I love my compost pile: CAUGHT ON VIDEO
I like gardening, but I love composting. It’s a no-brainer. It’s one of those “life is an eternal round” things. Maybe I’m weird and the Depression-era mentality lasted three generations, in me. But I love “waste not, want not” and I hate the throw-away generation and attitude. Turn your food into food for your food. [...]
11 Comments • Continue Reading →Raw zucchini pickles and more ideas
Wendy Ray gave this idea for using zucchini, on the GreenSmoothieGirl facebook fanpage: Slice young zucchini into a quart jar (or whatever). Add these: 1/3 cup raw apple cider vinegar 1 Tbsp. sea salt 2+ Tbsp. raw honey 2 Tbsp. fresh basil 1 cup water Optional: sliced onions Marinate at least 30 minutes. Lasts at [...]
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It’s a Beet Monster
I’m not even sure what to say about this, that came out of my garden today. Technically it’s a beet. I’m not sure the photos let you appreciate just how big it is, about 12 in. tall. It looks like a replica of a human heart—blood color, to be sure, but also with the aorta [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →Help! I’m in Zucchini Hell!
I have this kind of random list of questions to ask God when I get on the other side. Some of them are The Big Questions. Why do 15-year old crackheads get pregnant so easily when my friend Jamie, who would be a world-class mother, can’t? Why are people supposed to make huge decisions like [...]
21 Comments • Continue Reading →raw food: here’s what’s in my dehydrator right now
You know I love my dehydrator, especially this time of year when I’ve got so much stuff coming out of the garden that I don’t want to go to waste. Right now I have all 9 trays full in my dehydrator with two recipes contributed by readers. (I love y’all! Thanks for your ideas and [...]
25 Comments • Continue Reading →the raw food diet and swine flu
I hope you’re undertaking a raw food diet while it’s in season?This is the time of year your body wants to cleanse.If you do, you have much lower risk of getting ill this winter, because you’ll be going into that higher-risk time much cleaner and stronger.And that’s important as we face Round 2 of the [...]
14 Comments • Continue Reading →the raw food diet
I’m going to be talking for a while about the raw food diet.That’s the only “diet” I approve of (the very word is annoying, isn’t it?).Why?First, because it’s the biggest focus of this web site and the program of whole foods I promote: raw plant foods.Of the 9,000 new visitors to this site monthly, many [...]
20 Comments • Continue Reading →I’m having this overpowering craving
It’s late at night and I am having this huge craving . . . for arugula. Yeah. Arugula. It’s one of my favorite foods. If I type the word, I salivate. Weird, huh. In the winter, I buy it and can’t wait till I get it home before I fish around [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →are you gardening yet?
I hope you’re planting a garden, since it’s May 14 and prime planting season! I am enjoying the sunshine and getting my hands in the dirt (that’s “grounding” that gives you lots of antioxidants, by the way). This is my first year doing it solo, though, so it’s lots more work, turning all [...]
9 Comments • Continue Reading →national study on grocery budgeting
How much does the average family spend on groceries? Nationwide, according to the USDA, here it is: Two adults: $361 thrifty / $459 low-cost / $569 moderate / $711 liberal Two adults and 2 kids under 11: $603 thrifty / $779 low-cost / $974 moderate / $1,182 liberal Spending for my [...]
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