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Asthma: And The Amazing Herbs That Help
Morgan Botanicals - Aug 26, 2010 - By Jessica_7
, Growing up as a child with extreme asthma, I spent my initial herbal learning years trying to understand the whats and whys of this condition. Was it stress, weak immune system, our animals, what? I grew up in a non smoking home with a health freak...
Mums are ready for the planting
Honeycutt's Greenhouse - Aug 26, 2010 - By Anthony
Mums are ready for the planting. Our hardy mums are $8.00 a piece or 5 for $35. We encourage you to plant the mums before they flower out. This will increase the chances that they will take before winter and set for next year.
Fall Prep
Tulsa City Farm - Aug 25, 2010 - By Malcolm
It took days to pull up all the plants and put them in the compost.Then we had t-post to pull up.Hoses moved and netting stored. I've got a guy coming to plow over the clover we planted as a living mulch.And in a week or two come back and till it...
Weeds, weeds and more weeds!
Slice of Heaven Gardens - Aug 25, 2010 - By Catherine_1
It seems that no matter how much weeding you do, there is always more to do. I guess that it what happens when you turn a field into a garden. This is the year I am staying on top of it though. Eliot Coleman says it takes up to 5 years of...
Rustic Tomato-Bread Salad Panzanella
Williamsburg Farmers Market - Aug 25, 2010 - By WFM
Executive Chef of William and Mary Catering, Denis Callinan, prepared this dish for sampling at the Williamsburg Farmers Market on July 31, 2010. Ingredients: 4 cups fresh tomatoes diced into ½" pieces (1-1/2 lbs.; about 5 medium tomatoes) 3/4...
Cold Tomato & Vegetable Gazpacho
Williamsburg Farmers Market - Aug 25, 2010 - By WFM
Chef Justin Tulip of Opus 9 prepared this dish live at the Williamsburg Farmers Market Chef Tent on August 7, 2010. Ingredients: 6 Ripe Tomatoes (Blanched, Peeled, Seeded & Chopped)* 1 Red Onion (Finely Chopped) 1 Cucumber (Peeled, Seeded...
When Honey Crystallizes...
What's the Buzz? - Aug 25, 2010 - By Marcie
Hi honey! Have you ever had the experience that when you pulled your jar of honey out of the pantry, what you saw was a thick, grainy mass? Most of us have! I hope you didn't mistakenly think your honey was bad and throw it out!! Crystallized honey is just...
An Explaination, A Mission, A Passion and a Questi...
Trautman Family Farm - Aug 25, 2010 - By Scott&JulieTraut
I have, over the past few days, specifically, made it a point to be grateful. To look around me, and reflect, how beautiful life is, and how many gifts I truly receive each day. A friend of mine, Tim Williams, told me this, he learned it somewhere, that if you...
Traditional foods and nutrition and food in South ...
Weston A. Price Foundation, South Hampton Roads Chapter - Aug 25, 2010 - By Ron_2
This is a new blog for those interested in the Weston A. Price Foundation philosophy of eating traditional foods for better health. Anyone can post, but this blog is especially aimed at South Hampton Roads Chapter members. Please post you...
Nothing Good Ever Came Easy
Miolea Organic Farm - Aug 24, 2010 - By Brian_1
I wake up at six in the morning. If it is a weekday, I get up, let the chickens out, and go to the profession that pays for the ability to grow vegetables, fruits, eggs, grasses, implement soil rejuvenation techniques and integrated pest and...