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A good pesto begins with fresh organic basil. You don’t need a green thumb to grow your own basil, it’s easy! Basil is an annul herb that can be planted in organic vegetable gardens, containers, or hanging baskets. It needs well-drained, rich soil and does best in sunny locations. Soil that has been mixed with organic compost [...]
Raw foodists have warned us about the damage that is done to food when it is cooked. Heat changes the make-up of food, and nutrients and beneficial enzymes can be destroyed. Not to mention the digestive system has to work harder and longer to process cooked food. This concern was taken a step [...]
Gardening is on the rise, yet about one in every five do-it-yourself injuries occurs during the activity. It’s important to recognize, however, gardening does not cause injury. Poor gardening technique causes injury.
Planting flowers or an organic vegetable garden should be enjoyable. Call me crazy, but I actually think weeding is a great way to [...] Attention gardeners! Perform this simple ball chop exercise to strengthen the core muscles, lower body, and shoulder girdle stabilizers. Strengthening these muscles will help gardeners avoid next day soreness and protect the low back. Complete 3 sets of 8 repetitions on each side.
It just wouldn’t be summer without pasta salad. Can’t wait to pick some of the ingredients straight from the garden.
Waaaah Hooo! We have cucumbers…. ….and tomatoes! Now if I can just keep the critters and insects from enjoying the salad before I can. I must confess…I have become obsessed with companion planting! I recently invested quite a bit of time researching the appropriate layout for the plants that are growing in my kitchen garden, and have subsequently moved some plants and added plants to my original layout.
Here is my updated Plangarden layout:
Changes include: Strawberries have been omitted (couldn’t find [...] I love this cookie cutter set! Using the doe from my organic sugar cookie recipe, I cut out eight petals, one bumble bee, and one flower. I baked the petals and bumble bee separate because I knew the smaller cookies would bake much faster than the large flower.
I frosted each cookie and let them dry, [...] Check out Stacy’s top three health benefits of gardening
The excitement of move-in day…fresh soil, room to grow, and TLC!
I had a grand time shopping for all of my organic edibles at Marvin’s Organic Gardens. So far I’ve planted: Asparagus crown I planted everything according to the Plangarden layout that I prepared. I still need to find [...] It’s official; a staggering one out of three children in America is identified as obese or overweight. For the first time in American history, children may be facing a shorter lifespan expectancy than their parents. Our nation’s culture of convenience has plagued the adult population with unhealthy habits, and is now infecting our [...]
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