Branding

Today I am making a cucumber gazpacho, a loaf of bread, some salad dressing...i think that is about it. I need to start spreading out and getting some more clients, which means I need to start marketing myself. I have been on the practice course for a few weeks and am ready to move onto the main course, so to speak. This involves working on some business cards, actually coming up with a name, making a full website...all exciting things, right?

So I need some help with names. When I was thinking of starting a pie business, I was going to name it "Pi" and use the symbol, which I am sure has been used, because there is no way that I am the first person to think of that. But now I am doing a much wider range of things, so I am not sure if just the word Pi would be a good choice. My FAVORITE word in the world is Tangerine. I just love the way it sounds. Say it with me, tangerine. Taaan-jah-reeeeeeeeen. Awesome sauce, right? So things that fly around my head are things like Tangerine Pi, but that might still be too niche sounding, right? Maybe not. Tangerine. Maybe just Tangerine?

Things I don't want in the name: Alexandria (where I live), Modern, Cuisine, Simple, Fancy, Upscale, Home, Cook...and probably a gazillion more.

The name is the first thing I need, right? Once that happens, the rest kind of falls into place and follows. Cards, site, marketing...

So throw me some random words, my peeps!

Rough Week!

Actually, rough two weeks, but back on track. Sick dog, on the mend now, so was a little slow on the updating. Will be back on schedule soon!

BUT to prove that things are afoot, here are pictures of my seedlings, which will be planted in our newly expanded garden soon, which will mean...YUMMY SPRING AND SUMMER FOOD!

Squash and Cukes, and maybe some Okra

TOMATO and PEPPER PLANTS!

You say you want the full list? Oh boy. Here it is:

TOMATOES (in Rainbow-ish order)

Ace Bush

Rutgers

Sugar Cherry

Old Virginia

Chadwick Cherry

Caspian Pink

Pink Accordion

Henderson's Pink Ponderosa

Violet Jasper

Copia

Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge

Illini Gold

Big White Pink Stripes

Reisetomate

Big Rainbow

Orange and Green Zebra

Hssiao His Hung Shih

Egg Yolk

Huge Lemon Oxheart

Green Sausage

Green Doctors

Grandma Olivers Green

Kiwi

Great White

White Tomesol

Ivory Pear

Ananas Noire

Tsungshigo Chinese

Purple Calabash

Purple Robeson

Gypsy

Black Cherry

Prudens Purple

Sara Black

PEPPERS

Sweet Pepper Mix (which I kind of hate, not knowing what is happening)

Purple Pepper

Asti Rosso Red

Golden CA

Orange Sweet

Ozark Red

Chocolate Habenaro

Purple Jalepano

Jamaican Hot Chocolate (which are probably the same as the choc habs)

Hot Pepper Random Mix (see above, re: hating)

RANDOM

Okra

SQUASH

Yellow Summer

Black Beauty

Crookneck

Pattypan

Golden Scallop

Grey Zucchini

Ronde de Nice

Squash Tondo Scuro di Piacenza

Random Mix

CUKES

Reg Cuke

Lemon Cuke

White Cuke

Crystal Apple Cuke

Mexican Sour Gherkin

MELON

Banana Melon

EGGPLANT

Japanese White Egg

Lao Green Stripe

Black Champion

Purple Stripe

FUN FUN FUN FUN!!!!!! I have a few other things I am considering (radishes and beets go directly into the ground, and I prob could have held off on the squash and cukes for a few more weeks, but was getting antsy!)

Garden eating is healthy eating is fun eating!