by Lora | Oct 21, 2020 | Energy, Garden, Healthy Food, Sustainability
How many children tire of the expression “Eat your vegetables!” or more specifically, “eat your broccoli!” For most kids they might as well be hearing “Eat this garbage.” Broccoli chopped into tops and stems Well, I am not...
by Lora | Jul 7, 2020 | Garden, Healthy Food, Sustainability
This Independence Day we celebrated free of animal products. No parade, no fireworks and no family gatherings. For this Indpendence Day spent at home, we put together a holiday meal reminiscent of those shared with family and friends in years gone by. I got a big...
by Lora | May 13, 2020 | Garden, Healthy Food
Massaged Kale Salad is my most requested dish for family gatherings. The original recipe is from Jennifer Adler and is a great make-ahead meal when you want to have nutritious greens ready to eat. This salad will keep and even get better as days go by. Make a bunch...
by Lora | May 5, 2020 | Garden, Healthy Food
In this and the blog posts to come, I am keeping good my pledge in my most recent post. I am posting recipes for my favorite vegan or plant-based meals. These are my meatless mainstays for the month of May. All month I will be posting recipes I use most frequently....
by Lora | May 3, 2020 | Community, Garden, Healthy Food, Sustainability
Most of us, all over the planet, are heeding a variety of advice designed to “flatten the curve” to reduce the rate of infection, hospitalizations and deaths. We may also save lives of countless first responders and health care workers so we don’t succumb...
by Lora | Nov 14, 2019 | Garden, Sustainability
A promotional video for the value of Conservation Districts to homeowners shows our garden results a year after construction of the rain garden. The Better Ground campaign promotes Conservation Districts. In March 2019 we received a surprise letter in the mail. The...