Do you want to grow a life you love? We all have the ability to grow a nourishing life. To grow more beauty and joy. To become more alive everyday. We can shift from mindlessness to mindfulness, from going through the motions to being inspired. We all have the ability to grow a life we […]
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Before soup season comes soup-starter season. When my husband Edge farmed in Alaska, this was the “magic stuff” that started many meals throughout the winter months. If you don’t have veggie stock on hand, this preserve will make up for it fast. (I once had a roommate who always remembered to put veggie scraps in
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Carrots were my gateway vegetable. I was 5 or 6, helping harvest in the family garden, when I grasped a carrot top and pulled. I remember the release, the soil shaking off as I held the orange root in the air. It wasn’t magic so much as discovery—that such brightness could grow underground. I don’t remember
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I love lettuce. It’s one of the first harvests of the spring, and can be one of the last harvests of fall, too. As a crop it’s diverse: from butterheads to crisp Batavian, frilly red and green leaf to the sturdy crunch of romaine, from mini-sized little gems to huge heads that fill an entire plate.
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After hearty meals of roots and meat over the winter months, my body craves green. I want fresh, light meals (I feel lighter even just being next to the trays of seedlings in the greenhouse). Thank goodness for the over-wintered spinach and lettuce! If you don’t have overwintered greens (we didn’t until just this year!), there’s a
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