My friends think I am loony tunes when it comes to what I grow in my garden. Some climb mountains, some jump from airplanes, and I grow unusual plants. I am a garden thrill seeker. This year, I grew buckwheat, sorghum, and artichokes in my northern garden. Buckwheat was the easiest plant to grow and an outstanding flowering [...]
Don’t you love winter squash? There is something soothing about eating squash in the middle of winter with its creamy texture and hearty flavor. And you haven’t lived unless you have eaten baked goods with pumpkin puree or roasted pumpkin seeds. But eating either one of them during the winter might require your squash and [...]
I love Laptop lunches and wrote about the Company’s nifty lunch boxes for young and old alike when I just started Green Talk. When I wrote about the Company my bent was the amount of food wrap waste that we generate from our bagged lunches. In fact 67 pounds of garbage per kid according to [...]
Do you know what a broccoli or cauliflower plant looks like before the head arrives at your farmers’ market or store? Did you know that this plant has the most beautiful leaves? And the best yet, they are edible and nutritious too? According to Nutrition Data, raw broccoli leaves are a “good source of Protein, [...]
Updated 12/10/2011: It occurred to me the other day that we are starting a new decade. One of those “duh” moments. But when I stopped to think about the last decade with its turmoil from 9/11 to our almost collapse of the economy, I can only wish that we are ushering in a new year [...]
Photo by Matthew Moore. Sorry to be so melodramatic, but I wanted to catch your attention. I know Thanksgiving is food and football. It happens to be one of my most favorite holidays. I absolutely love sweet potatoes, turkey, cranberry sauce, and all the trimmings. So whats the problem? When I ask for Aunt Millie [...]
By the time I was done reading about a food, I would be running to my computer to find a source to grow the plant. However in Amaranth’s case, I saw the plant and it was love at first site. I jumped in with both feet without any knowledge of how to grow it, harvest [...]
A Young Amaranth Plant This year I decided to plant Amaranth, a highly nutritious grain. I saw its ornamental cousin last year and flipped at how beautiful this plant was. My husband tells me that I grow to grow. It does not matter if I intend to eat it. I enjoy the pleasures of watching [...]
It is funny. I used to plan meals around what my children ate (which is basically hamburger meat and potatoes). One night was tacos, other night was hamburger, and perhaps a third night was spaghetti. I was only “allowed” to serve chicken once a week. Fish, forget about it. Vegetarian? Not in this man cave [...]
Photo by permission of Shira Gal 2009 is going to be an amazing green year. My bones can feel it and they are never wrong. In the green mail box this week is an eclectic mix of topics ranging from the old stand-by of green building articles, kiddies’ green TV to greening your business’ IT [...]
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