Movies

Whole Foods has an interesting website called Let’s Retake Our Plate. I haven’t explored it entirely so I can’t speak for all of it. However, they do have a listing of movies showing around the country that I have not heard of before. Check out the link above for the full listing. Below are just…

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Wednesday’s Harvest

4′ Tall Artichoke Plants The artichokes are CRAZY! The lettuce is going strong too. The strawberries…not so much…yet. We aren’t currently weighing the strawberries. When they come in we wash them off and freeze them. When our bag is full we will then weigh them. So what’s this weeks harvest breakdown? It’s heavy on the…

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Monday’s Guest Blog – Avocados!

Chuck Garcia, a writer, herbalist and instructor/founder of the California School of Traditional Hispanic Herbalism is our guest blogger this week. He is incredibly knowledgeable of herbal medicine and all things related to Backyard Survival. ——————————————————————- Avocado Tree, originally uploaded by avlxyz. I don’t get to see my friend, Karen Roberts MD, very often. But…

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Thursday in the City- Earth Day

Apple Earth, originally uploaded by JD Hancock. I really look at Earth Day as similar to New Year’s. Everyone gets all excited and dressed up, makes all these goals only to be having money automatically pulled from your bank account every month for an unused gym membership. This is obviously a generalization and I am…

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Flickr of Inspiration – The Potager Garden

Potager, originally uploaded by Diana Sorella. The textures and foliage colors in this potager garden are incredible. The potager garden has it’s roots in 16th Century France as what is now more commonly known as a Kitchen Garden. However it’s design was just as important as it’s function. Aristocracy had gardeners to tend their sprawling,…

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