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How to Deter Ants From Your Garden (or Anywhere) Using Coffee Grounds

For some reason coffee grounds freak ants out.

Barbara Kingsolver: Food Choices Influence Our Lives

The choices I make now about my food will influence the rest of my life. If a lot of us felt that way, and started thinking carefully about our consumption habits just one meal at a time, we could affect the future of our planet.

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Butternut Squash and Dark Leafy Green Salad

Here’s what you’ll need: Butternut squash 1/2 onion 3-4 cloves of garlic Dark leafy greens (I used collards and kale) Dash of cayenne pepper 3-4 tablespoons of vegetable broth Teaspoon of cumin 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon Tablespoon of olive oil How to make: Cut the squash into cubes. Cut up the onion and mince the [...]

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Speech About Growing Your Own Food at OccupyLA

Here is a video excerpt of the talk that I gave at OccupyLA regarding growing your own food.

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What to Do With Your Extra Harvest

Amy wrote to me asking what she can do with her excess harvest. She had close to 150lbs of peaches grown in excess.

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How to Transplant Mint into a Container

Mint is a weed, so you’ll always want to plant it in a container.

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Elizabeth Rogers: Sharing a Meal

Sharing a meal is a way to connect, to nourish our bodies, our minds, and our relationships.

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How to Make Spicy Roasted Squash Seeds

These roasted pumpkin seeds have a slight kick to them.

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“No Food Choice” Judge Now Works for Monsanto Law Firm

We need to shift our spending habits to see the change that we want to happen. We can’t rely on going into a booth and voting.

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Why Not to Use Chemicals in Your Garden

Find out why Facebook fans of Urban Organic Gardener do not use chemicals in their gardens.

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Using a Scarecrow to Scare Birds From Your Garden

This scarecrow stands guard 24/7 to make sure that birds don’t get to my containers.

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Petition to Get GMOs Labeled

The Just Label It campaign wants to flood the FDA with comments and signatures from people who want to have GMO foods labeled.

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Harvesting Parsley Seeds: A Simple How To

The parsley seeds are a light to dark gray color.

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Judge Says Our Food Choice Is Not a Fundamental Right

According a Judge Fiedler in Wisconsin, you do not have the fundamental right to raise and grow the food that you consume.

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Collecting Rainwater for Your Small Space Garden

Save some water. The next time it rains, put a container on your balcony to collect it and use in your garden.

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Watermelon Basil Salad

Learned this recipe at a cooking demonstration at the farmers market.

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What Food News Has Grabbed Your Attention?

During my break, I wasn’t good at keeping up to date with what’s going on in the food world. What links or news did I miss?

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Back From Break. Balcony Garden Update.

It’s been over a month since I took my break, but I’m back. Check out how my balcony garden has done and let me know what’s up with your fall garden.

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Taking a Break and Asking For Your Feedback

I’m going to be taking a break from the site for a few weeks to visit friends, fam and re-evaluate the direction of the site. During this time, your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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