Growing my own food isn’t always easy. I’m no professional farmer, I don’t live in the country anymore, and I don’t even have a backyard. There are some foods that I’m simply unable to grow myself, especially animal products. Other foods are very easy to grow, even in urban conditions. In the past year...
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Growing Food Plants in Containers, Step by Step
How to Braid Garlic
I love cooking with garlic. I add it to meat balls, pasta sauce, roast, baked potatoes, grilled vegetables, chicken, stews, soups… almost anything except dessert. But garlic is also a traditional decoration for gardens and front doors. It’s pretty, it’s practical (for preservations purposes), and it connects you to every generation of women in...
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3 Ways to Create a Traditional-Look Porch
1. Hang braids of garlic and strings of red peppers on the exterior walls of your house of by the doors. Braiding garlic is easy, and stringing peppers is even easier. 2. Use old teapots as planters. It’s old-fashioned and almost cliché, and that’s what’s wonderful about it. Just make sure to only fill...
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3 Tips for Cooking Every Day and Liking It
1. Only cook what you really, really want to eat. It will make the hard work of peeling and chopping so much more worth it in the end. 2. Make sure your fridge and pantry are well-stocked with fresh, simple, real-food, cookable ingredients (rather than boxes of processed, frozen, or otherwise ready-to-eat foods). Buy...
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Things the Beauty Industry Won’t Tell You
1. A healthy life style with sound eating habits and regular exercise will make your skin tighter, your body slimmer (in most cases), and your hair shinier. 2. If you have extra money for a beauty splurge, spend it on a dentist appointment. If you have no money, SAVE for a dentist appointment....
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