Soothing Strawberry Facial Scrub
Use this strawberry facial scrub recipe on normal or combination skin. The strawberry seeds help to exfoliate old skin while the yogurt sooths. This picture shows one of my hanging baskets and how I...
View ArticleEat the Weeds: Sauteed Dandelion Greens Recipe
Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) are wild, abundant, extremely nutritious, free food! 5 Tips on Harvesting Your Own Dandelion Greens for Peak Flavor Pick dandelion greens before the plant flowers;...
View ArticleDandelion Magic: George Cairns Story of Divine Intervention
Below are two beautiful and touching stories. Carl, a friend of a friend, discovered he had cancer and heard about a man, George Cairns who also had a special story and a recipe that helped him to...
View ArticleHow To Make Dandelion Root Powder
Proper preparation of your dandelion root for wellness is as important as when it is harvested. George Cairns articulates below how this is done properly. I highly recommend following his instructions...
View ArticleHow To Use a Broadfork (instead of digging garden beds)
This simple and primitive looking tool, the Broadfork, is one I highly recommend every garden. The Broadfork is used to loosen and aerate soil without causing disturbance to the beneficial organisms...
View ArticleA (Really) Short History of Medicine
A short history of medicine… Patient: “I have an ear ache.” Physician: 2000 B.C. – Here, eat this root. 1000 A.D. – That root is heathen, say this prayer. 1850 A.D. – That prayer is superstition, drink...
View ArticleOrganic Certification: is it all it’s cracked up to be?
I had been a devoted “certified organic” shopper for 25 years, when something struck me while shopping in a well known supermarket in 2003. While selecting broccoli in the produce section I couldn’t...
View ArticleHow to Grow and Maintain an Organic Blackberry Patch
Each Blackberry plant can produce 10 to 20 pounds of fruit, so four to six plants can easily produce ample berries for a family of four.You might choose to plant more if you like to can or freeze crops...
View ArticleHerb Profile: Blackberry Leaf
Blackberry Leaf Profile Also known as: Rubus fruticosus, Black Berry, Bramble, Dewberry, Goutberry, Rubi Fruticosi Folium, Rubi Fruticosi Radix, Rubus affinis, Rubus plicatus, Thimbleberry....
View ArticleReview: Learn How to Make Herbal Remedies Online
I have been interested in and learning about herbal remedies for the past 30 years. While in the past my learning has come reading countless books and attending workshop and classes I found a few years...
View ArticleTips: Selling Your Produce Directly to Restaurants and Chefs
Sometimes all we need to know are the basics to get going. I found this article in Johnny’s Select Seeds, March 2011, newsletter to be one of those little gems that plants a seed in our minds and...
View ArticleSelling Produce to Restaurants: Grow Mini-Head Lettuce
I thought this article from Johnny’s Select Seeds, March 2011, newsletter was interesting as more and more serious people are supplementing their income; or are going all out and creating large gardens...
View ArticleEat the Weeds: Sauteed Dandelion Greens Recipe
Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) are wild, abundant, extremely nutritious, free food! 5 Tips on Harvesting Your Own Dandelion Greens for Peak Flavor Pick dandelion greens before the plant flowers;...
View ArticleDandelion Magic: George Cairns Story of Divine Intervention
Below are two beautiful and touching stories. Carl, a friend of a friend, discovered he had cancer and heard about a man, George Cairns who also had a special story and a recipe that helped him to...
View ArticleHow To Make Dandelion Root Powder
Proper preparation of your dandelion root for wellness is as important as when it is harvested. George Cairns articulates below how this is done properly. I highly recommend following his instructions...
View ArticleHow To Use a Broadfork (instead of digging garden beds)
This simple and primitive looking tool, the Broadfork, is one I highly recommend every garden. The Broadfork is used to loosen and aerate soil without causing disturbance to the beneficial organisms...
View ArticleA (Really) Short History of Medicine
A short history of medicine… Patient: “I have an ear ache.” Physician: 2000 B.C. – Here, eat this root. 1000 A.D. – That root is heathen, say this prayer. 1850 A.D. – That prayer is superstition, drink...
View ArticleOrganic Certification: is it all it’s cracked up to be?
I had been a devoted “certified organic” shopper for 25 years when something struck me while shopping in a well known supermarket in 2003. While selecting broccoli in the produce section I couldn’t...
View ArticleFrost-free Dates Are Different Than Your Hardiness Zone
Your Last Spring Frost and First Fall Frost Dates differ from your Hardiness Zones, they’re are two distinctly different things. Both are extremely valuable to know in achieving success in your garden....
View ArticleGarden Plant Profile: Hardy Geranium ‘Rozanne’
The best, most garden-worthy hardy Geranium you can grow. Violet-blue flowers late spring into fall. Virtually disease and pest free! Read more...
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