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I love wheatberry salad.  It usually has some lemon juice and raisins, chopped greens and roasted nuts and maybe a cheese.  In this case this is what I did:
Ingredients:
wheat berries (1 cup)
3 cups water
raisins
dried cranberries
chopped trail mix nuts (pepitas, cashews, almonds, walnuts) - whatever nuts you have
cheese (i used an aged gouda and manchego- goat […]

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Today, I decided it was finally time to flip my compost pile. Maybe it was that nasty smell that was coming from it or maybe all the squash plants that were growing from it decided to die down enough so I could get close to it.
Anyway, as I dug in my spade, I got a […]

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My basil plants were less than fantastic this year. They just did not perform as usual (it may have to do with the fact that I have relocated this year and are just working in the soil here).
But I was able to learn a couple of things from my basil troubles. I started […]

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We are starting to compile a Gardening Calendar. It will be of use to everyone who has that feeling that they are forgetting to do something to nurture their garden at any time of the year.
We are asking you to send in your list of monthly activities in the garden.
For example, this […]

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Well here we are in October 2007 and it has been 70-mid 80 degree weather until yesterday the 11th.
I had to keep up with the heat and winds and water the garden every day, especially the young plants (chinese cabbage, endive, arugula, lettuce - youngins in my garden right now).
Then yesterday it started to rain […]

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Ingredients:
For Soup:
Great Northern Beans (soak overnight)
Portabella Mushrooms ( 2 big ones)
Home Made Vegetable Stock
Ginger (inch and a half)
onion (1 Large or 2 medium)
Garlic (5-10 cloves)
Potatos (3 medium)
Carrots (2 big)
Five Spice Powder
Garlic Powder
Corn (Kernels from Cob - 2)
Bay Leaves
Kelp or some Sea Vegetable
Miso Paste
Hot Chile of your choice
Salt and Pepper
Olive Oil
For Grains:
Ghee or Butter
Whole Grains […]

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Ripened Tomatos
Cucumbers
Red Onion
Good Extra Virgin Olive Oil
A Good Wine Vinegar
Red Pepper Flakes (for a bit of heat)
Salt and Pepper
(Optional: Fresh Parsley)
This recipe is all about the raw ingredients. DO NOT, I Repeat, DO NOT use this recipe with chain supermarket store bought tomatos. =)
Mostly Tomatos, about 3:2:1 tomato to cucumber to red onion.
A […]

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Tonight I made a dish that was so good, I needed to document it one way or another. We had some fresh pumpkin ravioli in the fridge and it so happened we also had about 30 tomatos ripened in their vines (unlikely circumstances I know). I wanted to make sauce and store it, […]

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