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Root Cellars Rock is glad to announce that a new Children and Youth page has gone up on the blog! Look for it on the top menu bar and check back often as new resources are added. The new page highlights some of the best resources on the web for inspiring children and youth to get excited about healthy local food. [...] 
I managed to get over to my favourite u-pick here in St. John’s last week. I picked and picked and picked and came home with far more strawberries than I could possibly eat. Which was just fine, because these berries were destined for the jam pot. My husband and daughter both love strawberry jam. I, on the other hand, am not entirely crazy about it. Since I [...] 
This is the first of a monthly series starting on RCR. Each month we’ll pick some of our favourite 4Ps resources and share them with you! Books, websites, videos, and more. Check back each month to start collecting your own library of the 4Ps. This month we’re starting up with a book on each of the 4Ps. [...] 
It is so cool to me to see my perennial herbs come back each year. The use of fresh and preserved herbs makes meals taste and smell more appetizing and adds rich nutrition. The extra hardy herbs are oregano, scallions and chives. Sage, thyme and tarragon need a little mulching in the fall to guarantee a good return. [...] 
On a hot summer day, nothing is more refreshing than a cup of iced tea to help quench your thirst. And when the weather is not cooperating, a warm cup of tea will help to warm your spirits. There are many plants in Newfoundland which can be used to make teas. [...] 
This post is a bit delayed in arriving, with photos from late May. As a follow-up to Costa’s A Taste of the Wild Side posts I brought a few unusual ingredients together for a meal. It’s too late in the season now for harvesting young knotweed shoots and dandelion greens but hopefully you’ll still be inspired to seek them out next year. The codfish I used was locally harvested and then frozen. [...] 
As a CFA, going to see the capelin roll has been on my ‘to do’ list since arriving in the province. That image of thousands of silver fish just under the surface of the water caught my imagination right from the beginning. This past Tuesday was the first time I’ve been able to make it out during that brief window of time that the capelin are flocking to the beaches. [...] 
We often buy lettuce as full heads, yet when growing lettuce we can harvest it a few different ways by removing the whole head, taking just the outer leaves, cutting the head down to an inch off the ground and watching it regrow another head, or growing lettuce as baby leaf micro-greens for harvest all summer long. Baby leaf harvests are ready in as little as 21 days. I sow succession plantings of lettuce about every three weeks outside in the gardens during warm months, inside in pots throughout the winter, and eat homegrown lettuce all year long. [...] 
It seems like most of North America is a lot closer to summer, while the Avalon is still in early spring mode. That being said, there’s a big advantage to this: spring crops can get a second (or third) round before the heat starts. As well, while we may not have had a lot of sun, we’ve had plenty of rain, which is great for some plants. The question then becomes, what do [...] 
Now is the time, my friends, when giant, balloon-sized bags of local greens appear in the grocery shops. I love them so much! They arrive in late spring, and they are just beautiful steamed and dripping with butter on the side of your plate. These greens are often labeled “fresh greens,” or “field greens,” but many people call them “turnip greens” or “turnip tops.” [...] |
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