This home baker has sung praise before for the ever-handy cookbook, Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker (New York, NY: Scribner, 1997). The encouragement given in the classic cookbook to try your hand at baking up a batch of tasty muffins, … [Read more...] about Maple Walnut Pumpkin Muffins: Easy to Make With One Bowl & Only 2 Wet Ingredients
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Clear Thinking About Sustainable Agriculture: Gary Kleppel’s The Emergent Agriculture
What’s most ironic about Gary Kleppel’s plea for sustainable agriculture is that he’s merely asking us to do what was done for thousands of years in the years before chemicals and industrialization dominated the fields: keep it natural, diverse, and local. Kleppel sees his … [Read more...] about Clear Thinking About Sustainable Agriculture: Gary Kleppel’s The Emergent Agriculture
Good Garden Bugs: Everything You Need to Know About Beneficial Predatory Insects
Garden pests like aphids, cucumber beetles and spider mites can wreak havoc on a garden, leading to withered or weakened plants. But not all bugs are a menace to your yard. In Good Garden Bugs: Everything You Need to Know About Beneficial Predatory Insects (Quarry Books, … [Read more...] about Good Garden Bugs: Everything You Need to Know About Beneficial Predatory Insects
A Small Step Forward: Cover Cropping In The Backyard Garden; A Leap Backward: Deforestation of Brazil’s Cerrado Region
A couple of weeks ago, in mid July, I harvested this season's crop of garlic planted in the backyard garden in a raised bed. With a few more weeks in the 2019 growing season, what to replant in the now empty bed? It was an easy decision to replant with a cover crop. David R. … [Read more...] about A Small Step Forward: Cover Cropping In The Backyard Garden; A Leap Backward: Deforestation of Brazil’s Cerrado Region
8th Annual Locavore Index: Vermont Still # 1, But California Jumps To 2nd Place
We have long noted the impressive standing of Vermont as a green state with its strong commitment to protecting the environment demonstrated by the extraordinary number of community supported agriculture farms committed to organic and conservation agriculture while also building … [Read more...] about 8th Annual Locavore Index: Vermont Still # 1, But California Jumps To 2nd Place
