Looking for simple, delicious green vegetable recipesI 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 [...]

What could be eating my green bean leaves and what organic ways can I use to combat the problem?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 [...]

City Pushes Veggies Gardens By Growing Own
There is something new in the flowerbeds around Baltimore City Hall and the War Memorial. Where there were once beautiful flowers you now can find some good vegetables to eat.
Their main idea is to lead by example to get people to plant their own food gardens in their backyards.  [...]

Home Made Bug Spray – Home Vegetable Garden
Got potato bugs in your garden? Aphids? Cabbage worms?  Caterpillars, flies, pests, parasites, or slugs of any kind?  No problem. Your solution is here.  Cheap, easy, and homeade, using 3 ingredients: soap, hot peppers, and water.
Vegetable Garden Home made bug spray using Ivory soap and hot peppers. Visit [...]

What are some unique vegetables to grow in my garden?We’re planting our usual veggie garden this week (last week in March). We do the usual tomatoes, bell peppers, carrots, squash etc. but I would like to grow something different this year. Any ideas? Also, any recommendations on growing blueberries?

Raw Miso Soup – 10 minutes or less recipeRaw Miso Soup
I have been learning a lot about raw food in the last month and a half.  I will put on a complete article about it at some point.
For now, here is a simple raw recipe that is great for beginners, and satisfies cravings for meat [...]

Food is, of course, the most basic of our needs beyond water and air (and toilet paper!). Isn’t it funny how we take these simple things for granted? You breathe in and out, you pull on the roll, you turn on the tap, you pop a Lean Cuisine into the microwave, or answer, “Yes”, to “Fries with that?” Easy, automatic, instant. But of course, it’s not. All of these things, with the exception of air, require a complicated combination of infrastructure and workforce to get to us. We only think about it when the system breaks down (imagine a toilet paper factory worker’s strike!), or when we pay our bills.

Quick Kitchen Tip #2 – Save money by stretching your meatIf you stretch your meat with pasta, potatoes, veggies, etc. you can buy even expensive cuts of meat and fish with relatively little cost. Most Americans (and people in other developed countries) eat too much meat anyway, and need more fruits and vegetables in their [...]

Laurel’s Kitchen by Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, and Brian RuppenthalI’ve seen that there is a “The New Laurel’s Kitchen” now, but I’m not familiar with it. This is for the original. Having spent time with a vegetarian family (we were provided food, but no meat, and I had to cook), I got a lot of [...]

Handmade Vegetable InstrumentsIn this interesting, somewhat amusing video, a Japanese man plays several instruments that he has handcrafted from vegetables. Yes, you read that right, vegetables! It’s pretty cool, just watch. 
And another, this time he plays a full song on a broccoli ocarina (a broccalina?) accompanied on the piano. The musically inclined will recognize [...]