Square Foot Gardening 101. Update!
Check out our new Square Foot Gardening Infographic for even more tips, diagrams, a plant list and much more. I recently stumbled upon a book (All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space! By Mel Bartholomew) with an interesting gardening method called square foot gardening, and decided we would give it a try. I’ve always thought the idea of having a vegetable garden would be a lot of fun. Five health benefits of figs and a dairy-free spread recipe.
Julie Daniluk For centuries figs have been used to treat disorders like hemorrhoids and diabetes, along with liver, respiratory and urinary diseases.
Many of their compounds, currently being studied in India, show great potential in the fight against these and other infections. When dried, they have the highest concentration of antioxidant polyphenols among all of the dried fruits. Though figs can be enjoyed fresh or dried, we most commonly see them dried in salads, dips, soups, stews and baking.
Fresh figs are best from May through November and when shopping be sure to look for ones that are soft and have a sweet aroma. Read on for five more ways figs can help you live a healthful, hearty life: 1. Studies show that eating figs produces a significant increase in antioxidant capacity that lasts for 4 hours after consumption. 2. Three small figs contain 5 grams of fibre! 3. Figs contain high levels of the flavonoid quercetin. 4. Four superfoods to never leave home without. (NaturalNews) If you have to go on the road to visit friends or relatives, or a business trip of some sort, it would be wise to bring along some superfoods to maintain the nutritional level you have at home.
The food you'll get while visiting good friends or nice relatives or staying at decent accommodations on the road will probably be lacking nutritionally. That's why carrying ample amounts of superfoods that take very little space would be helpful. Food Shortage Solutions - Emergency Food Supply during Food Shortage. 5 Herbs You Can Easily Grow Indoors.
Nothing beats being able to reach over to your window and pluck fresh herbs for tea or garnish for a nice meal.
Not all of us have a green thumb, so growing plants indoors might seem a little out of our league. Here are some really useful herbs that will spruce up your diet and have lots of beneficial properties; and with a little effort, might survive your best efforts to kill them. 1. Lemon Balm Lemon balm is a perennial herb that can be grown and used for a variety of stomach ailments including gas bloating, nausea, colic and menstrual cramping. 2 Aloe Vera We've already discussed the amazing properties of the Aloe Vera plant in other articles and this informative video. 3.
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Perennial Vegetables: Years of Bounty. Perennial vegetables—crops that you plant just once and harvest year after year—are relatively rare in North American gardens.
With the exception of asparagus, rhubarb and artichokes, most gardeners are probably unaware of the tasty, extremely low-maintenance bounty that can be harvested when many annual crops aren’t available. A Brief History of Perennial Crops According to Perennial Vegetables by Eric Toensmeier, most North American gardening and farming traditions come from Europe, where there are very few perennial crops except fruits and nuts. Cold and temperate Eurasian agriculture centered around livestock, annual grains and legumes, and early European settlers to North America simply brought their seeds and their cultivation methods with them, including draft animals for plowing up the soil every year.
How to Rotate Your Vegetable Crops. Detoxing Is No Joke! 5 Tips To Rock Your Next Cleanse. Although I lead a cleanse every season, Spring is The Big Poppa of them all.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, Spring is the season associated with the liver, one of our most heroic organs. The liver is the filter of the body, sifting all the toxins out and shuttling them to a swift trip out of our bodies. Like any irrigation system, things build up, and the system can tire under strain. Ours is no different. This is the absolute best time to give your liver a standing ovation, a shout out, and a heartfelt thank-you note in the form of trying a cleanse. There are a billion different cleanses out there, from whole foods cleanses to elimination cleanses, to Master Cleanses, to juice regimens.
You may pick a cleanse in which all the meals are made and you don’t have to cook at all because the kids are home on Spring Break. Planning Irrigation for your Garden - cipmar.me - Gmail. Five acres and independence: a ... - Maurice Grenville Kains.