With all this talk about our garden, I thought I would share this super easy and healthy recipe with you all!!! We always end up having way more zucchini than we can imagine so I love being able to create fun recipes with them. Here is a great one. Total: 50 min Yield: 4 servings, [...]
Planning is essential to growing a successful garden. You must start by finding out your climate, soil type, average rainfall, and sunlight exposure. This will determine what kinds of plants you can grow and what supplies you'll need. Pick Your Plants: Lettuce is quick and easy, since you start with seeds in the garden. Make sure [...]
Gardening is a great hobby to have. I love being able to get out of the house and take care of my little garden. I love how healthy my food is and how I manage to save money at the same time. There are many motives/grounds why you should garden, but here are my best [...]
By Christine H. The more you read, the more you learn our modern habits disrupt natural processes. From the energy you consume in your home to your driving habits to what you buy at the grocery store, there are a hundred different ways that you can better limit your environmental impact. Many of these changes feel [...]
This year we are really going in head strong with our gardening. Last year we made some mistakes and learned from them, but we aren't going to do that anymore! It was so fun to pick our vegetables, and fruits, from the garden PLUS it saved us so much money. It really did, and I [...]
I love my garden and being able to make it my own. I also love a good deal. I put together some of my favorite items that you can also enjoy whether you have a big garden or just a small one. Remember when you are growing your garden to keep it simple. http://shrsl.com/qnzb http://shrsl.com/qnzd [...]
Did you know that you can freeze other foods, besides fruits and vegetables? You can freeze fish, shellfish, and poultry. Here are some general tips on the freezing process, as well as some specifics on how to freeze fruits and vegetables. 1.Equipment Containers: This is probably the most important item in freezing foods. You will [...]
Last summer when we had our garden growing we realized that we kept getting critters in it. We even had our dogs get in there at one point. This year we are going to be much more strategic. Are there critters chowing down on your vegetables? I know this happened to us before it even [...]
Gardening can be a lot of fun, but if you do it successfully, there will come a time when you have so many vegetables that you might not know what to do with them! You could give them away, but you don’t want to give them all away. You also don’t want to let them [...]
So with all this talk about a garden, why do it? What are the benefits of a garden? Garden for freshness: Stores can’t even come close to free vegetables for flavor and freshness; it is just not possible. Even though most items say fresh and organic there are a lot of processed vegetables and pestitces [...]
