i was just dreaming about apple butter this morning. my uncle enjoys peanut butter and apple butter on his pancakes. i finally tried it this past winter...
If you have to choose one over the other, do you buy local or organic? Why? I tend to look for the organic label first or an assurance that organic methods...
I tend to buy local over organic (although often enough, I get both). Most of the vendors, at our farmers' market anyway, follow organic practices though they...
I'd probably say buy local, though I must admit I'm still catching up in this regard. Last year we joined an organic CSA that was 20 miles away and don't want...
I think this is a fascinating topic. I've been struck so much lately about the prioritizing that goes on when I buy not just food but other products. With...
I usually only take both. I do most of my shopping at the farmer's market because I strongly believe in building a local economy and reducing the unnecessary...
thanks to the recent bad weather i've had to pull up all of my carpet. not a terrible tragedy since it was not in great shape (3 kids, 2 dogs and a pair of...
Michelle, you said, "very occasionally, I'll buy from someone at the market who does not follow organic practices ONLY if they are at least pesticide free." ...
I'm not Michelle, but the biggest thing to me is feeding the soil vs. feeding the plant. I could take some petrochemically derived fertilizer and put it on my...
In addition to not using pesticides, "organic" farms do not use chemical fertiziliers. Instead, they enrich their soil with compost, cover crop, crop...
With regard to farming practices you all probably also consider genetically modified seeds something you want to avoid. Most farmers market folks avoid them,...
I hadn't even thought about looking at blogs re. local foods, even though they're often my favorite resource for tips on "green in the real world." Once I...
Well before I went on vacation for a week and a half, my little seed sprouts were doing fine. Lots of things seem to have popped up, and I was looking forward...
Swamped. Will be picking green beans and tomatoes in the next couple weeks. And I have another 225 square feet that are growing for a harvest in another month...
I can't remember how much I paid when I purchased a Diva Cup, but I just got an email that Luna Pads has them on sale (25% off) if anyone is interested. You'd...
I'm looking for seasonal recipes to try out to help my family eat seasonally. I'm going to be posting them on my blog as part of a monthly series. You can read...
My mom just dug out my great-grandmother's pressure cooker for me, and she shared my great-grandmother's instructions for canning green beans, if anyone is...
Does anyone know how to can tomatoes without a pressure cooker? My mom made some comment that tomatoes have acid in them so they don't have to be pressure...
Here's a link for processing tomatoes both ways: http://www.canning-food-recipes.com/canning_tomatoes.htm I've tried both the pressure canner and the water...
Great tip for cooking. Now I just need to get the onions up to can in my pressure canner. :) Michelle (green bean) ... "This is how change happens, though. It...
You are inspiring me, Heather. I just froze all my soup and pasta sauce last year because I was afraid to can it. Michelle (green bean) ... "This is how...
Canning is so easy. Of course, the soup would have to be done in the pressure canner, but it's just as easy (just takes a bit longer). If you ever have...
I was complaining about the horrible mosquitoes in my backyard, and a friend suggested I put up bat boxes to attract bats. Have any of you done this? Any luck?...
Bats are a wonderful solution for mosquitos! They eat tons of them. I have one giant bat house called the garage, otherwise I would put up houses around the...
I am about to move and want to do likewise - when I asked friends for advice they said that sometimes the bats move in, sometimes they don't -- seems hard to...
Thanks to both of you. We just learned that our property line goes back further than we realized, so we are planning to clear ivy off our property but it is...
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