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Collards

Eaters' Guild   -   Jul 27, 2011 - By Laurie_2

Collards Collards are a tough, savory green. They go well in stir-fry's, soups, and can make your salad more robust. Another great way to use them is to make a wrap. The leaves can be used raw, like for potato salad, or cooked, like a burrito. One of...

Farming Food for THOUGHT:The social vs the food s...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Jul 27, 2011 - By Tony_1

There are so many speculations and tradings going on as people watch TV and read thenews of the Debt Default Conferences Battles . I have a friend who depends on social security for a living so he is now starting to grow his own food .He never bothered to do...

Garlic

Eaters' Guild   -   Jul 27, 2011 - By Laurie_2

Garlic Garlic has been used as a food and medicine by many cultures for thousands of years. Herbalists have long argued that garlic can fight colds and sore throats. Contemporary studies have found that garlic has antifungal, antiviral, and antibacterial...

Zucchinni

Eaters' Guild   -   Jul 27, 2011 - By Laurie_2

Zucchini Zucchini is treated like a vegetable by cooks; however, a botanist considers it to be an immature fruit, the “swollen ovary of the female zucchini flower.” Zucchini, like other squash, is sensitive to alternations in ecological...

Basil

Eaters' Guild   -   Jul 27, 2011 - By Laurie_2

Basil Basil is in the mint family. It originates from the East, particularly India, where it has been cultivated for 5,000 years. My favorite thing about basil is that it is toxic to mosquitoes, which is a specie that can be very deadly in the dewy morning...

July 11 Newsletter

Eaters' Guild   -   Jul 27, 2011 - By Laurie_2

Greetings! I hope you've been well since I wrote you last. Did you think that you missed last weeks newsletter? Don't fear, there were no mistakes. The newsletter is now bi-weekly. We're making this change so that I can develop the content more...

Green Onions

Eaters' Guild   -   Jul 27, 2011 - By Laurie_2

Green Onions A Savory, Egg-biscuit dish: Preheat oven to 300. Mix two cups flower with a teaspoon of salt and one tablespoon of baking soda and baking powder each. Then add two eggs, one quarter cup of olive oil, and one cup of water. You should...

Tackling the S.Florida DRAUGHT part I: Problems an...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Jul 27, 2011 - By Tony_1

For the ordinary urban farmer here in S.Florida there are two kinds of challenges. 1-The man made .. 2-The  Nature Made. Here in Flotrida we have  the EVERGLADES and the once known RIVER of GRASS.Both were the natural feeding water system...

Strawberries

Eaters' Guild   -   Jul 27, 2011 - By Laurie_2

Strawberries This season's crop of strawberries is the first crop of strawberries that Eater's Guild has produced. Lee and Laurie planted the strawberries in the sandy soil on the hill three years ago, but the plants did not turn out much fruit on...

June 21 Newsletter

Eaters' Guild   -   Jul 27, 2011 - By Laurie_2

Greetings! Thanks all that have complemented this newsletter. I'm glad to be a part of the campaign. After receiving the last issue, many of you requested more photos. I can try to meet that request with each letter. Farm Gathering Time and Things...