Organic Gardening

Are you helping fund causes you oppose?

May 16, 2013

"Have you ever wondered whether the money you spend ends up funding causes you oppose? A buycott is the opposite of a boycott. Buycott helps you to organize your everyday consumer spending so that it reflects your principles." Buycott   On the recommendation of a friend, I downloaded the free App called Buycott. I did [...]

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Recalling our most beautiful garden in 28 years.

January 23, 2013

Winter winds are blowing and we’ve got the wood stove cranked up and I’m thinking about gardens. I’m talking about gardens. We were out on errands today and gardening came up over and over again. It’s winter in Nebraska and for gardeners, we start to get the itch right after the holidays, if not sooner. [...]

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Kitazawa Seed Co. is the best catalog for Asian vegetable seeds!

January 14, 2013

Kitazawa Seed Co. catalog came today, as if on cue to remind me that I forgot to include it in my list yesterday of seed catalogs that I like to purchase garden seed from. Since putting up a swimming pool for the boys decreased my garden space by well, 18×18 feet to be exact, I [...]

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Reviewing a few of my favorite garden seed catalogs!

January 13, 2013

Gardening fever usually hits me right after Christmas and I have to fight the urge to sit for hours pouring over seed catalogs and 2013 garden magazines to the exclusion of all else. Yesterday's goal was to get every bit of the Christmas decorations put back up in the attic, but I sat down to [...]

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How to store and use a family sized CSA vegetable share

June 27, 2012

I just got done putting up my weekly CSA share of organic vegetables. I recorded how I managed to store an entire cooler of greens, squash, cucumbers and broccoli! Listen here.

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Zucchini Cashew Soup – Satisfying for meat eaters and vegans alike.

June 15, 2012

Just what you want from a soup; simple, flavorful, filling, warming and nutritious. This soup also only takes about 10 minutes, depending how far you go to get fresh herbs! When I saw this recipe in my Ultimate Reset book, my first question was, "do I eat all those cashews?" What I found out was [...]

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My garden..I could talk about it for hours

April 12, 2012

Oh! I have a garden again! Last year we piled all the firewood, the log-splitter, and various other items on top of the garden plot to get them out of the way for the new garage. I was almost afraid they would stay there another season, but Dave and the boys managed to get it [...]

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