Wow, that turned out great. Now I'm looking forward to more on the Squidoo site. 600,000 people over there need you for this information! Thanks. You are doing such a fabulous job with all this. I'm going to go Twitter about you now. 
Peace and all good,
Dani
Thanks, Dani. Always great to get your thoughts.
Re gardens: Someone who cut down a tree for us recommended something called Milorganite as a garden fertilizer with the added virtue of deterring critters like squirrels and raccoons that have ensured we get little in the way of produce from our garden every year. I found out that it's made from Milwaukee sewage sludge (processed, of course!) On the surface this seems Yuck!, but then it sort of makes sense from a sustainability point of view--recycling and all. Do you or anyone of this site's readers know if this stuff works--or if there are hidden drawbacks? The website, of course, says it's safe and great.
Great interview, and great news on the home front! It seems Heather Carter at greenguru.org has helped create a local food buying community that will support the local farmers and producers by connecting them with the community in an on-line store. I joined the minute I finished reading about it. Check out www.BountifulSprout.org
Lauren- That's new to me...anyone else know about it?
We have a garden. It's not huge but big enough for the two of us and a rabbit or two. (The babies can get through and we don't try to stop them since we figure there's enough to share.)
I love being able to walk out to the garden and pick tomatoes (we're getting a lot of those), cucumbers, peas, peppers, flowers (don't eat those) and squash. We even have two watermelons and a couple of cantaloupes growing.
It's been nice this summer not to have to go to the grocery store for produce. Besides, homegrown tomatoes taste so much better than store-bought.
Luckily, we haven't had a grasshopper problem.
Dani,
Kudos for a great interview, and for all of the terrific things you are doing to promote the locavore movement. What a shame that you lost so many heirloom tomato plants! We had a lot of hail, too, but it did not seem to damage much.
If you send me victory garden photos, I will display them on www.planetsave.com.
Sarah Lovinger
Pam and Dani--thanks for sharing. We all learn from one another's efforts. Hearing of your commitments helps to strengthen mine. There is so much work to do, and when we "think locally," we mustn't forget or overlook the online community we're creating: a different and very important kind of "local."
Susan - VERY true..."new local"....
Dani and RW&G, thank you for sharing your thoughts and commitment to this much needed food movement. Your knowledge, insight and inspiration are empowering. I now feel that our little garden is more than a vegetable patch, but the beginnings of a local group in our area too. I feel it coming on soon.
Dani, so sorry to hear about your heirlooms, but your experience is so valuable to us. It's the reality that we have to expect when we move to CO. We know that we are quite spoiled with our year round growing season here in CA. We're also learning that maybe we should avoid Eastern Co and move to the Western side? 
We're going to start by spreading the word of all your hard work and movement, hopefully others will be inspired by it like we have. Thank you again.
Thanks for the visit and kind words...am in AWE of your gorgeous site and will keep checking it regularly now!
Just posted and linked at a post on Eating Locally over at:
http://www.BlogHer.com
Wow, talk about a vital blogging group over there! 10,000 blogs registered.
The zucchini invasion has started! LOL. Locally-grown calabacitas on the menu today along with chicken fajitas. That's all the cooking I can stand.... hotter than Hades out here.
Dani
It's great to see Dani's energy and passion being given wider recognition. She's given a wonderful boost to local agriculture here in southeastern and southcentral Colorado--thanks, Dani!
I live upriver from Dani in the mountains, where I grow a huge organic kitchen garden in raised beds that feeds my husband and I--and our friends!--from March through December. My garden is full of native bees, butterflies and hummingbirds as well, so it's a thriving community in many ways. This week on my blog (http://communityoftheland.blogspot.com), readers asked for recipes from my garden, so I wrote up some favorites, including cilantro-mint chutney with a green chile boost, and quiona salad with beets and sugar-snap peas--yum!
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