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Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash “You can pickle it!,” says food writer and cookbook author Andrea Chesman in her cookbook, The Pickled Pantry, where she presents more than 150 recipes (from apples to zucchini) for pickles, relishes, chutneys and more. “Why limit yourself to cucumbers, when pickling brings out the best in so many vegetables and fruits?” […]

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Photo by Stella de Smit on Unsplash “Once Upon A Time, veggie gardens lived in the backyard, isolated from the rest of the landscape,” begins a synopsis of Brie Arthur’s book, The Foodscape Revolution: Finding A Better Way To Make Space For Food And Beauty In Your Garden. “That’s so yesterday!,” the publisher continues, “Welcome to a whole […]

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Photo by Arnaldo Aldana on Unsplash In her book, Creative Vegetable Gardening, British author Joy Larkcom, described in the local press as a “marvellous grower and writer, and so inspirational,” tells us how to design and grow our own creative vegetable garden or “potager,” no matter what size space or site conditions we have to work with. She […]

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Well-known veteran Vermont gardener Charlie Nardozzi brings more than 20 years of gardening experience to the table, which he shares “with all home gardeners through radio, television, talks, online and the printed page.”

Photo by Dani California on Unsplash Marty Travis had completed a highly successful career of crafting reproduction Shaker furniture for clients around the world for more than 35 years, when suddenly he realized that he had a dream to regenerate the family farm and grow sustainably healthy food. Like so many of us thinking about attempting to grow […]

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Our craving for sweetness (sugar) in nearly all of our food products has led plant breeders to seek out and select varieties with higher percentages of sugar content, but in many cases this has led to varieties that are lower in the precious phytonutrients that transfer protection from the plant’s pest-and-disease-immune system to our body’s […]

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We thought you might like to try a recipe for some nutritious, heart-healthy Sweet Potato Pancakes, so here is nutritionist Sally Fallon’s offering from her cookbook entitled Nourishing Traditions: “There’s probably no vegetable with a higher beta-carotene content than the sweet potato,” says Fallon, “This is the beta-carotene that protects us against cancer, colds, infections […]

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Leeks, garlic, onions and scallions have some of the earliest planting dates in the home garden. In fact, many gardeners start their seeds in the fall in a cold frame, grow their own transplants for very early spring transplanting to the garden. Others prefer to just buy onion plants and plant them directly to the […]

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