Excerpt from the Popular Kitchen Series magabook Canning & Preserving with permission from its publisher, BowTie magazines, a division of BowTie Inc. Purchase Canning & Preserving here. There are several approaches to dehydrating foods. To find the one that works best for you, think about what you want to dehydrate and your geographical and climatic […]
Excerpt from the Popular Kitchen Series magabook Canning & Preserving with permission from its publisher, BowTie magazines, a division of BowTie Inc. Purchase Canning & Preserving here. Ascorbic acid: vitamin C in powdered form; used to prevent discoloration of light-colored fruits; can be purchased at a pharmacy. Bacteria:naturally occuring microorganisms that can spoil food. Blanch: […]
Follow along as Urban Farm’s managing editor homebrews her first batch of beer. Make 5 gallons of homebrewed beer the fun and easy way!
Broccoli is a love-or-hate vegetable, but it's easy to grow and tend.
Excerpt from the Popular Garden Series magabook Vegetable Gardens with permission from its publisher, BowTie magazines, a division of BowTie Inc. Purchase Vegetable Gardens here. While growing vegetables from seeds can be especially rewarding, transplants might be the best option for most new gardeners. “If you’re a first-time gardener, I suggest you plant transplants — also […]
Excerpt from the Popular Garden Series magabook Vegetable Gardens with permission from its publisher, BowTie magazines, a division of BowTie Inc. Purchase Vegetable Gardens here. Heirloom seeds offer global diversity among vegetable varieties and provide opportunities for some gardening fun. Here are some interesting heirloom vegetable seed varieties to try. Moon & Stars watermelons are named […]
Photo by Audrey Pavia Three of my cats like to cram themselves into just one bed. I’ve been a cat person my whole life. I think there was a three-month period when I was 27 when I didn’t have a cat. I had lost my kitty to leukemia and was too grief-stricken to get another […]
Photo Courtesy of Nature & More Vokert Engelsmann, Nature & More founder, is thrilled with this new development. A Dutch scientific institute, Wageningen University & Research Centre, investigated the fundamental sustainability accomplishments of organic agriculture and found that organic agriculture, in most cases, performs better than non-organic agriculture. According to the December 7, 2011 report, […]
One of the most eco-friendly, simplest and safest ways to cook food is with a solar oven. Follow our DIY Solar Oven instructions to build your own.
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