Is Congress killing the organic farm? | MNN – Mother Nature Network. In response to the recent food recalls that caused peanut butter, tomatoes, spinach and pistachios to be swept off grocery store shelves, a handful of food-safety bills are now circulating through Congress. Two of them, the Food Safety Modernization Act and Food and […]
Link Between Pesticide Levels In Blood And Parkinson’s Disease. People with Parkinson’s disease have significantly higher blood levels of a particular pesticide than healthy people or those with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. Choose organic when you can! — Weather When Posted –Temperature: 86°F;Humidity: 53%;Heat Index: 89°F;Wind Chill: 86°F;Pressure: 30.09 […]
What a great little market! Some friends and I went out to peruse some locally grown fare and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I found. There were local meat vendors, fresh eggs, honey, cheese, nuts and all sorts of crafts. I ended up coming home with some honey, some of the most incredible […]
I have to admit that I used to belong to a food coop (back then it wasn’t even organic) and I found that the same things I was getting in the co-op were the same things I was getting by the bucket full out of my garden – so I stopped. But if I didn’t […]
“The Three Sisters” is a method of companion planting that was used by the Native Americans. The trio consist of corn, pole beans and either squash or pumkins. This is a great combination to grow! We used squash and the corn we used was a strawberry popcorn. The three sisters each give the others something […]
I can’t wait to harvest my first tomato of the season! The plants are looking great with plenty of buds. The peppers are coming along too. In fact, we have little seedlings coming up all over the place! Here is what we have (so far): Tomatoes: volunteer grape tomatoes, Orange Oxheart, Old German, Beefsteak, Brandywine, […]
Blueberry Ridge Farm is another one of the vendors that we met at the Plano “Live Green Expo.” Jerry and Jill Graves were so sweet to hang around and talk with us even though it was time to pack up and head home. Blueberries are something that John and I have tried to grow several […]
Rife Vineyards had one of the booths we were able to visit at the Plano Live Green Expo. They are a completely organic vineyard right here in Texas! Evidently, they are the only one in Texas – other than our very own grapes pictured here. I’m so excited to find them because until now, I […]
Well, for us the lazy part may have to wait until next year. You see, we got so busy in the fall that we didn’t over seed with winter rye grass and now we have weeds popping up everywhere. But here is the basic idea of lazy lawn care. Over seed with winter rye. Of […]
Rose Geranium Italian Cream Cake From Along the Garden Path by Bill and Sylvia Varney This was the most wonderful birthday cake! We made it with rose geranium and decorated it with rose petals from our garden. Unfortunately, we will now have to learn how to make a gluten-free version. 4 large rose geranium leaves […]
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