Caring For Brassicas and Hot Old Fashioned Shrubs

Growing brassicas in the Good Earth segment and more green veggies in Vegetable Heroes plus the series old fashioned plants continues in Design Elements, today it’s hot sub-tropics and a butterfly bush, but which one? In Plant of the Week.THE GOOD EARTHCaring For BrassicasBrassicas are a large family of plants which include not just white cauliflowers and green broccoli, but...

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Le'ts Celebrate Our Teachers

As the end of the school year draws near, you may want to find a way to thank your children’s teachers. Thank you gifts often involve some kind of food, usually with a focus on sweet or salty treats. While these gifts are well-meaning, the foods selected can be quite unhealthy. Is giving someone something they know isn’t good for them the best way to show your appreciation?There...

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Rosemary, Old Fashioned Shrubs and Beeswax Wraps

The show started with the herbalist segment of plant of the week, Simone is talking about the ‘dew of the sea.” growing a crop that’s good for the soil but not for eating in vegetable heroes, the new series on old fashioned shrubs for every region in Australia continues in Design Elements and how to use less plastic in the lunchbox with these beeswax wraps in the Good Earth.PLANT...

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Fresh Ways with Asparagus

If you’re looking for a tasty spring vegetable, asparagus is the way to go! Asparagus is currently in season and can be found at farmers’ markets now.  Plan to include asparagus in your meals this month.  Learn more about asparagus below!Fun Facts About AsparagusAsparagus comes in green, white, and purple varieties.It is a vegetable crop from the lily family that...

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Backyard Tea and Marigold are Archangelica

Starting with Backyard Biodynamics and are weeds really bad? growing a why grow Angelica in vegetable heroes, a the new series on old fashioned shrubs for every region in Australia continues in Design Elements and all about Marigolds in the Talking Flowers segment.BACKYARD BIODYNAMICSWeed TeaHave you ever though of weeds as messengers? Probably not because like most gardeners,...

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Off to the Farmers' Market

Spring is finally here!  Fruits and vegetables that grow in Maryland are almost ready to harvest and bring to the farmers’ market.  Most farmers’ markets in Maryland open in May or June and stay open through October, some are open all year.  Click here to find a farmers’ market near you.  You will see the days and hours the market is open, and the food...

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Perfume Princess with Bite and Vanilla Bean Spice

Starting with the vanilla bean story part 2 with herb and spice guru Ian Hemphill, growing a root veggie that some people add to schapps in vegetable heroes, a the new series on old fashioned shrubs for every region in Australia continues in Design Elements and all the perfume you could want in Plant of the week.SPICE IT UPVanilla bean:Vanilla planifolia "Andrews"Vanilla tahitensisCommercially,...

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