able to harvest into February,
well after the first frost.
"And if we have similar late, hot
summers, I should do well with the
'hot crops' again!" she says, refer-
ring to heftier vegetables, includ-
ing tomatoes, peppers, squash and
isn't old in
RECORDED TIME...
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
NANCY
-- The Bowling Team
pumpkins.
Since she plants in two- or three-
week cycles, she anticipates a con-
sistent harvest. Plus, potatoes and
other hardy vegetables and fruit
store well in the winter. Outside
of her 20-foot-by-40-foot vegetable
garden plot, which Ashe already
has laid out and designed around a
gazing ball in the center, she also
cultivates apple, pear and Asian
pear trees.
FOR THE TIME being, she al-
ready has a few packets of seeds
to plant lettuce, corn, squash, zuc-
chini, beans, broccoli raab, broccoli,
sugar peas, spinach, sunflowers
and kohlrabi. She also has starts
for Hungarian yellow, orange bell
and jalapefio peppers, six varieties
of tomatoes, bright light chard and
rosemary.
Along with these supplies, she
and Steve also have four rolls of
weed barrier already purchased.
She estimates all of this to amount
to about $127.29 in value. Paying
for the Miracle Grow, the water bill
and the rototiller rental are expens-
es they also need help covering.
What she really needs are: an-
other apple tree, two pear trees and
several blueberry and raspberry
bushes. She also wants to plant a
two-foot-by-15-foot herb garden
complete with thyme, oregano, wild
marjoram, garlic, chives, culinary
lavender, sage, spearmint and al-
ready existent catnip.
She would also really like to ac-
quire pumpkin seeds or starts, as
well as seeds for carrots and any
greens, including kale and collards,
plus potato eyes, cucumber seeds,
mushroom compost and a bale of
straw to keep the bugs and dirt off
the vegetables when they grow and
are harvested. She estimates all of
this to add up to just under $60.
This isn't counting the possibility of
feeding her chicks, too, for an addi-
tional cost of $6 or $8 each month.
EACH PACKET of seeds aver-
ages about $1 and starts range in
prices from 98 cents to just under
$5, depending on the vegetable and
pot size. She is also open to sugges-
tions, assistance and donations.
In exchange, she and Steve will
provide the labor, which involves
rototilling, soil preparation and
sewing lengths of three-foot weed
den's life against the winds along
Johns Prairie, where they live.
They also plan to take care of the
fencing, planting, watering, weed-
ing, harvesting and cleaning and
delivery of the produce to the food
bank.
Some of their friends already
give them a hand with weeding and
mowing on their property, but since
she might need to spend some time
in the hospital, b.she welcomes any
additional voluntary helping hands.
She belongs to the local chapter of
the Eagles and is hoping to recruit
the energy of some young scouting
troops for assistance.
Anyone interested in supporting
this cause may call 432-1774 to do-
nate.
Both Ashe and Steve love eating
kohlrabi. Since she first planted
the vegetable only a few years ago,
it's still a novelty to her.
"I cannot get enough," she says.
When Steve was a kid, he would
cut up kohlrabi and eat it raw with
salt.
Ashe adapted the following rec-
ipe, noting how kohlrabi can be
tricky, because a cook needs to peel
its tough, woody exterior off in or-
der to reach the inside and be able
to slice it up to serve it.
Ingredients:
11/2 lb. kohlrabi, sliced thin
2 Tbsp. ninced onion
1/2 C. shredded Parmesan cheese
1/4 C. heavy cream
1/3 C. kohlrabi leaves, sliced thin or
food processed
Plenty of seasoned bread crumbs,
to taste
Preparation:
Spread a layer of kohlrabi slices
on the bottom of a shallow, buttered
casserole dish. Sprinkle a layer
with 11/2 tap. of onions, 1 Tbsp. of.
cheese, 1 Tbsp. of cream and a lay-
er of kohlrabi leaves. Make three
more layers and top with cheese
and bread crumbs.
Cover and bake at 350 degrees
Fahrenheit ibr half an hour. Un-
cover and bake for 15 minutes
more. Serves four.
Ashe prefers to add' fresh pro-
duce from the garden, such as bok
choy, kale, sugar snap peas, sum-
mer squash or turnip greens and
adjust the measurements of ingre-
dients, baking dish and time ac-
cordingly.
"Use your imagination," she
encourages. "You won't be disap-
pointed."
ALL ANNUALS ON SALE!
4" and pack annuals $100
1/2 gallon annuals $2 99
All annual baskets $15 oo
[1 gallon perennials 3/$20 I
66 SE Lynch Rd. All major credit cards accepted
At Taylor Towne 360-432-8173
DSHS Children's Administration
is looking to contract professional
providers for counseling, parenting,
drug and alcohol, domestic violence,
psychosexual/sexual deviancy and/
or evaluative services to adults and
children in Mason, Thurston, Lewis
and/or Cowlitz counties.
Must meet degree, certification and
insurance requirements. $20-$70 hour
based on service type.
For more information contact Keli
Drake at (360) 725-6759.
DSHS/DCFS
LOOSE
DENTURES?
HAD LOTS OF RELINES
AND STILL CAN'T CHEW?
WE HAVE
THEANSWER!
• Affordable • Fast * Easy
Call today for a complimentary consult.
(36o) 426-9711
DOGS
American Dental Association
Academy of General Dentistry
American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
William J. Busacca, DDS, PS
1525 Olympic Hwy. North, Shelton,WA 98584
The Smile Express
Thursday, July 19, 2007 - Sholton-Mason County Journal - Page 15
Cookin'?
J'Weatherlys plant to aid food bank
! REBECCA WELLS barriers together to extend the gar- Kohlrabi au Gratin
I As a former single mother who
rUggled to make ends meet in her
t, Ashe Weatherly paid plenty of
sits to food banks. Now, with an
lWard-winning, overly abundant
rden, she's enjoying the chance
) pay back a local food bank
"For me, the food bank is kind of
ke the clothing bank: I make with-
awals, but I also make deposits,"
e says.
For the last couple of years, she
ms been sharing the excess produce
tad eggs she raises on her property
Vith the Saints Pantry, a food bank
n downtown Shelton. But this year,
lce her husband Steve won t be
rking as many hours at the Puget
d Naval Shipyard in Bre.mer-
)11, their finances are tighter.
With a much smaller budget
year, an idea has sprouted in
lle's mind to keep both her gar-
en and her donations to the food
bank flourishing: turn it into a com-
mlnity garden.
.eiirWIiEN THEY first moved to
seven-acre property on Johns
tie about five years ago, the
!e garden plot was languishing.
|-,ter rototilling and covering the
I rden soil with a foot-high layer
fhorse manure, the couple started
oVing fruit and vegetables so big,
e won ribbons for just about ev-
rything she entered in the Mason
,0Unty Fair. " s-
In fact, she grew blueberries u
; t
g, hey were too large for pancake
atter, but she says they still won
P honors at the fair. And she had
Ver entered anything in the fair
-lbre this. But now she's ready to
P back and let other contestants
zve a shot at winning awards for
Lei;r gardening efforts.
I didn't want to be greedy after
,.Second year. I had so many r!b-
s and I proved to myself that I m
t[ really good gardener, so let some
,[lteW people have some ribbons,'
e explains. At the same time, her
frees thumb was so successful, she
tlld hardly give the food away
enough sprang up
before
more
,']ler garden. She would even de-
,fresh produce to people when
aid her bills. That s when she
Lqht of bringing some to the food
tOO. " e
was a lot of fun, she rem m-
EJIER CROPS arent the' only
rd-winning products she s
. Ashe's golden Polish hen
her eggs had also garnered
d champion status before she
much to Ashes regret. For
,this champion bird had been
more than just a chicken. She
.a pet, as well as a valuable po-
_'al breeder.
Lhlese days, Ashe still has more
| a hundred animals on her prop-
. sAmong them are more than 30
, a few cats, three large, af-
ioriate turkeys and more than
dozen chickens of all ages and
eral exotic varieties she s breed-
While she was in her garden,
had already been donating ex-
eggs and a rooster or two to the
for the last couple of years.
Ong with the golden Polish
d, she also has a few turkens,
aich are special chickens with
lag, bald necks that look sort of
e turkeys, though she assures
Y're really cross-bred with
keys. not
LOne of her favorites is Violet, a
se-trained Chinese silkie with
, furry plumage. Ashe first
ttght Violet was a hen but later
.d out "she" was a rooster with
'0[elinine name. So as much as she
[s Violet, Ashe would still like
=_have a Chinese silkie hen some
Y.
tYou know how some ladies
wanted a
Vee lap dogs? Well, I lap
Cken,,, she says.
WITH VIOLET, one of her pet poultry, Ashe Weatherly
stands in front of the garden plot she has prepared to cul-
tivate a community garden.
WHILE ASHE hasn't allowed
Violet inside the house since she
tbund out his true gender, she has
managed to raise her cats and
chickens together since they were
just kittens and chicks. As a result,
they mingle without any problems.
"My cats know the difference be-
tween 'my birds' and 'their birds,' "
she says.
Betbre Ashe started producing
eggs for sale and her own consump-
tion, she never thought she would
develop such a fetish over birds,
though she has always loved cats.
"But now it is so fun to breed,"
she says. From there she became
virtually obsessive-compulsive
about keeping records of her chick-
ens for the first couple of years. She
even went so far as to teach herself
chicken first aid in order to keep
her mortality rate really low. She
also enjoys poring over a magazine
called Backyard Poultry.
"And all my husband can think
about is eating all my chickens,"
she jokes.
BOTH STEVE and Ashe come
from agricultural backgrounds. He
grew up in a family with a garden
and then later worked in orchards
in the Hood River Valley, where he
lived.
Ashe, on the other hand, had the
opportunity to do homesteading in
California when she was younger.
Every other weekend she would go
to help work on a piece of property,
taking it from an overgrown plot of
land to cultivating its very first gar-
den there. Through this experience
she also learned how to garden,
cook and recycle water.
From there, she started migrat-
ing from farm to farm, eventually
working on a self-sufficient ranch
initiated from scratch over 40 acres
on a mountaintop. This farm also
raised hogs.
"The best bacon I have ever had
in my entire life," she recalls. And
that's when Ashe realized she had
soil in her blood.
NOW AT THEIR small acreage
on Johns Prairie, they enjoy eating
stir-fried vegetables picked straight
from their garden all summer. Steve
also has fun making salads right
from vegetables they've grown.
Although Ashe knows she's a
few months late into the season to
start her garden this year, she's not
worried, because based on previous
seasons' experience, she expects to
be able to grow "cold crops," such as
leafy greens, farther into the winter
than ever before. In past years she's
been able to harvest into February,
well after the first frost.
"And if we have similar late, hot
summers, I should do well with the
'hot crops' again!" she says, refer-
ring to heftier vegetables, includ-
ing tomatoes, peppers, squash and
isn't old in
RECORDED TIME...
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
NANCY
-- The Bowling Team
pumpkins.
Since she plants in two- or three-
week cycles, she anticipates a con-
sistent harvest. Plus, potatoes and
other hardy vegetables and fruit
store well in the winter. Outside
of her 20-foot-by-40-foot vegetable
garden plot, which Ashe already
has laid out and designed around a
gazing ball in the center, she also
cultivates apple, pear and Asian
pear trees.
FOR THE TIME being, she al-
ready has a few packets of seeds
to plant lettuce, corn, squash, zuc-
chini, beans, broccoli raab, broccoli,
sugar peas, spinach, sunflowers
and kohlrabi. She also has starts
for Hungarian yellow, orange bell
and jalapefio peppers, six varieties
of tomatoes, bright light chard and
rosemary.
Along with these supplies, she
and Steve also have four rolls of
weed barrier already purchased.
She estimates all of this to amount
to about $127.29 in value. Paying
for the Miracle Grow, the water bill
and the rototiller rental are expens-
es they also need help covering.
What she really needs are: an-
other apple tree, two pear trees and
several blueberry and raspberry
bushes. She also wants to plant a
two-foot-by-15-foot herb garden
complete with thyme, oregano, wild
marjoram, garlic, chives, culinary
lavender, sage, spearmint and al-
ready existent catnip.
She would also really like to ac-
quire pumpkin seeds or starts, as
well as seeds for carrots and any
greens, including kale and collards,
plus potato eyes, cucumber seeds,
mushroom compost and a bale of
straw to keep the bugs and dirt off
the vegetables when they grow and
are harvested. She estimates all of
this to add up to just under $60.
This isn't counting the possibility of
feeding her chicks, too, for an addi-
tional cost of $6 or $8 each month.
EACH PACKET of seeds aver-
ages about $1 and starts range in
prices from 98 cents to just under
$5, depending on the vegetable and
pot size. She is also open to sugges-
tions, assistance and donations.
In exchange, she and Steve will
provide the labor, which involves
rototilling, soil preparation and
sewing lengths of three-foot weed
den's life against the winds along
Johns Prairie, where they live.
They also plan to take care of the
fencing, planting, watering, weed-
ing, harvesting and cleaning and
delivery of the produce to the food
bank.
Some of their friends already
give them a hand with weeding and
mowing on their property, but since
she might need to spend some time
in the hospital, b.she welcomes any
additional voluntary helping hands.
She belongs to the local chapter of
the Eagles and is hoping to recruit
the energy of some young scouting
troops for assistance.
Anyone interested in supporting
this cause may call 432-1774 to do-
nate.
Both Ashe and Steve love eating
kohlrabi. Since she first planted
the vegetable only a few years ago,
it's still a novelty to her.
"I cannot get enough," she says.
When Steve was a kid, he would
cut up kohlrabi and eat it raw with
salt.
Ashe adapted the following rec-
ipe, noting how kohlrabi can be
tricky, because a cook needs to peel
its tough, woody exterior off in or-
der to reach the inside and be able
to slice it up to serve it.
Ingredients:
11/2 lb. kohlrabi, sliced thin
2 Tbsp. ninced onion
1/2 C. shredded Parmesan cheese
1/4 C. heavy cream
1/3 C. kohlrabi leaves, sliced thin or
food processed
Plenty of seasoned bread crumbs,
to taste
Preparation:
Spread a layer of kohlrabi slices
on the bottom of a shallow, buttered
casserole dish. Sprinkle a layer
with 11/2 tap. of onions, 1 Tbsp. of.
cheese, 1 Tbsp. of cream and a lay-
er of kohlrabi leaves. Make three
more layers and top with cheese
and bread crumbs.
Cover and bake at 350 degrees
Fahrenheit ibr half an hour. Un-
cover and bake for 15 minutes
more. Serves four.
Ashe prefers to add' fresh pro-
duce from the garden, such as bok
choy, kale, sugar snap peas, sum-
mer squash or turnip greens and
adjust the measurements of ingre-
dients, baking dish and time ac-
cordingly.
"Use your imagination," she
encourages. "You won't be disap-
pointed."
ALL ANNUALS ON SALE!
4" and pack annuals $100
1/2 gallon annuals $2 99
All annual baskets $15 oo
[1 gallon perennials 3/$20 I
66 SE Lynch Rd. All major credit cards accepted
At Taylor Towne 360-432-8173
DSHS Children's Administration
is looking to contract professional
providers for counseling, parenting,
drug and alcohol, domestic violence,
psychosexual/sexual deviancy and/
or evaluative services to adults and
children in Mason, Thurston, Lewis
and/or Cowlitz counties.
Must meet degree, certification and
insurance requirements. $20-$70 hour
based on service type.
For more information contact Keli
Drake at (360) 725-6759.
DSHS/DCFS
LOOSE
DENTURES?
HAD LOTS OF RELINES
AND STILL CAN'T CHEW?
WE HAVE
THEANSWER!
• Affordable • Fast * Easy
Call today for a complimentary consult.
(36o) 426-9711
DOGS
American Dental Association
Academy of General Dentistry
American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
William J. Busacca, DDS, PS
1525 Olympic Hwy. North, Shelton,WA 98584
The Smile Express
Thursday, July 19, 2007 - Sholton-Mason County Journal - Page 15