Gardening along the creek...

Several years ago I planted vegetables in straw bales as an experiment, and had pretty decent results, and again the next year with potatoes...

As low as my energy level is since my heart attack, I'm still managing to put up some foods for winter fare. Many are not from my own ga...

Recently, a friend gave me a bottle of agave nectar, saying how much she loved it. I haven't opened it, but did do some research out of ...

I barely took notice that during my 3 hospital stays so far this year they included an IV drip of magnesium each time, but when I mentioned ...

Sorry I've been AWOL. I had a heart attack 10 days ago and have been in the hospital until last night, and I'm recovering slowly but...

I needed some sultanas (golden raisins) for a recipe, and came across this on the 'Net. Feds vs. Raisins http://www.youtube.com/...

  Last year I started some basil vinegar, using ruby basil and Bragg's apple cider vinegar. Neglected over the fall, winter and sp...

About 2-3 weeks ago my sister's dog, a mostly herding dog of some sort, came home with a puppy about 8 months old. Calls to the anim...

Computer is now fixed, and I downloaded software so I can read all my research notes and my recipes again . However, my CapTel (captioned te...

Fourth of July Celebrations " You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns,...

I certainly appreciate all Joel Salatin has done to bring awareness of real foods to our communities. However, this seems like an indecent c...

I never eat fast food. It's against all my principals, but very occasionally I'm on the road without having prepared some foods from...

I spent 6 hours on the road yesterday, to and from the Apple store in Greensboro, NC, plus an additional 3+ hours with the Techies at the st...

I'm at the public library, using one of their computers since mine has crashed.  Unfortunately, all my research data for posts is on m...

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A2006_sardines_can_open.jpg   I'm concentrating on listening to my body...  As I was wind...

Photo by  Victoria Rachitzky We've probably all gone through cravings as we've cleaned up our diets. A big o...

Another case of where someone else says it better... I'm discovering the benefits of edible weeds. Good thing, because my yard and garde...

Several years ago I made a straw bale garden , basically as a how-to for someone with limited mobility or even wheel-chair bound. It was pre...

I have 3 artichokes growing on one plant in my weedy garden! I didn't believe it was possible in my 5B zone, but sometimes I try t...

Some people just say it much better than I can... Breeding the Nutrition Out of Our Food By JO ROBINSON WE like the idea that food can be ...