Yes, Dorothy, there still are tomatoes in February - if you live in Los Angeles. It's one of the many oddities of living in a warm winter climate. Up until last week, we were picking tomatoes from a volunteer tomato that had entwined itself through a giant Cecil Brunner rose, but with recent pruning, it all came to a delicious end.
The vine had ...
[Cue movie voice over guy] It's been two years in the making.. But now they've come... And No One knows what to expect...It's...Chickens!
The latest edition of Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter is live and ready for your cheese-y delight: This week you'll learn about Milk Man Cheese Services and find out where to get local artisan cheeses in Southern California.
The Milk Man Cometh
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In an effort to expand our garden ecosystem, we've gone the way of the farmer, adding backyard chickens to our list of on-site resources. This is the story of how we got started. We intend to share the process in hopes of making it easier for others who plan to do the same.
We spent two years researching and being skittish about getting them, while everyone with chickens kept saying, "Just get them!" 2012 rolled around, as did ...
It's time to harvest those cabbages that have been growing over winter. As readers may remember, we planted a newly discovered variety of open pollinated Vertus savoy cabbage from Bountiful Gardens this past fall, and now we're reaping the benefits. It's hard to find an open pollinated or heirloom variety of savoy cabbage, so we were very excited to test this one out.
The results are in, and they ...
The latest post from Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter is ready for your viewing pleasure. Check out this great way to refill your home and body products:
Reduce, Reuse, Refyll
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After seeing Vegucated, the vegan documentary that shows the underside of our country's meat and dairy industry, I was highly motivated to find organic milk products from truly trustworthy suppliers. Many of our organic dairy manufacturers like Horizon and Organic Valley still utilize confined feedlot techniques and, without going in to details, they don't treat their cows very well. I wanted control over my dairy ASAP.
I did ...
Growing new varieties each season keeps the garden interesting. Make Romanesco one of your choices.
The latest post from Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter is live and ready for your perusal. Feast your eyes on some great legumes and find out how to cook them with a delicious recipe or two:
Sun Coast Farms has its Finger on the Pulse (of Beans, that is)
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Paneer is an Indian cheese that could be considered the gateway cheese to cheese making. It's so easy and uses readily available ingredients, so if you are interested in trying cheese making, here's a good one to start with.
This recipe comes from an old Indian cookbook I picked up in a discount bookstore about 15 years ago called Step by Step Indian Vegetarian Cooking by Louise Steele. It has some great ...