Wordless Wednesday: Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice is tomorrow, the shortest day of the year. Dark at 4:30 is sad, but it's temporary. From this point forward, the days get longer. Here we celebrate the beauty of winter even with no snow or frost in sight. Winter Solstice Whether your garden is covered with snow or providing you with daily greens, Happy holidays and happy Winter Solstice from our garden to yours!
Recipe: Kale Salad with Pomegranate and Maple Pecans
This Christmas we'll be cooking from the garden. Kale is going gangbusters out there in our warm-winter garden, so we'll feature it in the holiday feast with this Kale Salad with Pomegranate and Maple Pecan recipe. This salad highlights fall fruits (apple, pomegranate) and nuts along with a warming cayenne kick. It's the perfect combination of sweet and savory, plus it looks cheery on the holiday table. Kale Salad with Pomegranate and Maple Pecans From Vegetarian Times - Oct. 2013…
A Gardenerd’s Wish List 2017
Gardenerds don't need much, but when it comes to wish lists we want everything. What's not to love about the latest seed arrivals from Seed Savers Exchange, or a new pair of well-fitting gloves? A fellow gardenerd commented on our latest video about holiday gift ideas, asking how we were able to keep the video under 6 minutes. It's hard not to want everything we see in the catalogs showing up in the mail right now. Every year we put…
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YouTube: Garden Gifts for the Holidays
It's been awhile since we've done a YouTube video (we've been working on yet another book) but here's one just in time for the holidays. It's filled with ideas for garden gifts--or gifts from the garden--and for the gardenerds in your life. Garden gifts are the best kind, and your friends and family will know you put your heart into it. Whether you need a quick hostess gift, or something special for all the aunts and uncles, you'll find ideas…
Tackling Food Waste
I wrote about food waste a few weeks back, having just seen Wasted: The Story of Food Waste. The conversation continues this week as we dive deeper into the options for preventing food waste at home. As we head into the holidays, it's easy to lose track of what's in the fridge, to eat out more often with friends, or to take more than we need as we browse the buffet. Here's a thought-provoking and fun video that explores one…
Climate Mobilization vs. The GOP Tax Plan
With the passing of the recent GOP tax plan, which includes approval to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), my head reels once again at how the government continually chooses profit over people and planet. In a time when China is moving ahead by leaps and bounds in the transition to alternative energy, we are still focused on destroying the last pristine stretches of nature for non-renewable resource extraction. What kind of future, and what kind of planet,…
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