It took several tries, but we got a solid chocolate chip that survived the bake test! Yay! It’s soft and sweet and richly chocolatey. I wanted to use a more natural sweetener but it’s going to take a bit of balancing. At least now got a workable starting point. You may be thinking, why would…
Eat Organic for Less Money – (Part Three) Shop Outside the Box
In the last article, we looked at a few ways to save money shopping in areas that are, for all intents and purposes, standard grocery and big-box stores. You may find that unless you’re just looking to pick up a couple items, your local grocery store or large-chain organic grocer is one of the more…
Eat Organic for Less Money – (Part Two) Shopper Savvy!
Eat Organic for Less Money and Time – (Part One) How Deep Does the Rabbit Hole Go?
Many people are not ready to be unplugged, and so many of them are inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it. – Morpheus Many of you are probably already aware that the commercial food industry has a lot of people by the short-hairs. We’re working hard and costs…
Spinach Leafminer
I saw these flies around my garden about a month ago, but I paid them no real attention. I thought they were ordinary house flies. Boy was I wrong! Observe: the adult phase of the Spinach Leafminer (picture from Wikipedia.org), which began attacking my spinach a few weeks ago. Even then, I didn’t pay much attention…
Adventures in Ketchup Making
So, I’ve had a couple of disasters in the test kitchen already, and I thought I’d share. I’ve been spending the last couple days dithering between books on preserving and books on making stuff from scratch, and decided to play with The Homemade Pantry. I picked it up from the library, but I’m slobbering…
Fertilizing a sub-irrigated planter
If you’re growing plants in a sub-irrigated planter (or SIP), you’ve likely already been pointed out towards a wicking soilless mix as opposed to using potting soil. The downside to using a mix like this is that there’s little to no nutritional value inherent for plants to use. If you decide to go with a…
My spinach loves me
Where are the bees?
Pesticide use
While the scientific jury might still be technically out on GMOs, there remains a very good incentive to buy organic, and even better yet, to grow your own if possible. It’s summed up in this picture right here… a demonstration of the absorption of a leaf of lettuce: I stipulate “best to grow your own”…