If potted will it stay small? Any other idea's? I don't want your typical shrub bush our Christmas tree but I want some green for the porch and sidewalks.
I live in the northeast section of the USA. The plants will be on my porch so I'm not worried about water getting in them but that brings up another point, must they be watered during freezing weather?

We had wonderful rosemary bushes outside our house in Arkansas. We never watered them or bothered with them at all, and they grew like weeds. They are evergreens (check the kind you get, some varieties are more hardy than others), don’t need much water, and you can use them for delicious recipes like lamb, duck, breads, etc. They smell lovely, too. You can prune them back really easily and keep them as small or large as you want.

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I really want make my own meals, that are healthy with green veggies, especially i tend to eat really bad junk food. The only meal i really know how to make is broccoli w/ cheese. Is there any meals, that are simple, doesn't really require so much ingredients and that they are fast and easy to make – about 20 minutes tops, yet they are still pretty good to swallow? And also there include healthy like green vegatables.

Especially for the summer, a really great green veggie recipe is the green smoothie. It’s incredibly easy! Plus quick, delicious, and very, very good for you.

Recipe for 3 people (use organic produce if possible, if not, wash well):

1 apple, washed
1/2 lemon, washed
2 cups cold water or leftover tea
1 banana
10 ice cubes (optional)
3 big handfuls of spinach (or other greens – if using bitter greens like kale or romaine, remove stems)
1 cup seasonal fruit per batch

Blend apple, lemon and water (cut apple into fourths, core if desired. Cut up the lemon but don’t peel). Add bananas (peeled) and ice and blend. Blend in spinach until all is mixed well. This should be a deep green color.

Taste and if it’s too “green” add more fruit. Don’t add sugar or yogurt, milk, etc. If too thin, add more banana.

As you make green smoothies, you want to make them sweet first to get used to them. Then as you adjust to the flavor, you can add more greens/less fruit, as greens are better nutrition and less sugar.

These are great for breakfast or a quick lunch. More filling than you would think, and wonderful in the summer when you don’t want to cook anyway.

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Here in California, growing season has already started. My green bean sprouts are a few inches tall, and already something is eating holes into the leaves. I never see any insects on the plants (do they only come out at night?), though last year there were a whole bunch of very small white flies on them. I put soap on them last year and that controlled them a bit, but they always came back. What could be eating the leaves this year?

I don't want to put any harsh chemicals on them, otherwise I'd just buy veggies at the grocery store and save myself the hassle. What organic ways are there to combat insects eating garden vegetables?

For a great solution check this video

Also check the answers and Amazon resources below. Good luck, and good job keeping your garden organic!

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Question: Does anyone have any good pasta salad recipes? I also want some good potato and macaroni recipes as well. Thank you in advance.


Our Answer: Ok, for the best pasta salad you’ve ever had, check my recipe here. It makes a great take along dish for picnics, 4th of July, church suppers, potluck, etc. And if you put enough other stuff in it, it even makes a great light meal on its own.

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Please give me examples of each.
I never put put / bones or animal waste in my compost, but I read alot about green waste and brown waste and they seem the same – what's the difference?

Read below for some great answers and resources from Amazon to help you with composting. Composting is a great way to keep your garden organic, grow beautiful flowers and produce, and do it all for practically nothing. Compost improves the soil, encourages earthworms, adds nutrients, oxygen, and moisture to your soil. Stay away from super-market super farms. Stay home and make your own garden using compost from your “waste”.

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93 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Great Depression.

www.GreatDepressionCooking.com

Clara says that during the depression they usually ate bread and butter with coffee for breakfast. But on Sunday mornings they ate cookies. This is the recipe for the cookies they had.

For this recipe you will need:

3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup flour
pinch of salt

maybe another 1 1/2 cup of flour
bake at 350 F

coffee and evaporated milk
wafer cookies

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93 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Great Depression.

To make this meal you need:

bag of lentils
water
1 cup rice
steak (you can get cheap cuts and slice them thin, then pound as thin as you can to get them tender and spread them out more)
lettuce/greens (anything you like or is cheap – if you’re really broke, use dandelion greens!)
olive oil
lemon
black pepper
salt
oregano
bread

Delicious!

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Human beatbox cooking parody.  This is funny and entertaining.  Mixes my two favorite things – cooking and music.  Hope you enjoy

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The beautiful Natalie gives 10 tips for easy, healthy, yummy foods.  Lose weight, get more and better nutrition, and reduce fat.  This is  a  long video, but worth watching.

To check out the book by Seinfeld’s wife about sneaking in healthy foods into your kids’ (and your!) diet look at the amazon links below.

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Now, I have experimented a few times with my rice cooker, especially one night when the gas (propane) ran out in the middle of cooking, and I had to finish in the rice cooker.  But this is a great little video that shows how many choices there are.  They are really one of the more useful kitchen gadgets.

Now, I know the actors in here are a little cheesy, but I really like the recipes.  Jambalaya, chocolate fondue, soup, pasta, fish, meat, and so on.  And if you just use your brain, you can come up with so much more.  This is a great way to get started if you are a college student, young couple, etc. starting out and you can’t afford the stove and all the  utensils that go with it. I love this, and wish I still had my rice cooker.

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