How to Clean Pumpkin Seeds
Cleaning pumpkin seeds can be a messy project. Let our 7 easy steps clean up the process so you can enjoy your roasted seeds sooner.
Green Living
Purple Dead Nettle Uses, Benefits, and Recipes
Purple dead nettle may be a weed, but it has more health benefits than many veggies in your garden. Keep reading to see purple dead nettle uses, benefits, and some great medicinal and culinary recipes.
Essential List of Edible Flowers (with Pictures!)
There’s more food waiting to be harvested in your yard than you think. Here are twenty delicious edible flowers you’re likely to find growing right outside your door.
How to Make and Store Dried Tomatoes
With the growing season quickly coming to a close, I’ve got a glut of San Marzano tomatoes right now. Seems like the perfect time to try sun-drying them. After reading
Tomato and Summer Squash Cobbler + A Giveaway
Amanda from HeartBeet Kitchen is one of the sweetest bloggers I know, and I’ve fallen in love with her new cookbook: Smitten with Squash (Northern Plate). Since my squash plants
Summer Fun + Cold Cucumber Soup
It’s been almost a month since I last wrote a blog post: I don’t think I’ve ever taken this long of a break! Why the silence? No particular reason except
Nutritional Benefits of Eggs + A Giveaway
Once a month, I excerpt a chapter from my book and partner with the folks from MightyNest on a related giveaway. This month, I’m focusing on the health benefits of
Use What You’ve Got: Rhubarb #SaveItSunday
A couple of months ago, I wrote here about how my garden was very much in need of some “TLC”. Well, my dear husband and I have been working steadily
How To Plant Strawberries in a Container
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Organic Choice for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I was in my local farm/garden shop last week and
Why and How To Compost
Once a month, I feature a chapter from my book and partner with the folks from MightyNest on a related giveaway. This month, we’re focusing on why and how to
Organic Container Gardening
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Organic Choice. All opinions are 100% mine. As I mentioned in a recent post, we purchased our home because
Homemade Mint Extract Recipe
I’ve signed up for National Blog Posting Month which means I’m blogging every day of November, 2013. Is this crazy? Possibly, but I love a challenge. I mentioned this homemade
Strawberry Rose Lassi
*Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Burt’s Bees. I am being compensated to develop a recipe and share information about the Wild For Bees Campaign with you; all opinions expressed
Lilac Honey
Did you know that lilacs are edible? They are so crazy beautiful and they smell SO good…I absolutely swoon when my bushes begin to bloom. I get a big sad
Tangerine Sugar Body Scrub
I love making homemade body products, and scrubs made with sugar (or salt) are particularly easy to put together. They are pretty inexpensive and another plus: they’re free of the
How to Grow Your Own Garlic
My whole family adores garlic… I use it in my cooking just about every day and my 10 year old daughter even eats it raw! In order to have a
Preparing For The First Frost (and Fall Garden Clean Up Tips)
I spend a lot of time fretting about the weather: it’s the gardener in me. Starting early in the spring, worries about temperature and precipitation occupy my brain space on
Honey From Our Bees! (And Apple Raisin Challah)
It’s been a little over a year since I started keeping bees. As I explained in this post back in July of 2011, I knew it was going to be
One Simple Change: Grow Your Own
Welcome to my 24th One Simple Change post, my friends! {New here? Wondering what the heck is One Simple Change? It’s my year-long series of posts that focus on small
One Simple Change: Get Closer to Your Food
This past weekend was my son Dylan’s Bar Mitzvah. It was everything we were hoping it would be and much, much more…thank you all for the sweet wishes leading up
One Simple Change: Try Foraging (Plus Dandelion Salad)
Hey everyone! I know it’s only been a few days since my last One Simple Change post, but that one was “late” and this one is “on time”, so there
Homemade Bath Salts
The holidays are closing in fast at this point- Hanukkah begins tonight, in fact. I’ve got another simple, yet lovely, homemade gift idea for you, though…one you can throw together
Chocolate Mint Sugar Scrub
As promised, I am back with another DIY holiday gift idea: a homemade Chocolate Mint Sugar Scrub that smooths and nourishes the skin. I’m a total sucker for natural sugar
DIY Garlic Chile Sauce
I am kind of addicted to chile sauces. It’s true! I dab spicy condiments onto pretty much everything I eat. My goal with this recipe was to create something akin