By Mary Pellerito Looking out at my predominately brown winter landscape, I want to add some plants that will provide some winter interest next year. For a native plant lover, I appreciate color...
By Tora Estep I am fan of Mark Bittman. I don’t always agree with him, but I do more often than not. His recent post, “Local Food: No Elitist Plot,” really pissed me off. Not...
Ah, yes. It’s that time of year again and soon enough the scent of pecans will be filling the house. Having grown up, and now lived in Georgia my whole life, pecans have always been a big part of my...
By Ken Hargesheimer Poor, unhealthy soil is the major reason for having low yields. Here is the solution: Organic, no-till gardening–in permanent beds, using permanent paths, using hand tools. ...
By Claudio Magliulo Bologna is Italy’s capital city for organic agriculture. Downtown, the major Italian organic certification bodies have their headquarters. In the surrounding suburbs, crowned by...
By The Peaceful Plate My grandparents must have had vivid memories of “going without” during the Great Depression. They tended to squirrel away free napkins and ketchup packets from...
By Pick-A-Pepper with Photographs by Rebecca Allen These nice fall days are the perfect time to start turning apples into applesauce. For relatively cheap you can often get bushels of seconds (the...