Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes
Whether you’re following a special diet or just want to take it easy on Turkey Day, try these simple, lighter takes on classic Thanksgiving recipes. To learn more, click here.
15 Clever Ways To Decorate With Gourds, Pumpkins And Squash
If you love pumpkin everything—lattes, butter, bread, and grocery store offerings—then you likely enjoy all that autumn has to offer, setting the scene with gourds and other seasonal décor. Nothing screams “fall” more than a porch decorated with pumpkins, gourds, and squash fresh from the garden, local pumpkin patch, or farm stand. Even though it’s always fun to carve or monogram them with…
This Pumpkin Spice Bread Is So Freaking Good You Won’t Believe It’s Healthy
This hearty pumpkin bread has everything you’d hope for in a healthy snack. The addition of zucchini as well as pumpkin guarantee a moist crumb, chopped pecans add richness and crunch (and protein!), and a trio of pie spices—cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove–imbue it with a delicious, warming flavor that goes well with a cup of…
Pine Dove Farm joins the 10th Annual Farm Tour – October 14 – 15, 2017
Looking for some #weekendplans? Stop by Pine Dove Farm from 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday for the Farm Tour 2017 – 10 annual. Visitors can see our #farm and #communitygarden as well as explore the area’s first #agrihood. Hope to see you at Pine Dove Farm! Pine Dove Farm’s is a conservation community seeking to cultivate relationships between neighbors and nature while…
How To Build A Simple Raised Bed
There are a whole lot of reasons to build raised vegetable gardens—the kind that sit above ground within a frame made of wood or other material. If your land has sandy, claylike, or hard-packed soil (or if you don’t know and don’t give a hoot about the difference), you can provide perfect conditions for whatever you’re…
Tips to save time and wear (on you) when gardening
Here are some tips on how to make gardening easier at any age. This is also good advice for gardeners who are just looking to save time on maintenance. To learn more, click here.
How yoga, meditation benefit the mind and body
Yoga and meditation have both become increasingly popular in the Western world, and practitioners praise their psychological and physical benefits. Current research also suggests that meditating and doing yoga can boost overall well-being and resilience to stress factors. To learn more, click here.
How to Grow Healthy Succulent Plants
Succulents are booming in popularity for two simple reasons: they are beautiful and nearly indestructible. Technically, a succulent is any plant with thick, fleshy (succulent) water storage organs. Succulents store water in their leaves, their stems or their roots. These plants have adapted to survive arid conditions throughout the world, from Africa to the deserts…
4 Genius Alternatives To Drying Herbs
Farmers’ markets and gardens are bursting with tasty fresh herbs this time of the year, so it is a perfect time not only to enjoy them fresh but also to try preserving them for use later—especially the frost-tender ones, such as basil and pineapple sage, which will be gone with the first nip of frost. Preserving fresh organic herbs…
7 Affordable And Nutritious Superfoods That Won’t Break The Bank
A diet high in antioxidants does more than just ward off cancer. It fights the free radicals responsible for arthritis and other joint diseases, lung problems like emphysema and bronchitis, and atherosclerosis, the leading cause of heart disease. To learn more, click here.