Book Review: A Plant Based Life
Karen The growing interest in a healthy life style has led to an increasing number of people changing their diet and eating more plant based meals. Micaela Cook Karlsen’s book, A…
Growing Plants From Seed: Green Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Green beans, also called snap beans and string beans, are in the same genus and species as kidney beans, navy beans, and pinto beans but differ in that their pods…
Book Review: Growing a Feast
We often hear the phrase “farm to table” but Kurt Timmermeister’s book , Growing a Feast, brings a whole new meaning to it. The author chronicles his two year experience…
Book Review: The Friendship Garden Green: Thumbs Up
Gardening and friendship have a long history of going together and Jenny Meyerhoff’s book, The Friendship Garden: Thumbs Up, adds another dimension to the relationship. Written for children in grades…
Book Review: Food Rules
Are you confused by “the latest” information on the benefits of consuming coffee, red wine, or butter? Do you wonder about probiotics, folic acid, or gluten? You are not alone…
History of Vegetables: Biretta Vermelha Pepper (Capsicum baccatum)
Also known as Nepalese Bell, Chapeau de Frade (friar’s cap), and orchid pepper, this unique pepper from Brazil is one of a group of peppers known as Aji’s that are…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Parsnip Wine
My paternal grandmother, Helen S Wright, included three recipes for parsnip wine in her book, Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines. Two of the three recipes begin with ample…
Abelmoschus for the Garden
Abelmoschus is a genus of annuals and herbaceous perennials native to tropical Africa, Asian, and northern Australia and belongs to the mallow family, Malvaceae, that also include cotton, hollyhock, and…
Book Review: Gardening the Mediterranean Way
A mediterranean garden has mild, relatively wet winters and long, hot dry summers which offer unique challenges to gardeners that live in such climates throughout the world. Heidi Gildenmeister’s book,…
Book Review: The Dirt Cure
There is a lot of talk about eating healthy foods recently but the concept of healthy food seems to differ considerably. Dr. Maya Shetreat-Klein’s book, The Dirt Cure, explains the…