This is very exciting news!
7 Surprising Facts About Renewable Energy Grow, Prepare, and Preserve Your Own Food and Medicine http://growyourowngroceries.org/7-surprising-facts-about-renewable-energy/
How to never have limp celery!
I saw this hint from Alton Brown and the celery is always fresh. And since one should spend the extra money for organic celery as it is one of the most heavily sprayed vegetables. It is good not to let any rot or go limp.
Great health to you!
Making Your Own Brown Sugar
This is really easy with a food processor.
Take 2 cups non GMO sugar (cane sugar) and molasses.
Drizzle in through opening as the machine is turning until you like the color and texture.
I have tried this with the hand mixer, not as good or easy. I don’t have a stand mixer…..yet…..but probably good to.
Knowledge is money.
Great Reads
Here are some great articles I have read over the past few months. My comments and thoughts are in italics. Enjoy!
Essex NY Organic Farm Coop
I just read this great book. The Dirty Life, by Kristin Kimball, I got it at the Lander Library. Fun, easy read. I went to this site just to see if the Farm was still going since the book was copyrighted in 2010. It is!
I like the model of the Farm a Full Diet Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), with meat, eggs, milk, grains, and vegetables. So great and so much good hard work
Grow some of your own because I don’t think this is in any of our back yards. But I am glad it is there. http://www.kristinkimball.com/essex-farm
GMO Health Report
No matter what the American politicians, senators, representatives, think they don’t pass legislation, voting against labeling GMO’s.
I personally will not eat them….or promote those businesses that make them.
Sure narrows the choices, but I don’t mind. Think of the health of this nation…..it is sad.
No GMOs for me. http://covvha.net/gmo-health-environmental-hazards
Caramel Coloring in Soda | Artificial Food Coloring | 4-MeI – Consumer Reports
Hope you aren’t drinking this stuff on any kind of regular basis. This Carmel color is in many products, including pancake syrup.
JERF…Just Eat Real Food.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/01/caramel-color-the-health-risk-that-may-be-in-your-soda/index.htm
I Will Not Be Pinkwashed
So, for any of you brave enough to read all this….what do you think?
http://butterbeliever.com/i-will-not-be-pinkwashed-why-i-do-not-support-susan-g-komen-for-the-cure/
Gardening web seminar
This is the kind of thing I love to listen too. Way better than sports or TV! Maybe you will listen too!
https://wdf87122.infusionsoft.com/app/hostedEmail/14430751/4e5c68e2a70be5bd?inf_contact_key=7849f5f500c7795d85ae1f87deadbb4ae7f23c10e3b6e9e78e6014c495fab440
The Top Five Pesticide Soaked Fruits and Vegetables to Avoid At All Costs
APPLES, CELERY, PEACHES AND GRAPES…BUY ORGANIC. Don’t want my little people, or children polluted, or the earth for that matter.
http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/top-five-pesticide-soaked-fruits-vegetables-avoid-costs.html
Coca-Cola’s ‘Simply Orange’ Juice Is Anything But
This is why I don’t, and haven’t, bought orange juice in a long time, no juice as matter of fact. Either use a juicer (love mine) or eat the whole fruit.
http://chicagoist.com/2013/02/10/simply_orange_is_anything_but.php#
Agave Nectar: A Sweetener that is Even Worse than Sugar
http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/13567-agave-nectar-worse-than-sugar.html
10 Videos About Building a Better Food System to Watch Right Now on Netflix
http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/13762-better-food-system-netflix.html
Homemade corn tortillas
Found this great old, heavy, well built by Tortilldora at a garage sale in Lander.
Upgraded, gave my new one I bought in Boulder CO to daughter Diane.
Very easy to make tortillas, I didn’t show that but you just add water. Use some plastic bag when pressing.
Tonight chips, in coconut oil and Croatian sea salt.
Happy eating!
Drying garlic from last July
The garlic was starting to sprout,, so I sliced and dried the garlic. Will grind in coffee grinder later.
Drying garlic
Video on Butter
This is really fun, and funny and true.
Time to Plant Garlic
Hi all,
Time to plant garlic…actually a little pass time. I planted this garlic October 16th. I planted five bulbs. The garlic planted was grown by me and harvested 29 bulbs in July.
You want to plant the biggest bulbs, biggest cloves. I plant soft neck so there is no scape. Each of my hard neck garlic bulbs had 10 cloves so I planted 50 cloves 4-5 inches apart, 2 inches deep. I put the screen over it just to keep out cats, dogs, and people from tramping it down.
Bed with screen
They should emerge in March…when I will be the happiest gal on the block!
Happy gardening!
Shocking Article on Flu Vaccines
Johns Hopkins Scientist Reveals Shocking Report on Flu Vaccines Source: REALfarmacy.comSection: Healthy News and Information
http://www.realfarmacy.com/johns-hopkins-scientist-reveals-shocking-report-flu-vaccines/
Inform yourself on vaccinations!
Potato Time and Greens
Still growing and eating, spinach, swiss chard, turnip greens in October!
It’s potato digging time! I love to see what is underneath. This is just part of the harvest as I dug half the bed the other day. The red are pink all the way through and the blue are blue all the way through. Able to get more vitamins with these types. I purchased them from Irish Eyes Garden Seeds.
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