If you’re trying to be healthier this year, simply adding herbs to your meals is a great place to start. Packed with antioxidants, iron, and a plethora of other important minerals, herbs can easily take the place of daily supplements. Not only will they do good for your body, they can also amp up the…
Looking to grow or improve your personal garden in 2018? With the right tools and techniques, you can easily produce flourishing beds of fruits and vegetables. Here are some tips and tricks for getting into the farm-to-table lifestyle. To read more, click here.
We all know that Valentine’s Day is about showing love for your partner, but what about showing love for the environment? Between cards, gift wrap, and decorations, a lot of waste is produced on this day. Luckily, you can easily be eco-friendly for Valentine’s Day! From DIY cards to eco-certified wine, there is ample opportunity…
Amazon has a new frontier it’s looking to tackle: your garden. The tech company recently received a patent for a new service that would let users upload photos of their vegetable gardens then receive a variety of recommendations from Amazon including recipes for the specific veggies they’ve planted, gardening tools they might need, and even…
You’re working away when that midday slump hits and you’re grateful for the stash of snacks you keep stowed away in your desk drawer. You nosh away, but then, bam! You’re hungry again an hour or two later and you’re contemplating another snack, plus what you’ll have for dinner. What gives? Well, certain foods can make us…
Avocados aren’t just for guacamole and avocado toast. You can go beyond savory recipes and feature the nutrient-packed fruit in sweet treats, too. From cookies to truffles to ice cream sandwiches, avocados are the perfect healthy fat for all your favorite desserts. Over 75% of the fat in avocados is unsaturated fat in the form…
From the beginning of November to the end of January, our schedules take on the hefty holiday burden. Dinners, celebrations, shopping, new resolutions, travel, family, and friends fill up the remaining vacancies on our schedules, and next thing we know…it’s February! With the cold weather, gardeners who aren’t raising a winter garden often put their…
Kitchen gardens have been around since people first decided to grow plants for their use rather than simply gathering them from the wild. It’s the ultimate in practical gardening—growing fruits, veggies, herbs, and edible flowers right outside the kitchen door. Step outside, harvest the freshest and most flavorful produce, then cook and serve. What could be easier…
Go hiking, then come home and write the Great American Novel? Spending two days hiking in the Tetons might not turn you into William Faulkner, but research published in PLoS One suggests that a few days in a national park may make you more creative in other ways. The study followed 56 hikers on a…
I come from a long line of thrifty Yankees. One of our holiday traditions was the “brown ribbon.” Some decades earlier, an uncle had received a package trimmed with the most hideous ribbon anyone in the family had ever seen, made of dark brown gauze with gold threads running through it. The following year the…