3 Big Steps to Fight Off Rising Produce Costs this Summer
My family has been increasingly consuming organic produce because we are trying to eliminate all food additives, preservatives and pesticides from our diet. If you are trying to feed your family the...
View ArticleTrying a Container Garden This Year
In years past, we’ve tried futilely to grow a variety of vegetables, fruits and flowers in our designated garden areas of our yard. Each year, some part of that has been a tremendous disappointment....
View ArticleMy Container Garden: The Season is Over
This spring, frustrated by the lack of any good growing space in our yard, we decided to give a container garden a try. We bought up a whole bunch of pots to put everything in, got some good potting...
View ArticleWorld Diets: A Week’s Worth of Groceries
Ok, so I saw this post over at FStoppers about What a Week of Groceries Looks Like Around the World, and I couldn’t help but mark it for a second look, and eventually an article here. Click on that...
View ArticleTime to Plan Your Garden
Spring is finally here. The sun is shining a little brighter (and warmer too), and the ground is starting to warm up. And with all of that, those of us who garden are beginning to get a little antsy...
View ArticleComposting; You’re Doing it Wrong
Each and every year, for the last several years, I’ve said that I plan on finding a space for a compost heap and create one. Several years ago, I went so far as to take all of the grass trimmings and...
View ArticleStretching Your Produce Budget Further
Anyone who has made a simple budget has struggled with making their food budget fit with the rest of the budget. If you attempt to eat healthy, one of the biggest components to a food budget is the...
View ArticleWould You Pay $25 a Pound for Vegetables?
My husband and I have been trying to garden for a year now. I say trying because we recently relocated to Tucson, Arizona, and gardening here has a STEEP learning curve. However, it’s something we...
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