Citronella Plant.
A few weeks ago, I put some Citronella Geranium Plants in the yard to keep the bugs away. They really have been helping. Making Olive and Bean’s swingset sessions bug free.
Pick a berry. Eat a berry.
This year, I planted two tomato bushes, two blueberry bushes, basil, and garlic chives. Well, Olive gets full credit for the garlic chives and the basil. I just transplanted them from her little Green Toys Gardening Kit to a small bed out back. AND, I have already counted 21 actual tomatoes growing and [...]
Raw Veggies may not always be Better.
Remember your mother making you eat your vegetables? She had her reasons, as sad as this may have seemed to you at the time. Often, nutrition gurus will say you should eat your vegetables raw. True, some vegetables are best eaten raw in terms of nutrient content, but many benefit from cooking in order to make [...]
The Omnivore’s Next Dilemma
The omnivore’s next dilemma: a short talk by Michael Pollan on TED. Food for thought: Looking at the world from other species points of view is a cure for the disease of human self importance. Humans have about 23,000 genes and rice has 35,000. So who is the more sophisticated species? We think people and [...]
