COMING TO A PRODUCE AISLE NEAR YOU, and conveniently pre-packaged and ready-to-eat, is 'Beneforte' broccoli. As you can see in the photo up … [Read more...]
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Keep Monsanto OUT of Your Veggie Patch
I HOPE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO YOU. When I bought 'Early Girl' tomato seeds back in 2010, I unwittingly voted for a corporation I vehemently oppose. Which corporation? Why, the evil … [Read more...]
Why I’ve asked my congress critter to vote “No” on HR 1599
I'm not a food purist (my dessert recipes will [Read more...]
Why I’m Saluting the State of California
IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, California could become the first state in America to achieve a GMO-labeling law. You see, nearly one million citizens there signed a petition to … [Read more...]
How’s Your Veggie Patch Coming Along?
HOW ARE YOUR VEGGIES PROGRESSING? Any troubles to report? My own kitchen garden, above, is at the "in-between" stage. This means the cool-season lettuce has retired, but the beans, … [Read more...]
Tell the FDA: Label My Food
SINCE READING MICHAEL POLLAN'S OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA, I've tried to avoid eating genetically modified foods. This has not been easy to do. For although other developed countries (the European Union, for instance) have either banned GMOs or required their labeling, the … [Read more...]
Weeds in Paths? Use Vinegar, Not Roundup
NEED PROOF THAT VINEGAR IS A WEED-TERMINATOR? Just look at the weeds growing along a pea-gravel path in my [Read more...]
Garden Bullies
ARE YOU WAGING WAR WITH AN INVASIVE PLANT, TOO? My nemesis du jour is wild sumac (Rhus glabra). Just last week, I removed a grove of this vengeful bully from an area near my Kitchen … [Read more...]
Chores for March, 2011
MARCH IS THE PROCEED-WITH-CAUTION MONTH, with warm days to tempt you to uncover everything, and winter days to wish you hadn't. The best plan is to make haste slowly these final … [Read more...]
My Supermarket is A Little Shop of Horrors
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEmIEEQOHpY&w=410&h=300]AFTER I POSTED ABOUT MONSANTO getting its evil mitts on our veggie gardens, reader Patty suggested I … [Read more...]