On the top on our Spring shopping list is onions! Sweet onions and spring onions are harvested this time of year. Onions are a staple of many styles of cuisine ranging from Asian, Latin to European. While most of us think of eating mature onion bulbs, onions can be eaten ...
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Buying food isn't as simple as it used to be. Once upon a time we could walk into the grocery store and fill our shopping cart without a care in the world! Well, those days are long gone and the question on many a mind is, "why should I choose ...
I can't help but notice all the talk about Monsanto lately and all the fear surrounding it. The fact that they are creating more and more genetically modified foods is quite scary but please, don't let them get the best of you; fight back my friends!! Voting with our dollar ...
As the cold weather approaches and my fresh local organic produce choices lessen, I find myself sprouting more. I love sprouts and eat them all year long, but I tend to eat a whole lot more of them in the winter months. A lot of us depend on fresh produce ...
I've been getting a lot of inquiries lately about how I keep my garden pesticide free which can be quite a feat here in northern Baja but if I can do it here, it can be done anywhere! Here are some great tips that I use to achieve a pesticide ...
GROWING YOUR OWN SPROUTSBy growing your own sprouts you will save yourself a ton of money. It is a lot cheaper to buy the sprout seeds, grow and harvest the sprouts rather than buying them from your local grocery store. Growing your own sprouts will also allow you to enjoy ...
I believe that sprouts are so important to a healthy lifestyle that I'm going to devote four weeks of news articles to talking about 1) Why we should eat them, 2) Why we should grow them ourselves, 3) What we can sprout, and, drum roll, 4) How to sprout! So, ...
A few months ago we were blessed with a gift of two little ducklings. When we received them they were only days old. They were quite a surprise, but yet a welcomed addition to our already growing animal family. Their names came to me immediately: Elvis and Priscilla. Elvis, ...
IT'S BASIL SEASON TIME!! TIME TO HARVEST YOUR OWN - OR STOCK UP NOW AT YOUR LOCAL FARMER'S MARKET. DON'T WORRY - IT'LL KEEP ALL YEAR. HOW, YOU ASK? READ ON... Did you know that basil can be frozen for later use? Absolutely! With it being summertime and the ...
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure and privilege of touring Viva Organica, which is part of a cooperative of 250 farmers who ship to the US from Baja yearly. Many of their products go to such places as Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. The cooperative was set ...
