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By Sarah | May 11th, 2012 | Tags: beets, canning, Pickling, salad | Category: Local Food Recipes, Preparing
I get a twinge of guilt pouring the brine down the drain from a previously delicious jar of pickled beets or pickles. There has to be something to do with that liquid! It’s very concentrated though and not easy to use. Do you re-use brine from pickled things? Here’s a recipe for Pickled Beet Juice and Maple Vinaigrette. [...]
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By Andreae C | April 25th, 2012 | Tags: chives, Container Gardening, Downtown Dirt, Garlic, greens, growing season, harvest, herbs, perennials, picking, Planting, Potatoes, preparing, Raised Bed, vegetables, winter | Category: Picking, Planting, Preparing, Uncategorized
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Last weekend, I had the extreme good pleasure to attend a workshop on extending your growing season. The workshop facilitator was Dan Rubin, a home vegetable gardener who, through tactical use of raised beds, glass panes, and plastic row covers, has grown a whole lot of impressive eats in a location which is, essentially, a salt-lashed, wind-beaten, topsoil-less bit of rock (and I say [...]
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By Sarah | April 18th, 2012 | Tags: children, food skills, resources | Category: Picking, Planting, Preparing
MUN Botanical Garden has recently released From Garden to Classroom: Activity and Resource Guide . It walks you through dozens of activities and even more information to inspire youth to explore the natural world. And it’s not about talking at kids, it’s about giving them the resources to get right into the thick of things, hands in the dirt, learning through play, and really connecting with their natural surroundings on all levels. [...]
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By Andreae C | March 30th, 2012 | Tags: Downtown Dirt, heirloom, Lead, one-year challenge, perennials, safe gardening, soil contamination | Category: Picking, Planting, Preparing, Uncategorized
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Some of you may remember my tale from a couple weeks back about how my one-year-challenge to eat something I had grown or foraged every day for a full year was a total failure, due to my having been hijacked by hormones through the fall and winter. Since then I’ve been back on track, eating delicious sprouts and microgreens, which I have been tending lovingly in their jars and recycled containers [...]
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By Sarah | February 29th, 2012 | Tags: basil, Food Skills Workshops, herbs | Category: Preparing
Fresh and dried herbs can be substituted for one another in many recipes. However, because of their differences in moisture and flavour, they should not be substituted in equal amounts. [...]
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By admin | February 21st, 2012 | Tags: food storage, Home Grown, sprouting, sprouts, tools | Category: Preparing, Preserving
Three jars, bowls, and strainers. These simple kitchen items help me to prepare food that is healthful for me. [...]
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By admin | January 16th, 2012 | Tags: call-out, canning, cold storage, composting, Container Gardening, edible wild plants, food skills, foraging, herbs, Pickling, root cellars, seed saving, storing vegetables, vegetables, vermicomposting | Category: Picking, Planting, Preparing, Preserving
We need your help! We’re looking for photos to use for a free kit of 8 food skills workshop that will be shared across NL! [...]
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Be passionate about your health, get involved in your community, and let’s make 2012 the year that the local food movement takes action against chronic disease! [...]
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By Sarah | December 16th, 2011 | Tags: 4 Ps Library, canning, community gardens, composting, csa, DIY, Gardening, holidays, sprouting, vermicompost, winter | Category: Local Food Recipes, Picking, Planting, Preparing, Preserving
We’re getting creative here coming up with fun gift ideas inspired by the 4 Ps of Local Food: planting, picking, preparing and preserving. Try one of these to light up the faces of the foodies on your gift list! (Cat picture taken prior to receiving awesome gift, seriously) [...]
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“It is so easy to grow our own garlic!” Faeterri shares what you need to know to get started growing garlic in NL, including tips from her experiences on the southwest coast of Newfoundland and a hearty garlic soup recipe to inspire you. [...]
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