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Articles about organic gardening, from-scratch recipes and food preservation techniques and tutorials.
How to Grow An Heirloom Vegetable Garden
If you’ve never eaten an heirloom tomato fresh off the vine, then you, my friend, haven’t truly lived. Honestly, when it comes to most vegetables in the garden, you just can’t beat the flavour of heirloom varieties. Buttery French heirloom pumpkins. Fresh, juicy...
8 Things To Think About Before Starting Seeds
At long last, the snow on the ground has almost all melted, the songbirds are chirping in the forest around us, the crocuses and daffodils have poked their heads out of the ground and there’s a distinct feeling of spring in the air. I LOVE...
How to Grow Sprouts Indoors All Year Long
Sprouts are considered to be a nutrient-dense superfood. Learn how to grow sprouts indoors and add these fresh homegrown greens to your diet all year long! *** When I first started growing my own food at home, the gardening world seemed pretty...
Charred Brussels Sprouts with Lemon & Parmesan
Brussels sprouts are one of those things that most people either hate or tolerate. They’re a staple side dish at many North American Christmas dinners and they’re typically boiled and bland and, quite frankly, pretty boring. I tolerated...
Traditional Christmas Tourtière Recipe
Tourtière is a traditional French Canadian meat pie that’s made only at Christmas time, but this tourtière recipe is good enough to enjoy all year long! According to this article by Food Network Canada, tourtière can be traced back to 17th century Québec. French...
Old-Fashioned Homemade Eggnog Recipe
I’ve been wanting to try making homemade eggnog for a while now. In fact, I’ve been wanting to try making it myself ever since I realized you could make such things at home. But, like many things, it’s just one of those projects that’s been pushed to the back...
Whipped Shortbread Cookies Recipe (Traditional + Vegan Recipe)
There are certain foods that are just synonymous with Christmas time because you’ll rarely, if ever, eat them at any time of year. Shortbread cookies tend to make that list for most people. That’s the case for me, anyway. The only time I ever remember eating...
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