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May: Easy-Going Transplanting & Sowing

Now is the time of year that folks are sowing seeds outdoors and transplanting indoor plant starts. Many beginner or inexperienced gardeners would like a clear-cut date and time that is best to sow and transplant. Unfortunately, it just doesn’t...

Jordan Freytag

May 3, 2017 · 2 min read · 4 ·

May 3, 2017 · 2 min read

Green Fasting

Spring is a time of reawakening. It is notable in the green reappearing after a long absence and the blossoms rendered visible in the trees. The outdoors reflects what our bodies yearn for this time of year: rejuvenation. We yearn...

Jordan Freytag

Apr 19, 2017 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Apr 19, 2017 · 2 min read

"Hardening Off" The Right Way

As your starts begin maturing, bearing their “true” leaves, we know the time is drawing near to transplant. Transplanting can be stressful for growers because it is common to lose plants to “transplant shock.” When our plants spend the first...

Jordan Freytag

Apr 4, 2017 · 2 min read · 4 ·

Apr 4, 2017 · 2 min read

Consume Better to Kill Sugar Cravings

Lately, I’ve been getting serious about quitting my sugar addiction. In the past, I’ve gone a couple days abstaining from sugar, feeling pretty good about myself until the cravings cause me to dive back into eating an abundance of sweets...

Jordan Freytag

Mar 16, 2017 · 2 min read · 3 ·

Mar 16, 2017 · 2 min read

March: From The Ground Up

It is about this time when your garden vegetables are germinating, poking through their little starter pots and pellets, reminding you that transplanting time is on the horizon. It is at this stage that you may have realized that you...

Jordan Freytag

Mar 7, 2017 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Mar 7, 2017 · 2 min read

Sprouts and Microgreens: Enzyme Powerhouse and Teaching Aid

Growing initiatives in schools and community centers around the country are teaching kids and members of the community how to grow their own sprouts and microgreens and the health benefits of including them in their diets. We see the importance...

Jordan Freytag

Feb 15, 2017 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Feb 15, 2017 · 2 min read

February: Sowing For Springtime Prosperity

Last month, we talked about planning your garden and gathering the seeds you’d like to start growing this spring. Well, now is the time to get sowing indoors or in a greenhouse. We focused on preparing to sow tomatoes and...

Jordan Freytag

Feb 6, 2017 · 3 min read · 0

Feb 6, 2017 · 3 min read

The 3 Essential Steps for Storing Winter Squash

The process of storing winter squash may seem to be long and complicated. Although it may take up to two weeks, the steps for preparing your squash for long term winter storage can be as easy as brewing summer tea....

Jordan Freytag

Jan 4, 2017 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Jan 4, 2017 · 2 min read

3 (Fun and Easy) Health Habits for the New Year!

Growing and Juicing Wheatgrass If you’re not familiar with growing and juicing wheatgrass, I’m sure you’ve at least heard about the practice. It may seem strange to some folks at first to be juicing and drinking trays of grass grown...

Jordan Freytag

Jan 3, 2017 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Jan 3, 2017 · 2 min read

January: A Time for Planning

When the cold winds of January sweep over us, we know it’s time to start planning that spring garden. We break out the gardening journal (if you don’t use a gardening journal, we recommend that you do) and draw-up plans...

Jordan Freytag

Jan 2, 2017 · 3 min read · 1 ·

Jan 2, 2017 · 3 min read

A Long Winter: Cover Crops

Winter is coming! And we know what that means—it is time to rejuvenate your soil with cover crops. It is a bit late in the season to plant and expect immediate results, unless you’re planting cold hardy grain, like Winter...

Jordan Freytag

Nov 2, 2016 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Nov 2, 2016 · 2 min read

Some Random (but Useful) Thoughts on Winter Squash

Did you know the “winter” in winter squash refers to the period of time it is stored and not the period of time it is grown as many may assume. That’s just one of the little things that may be...

Jordan Freytag

Oct 4, 2016 · 1 min read · 0 ·

Oct 4, 2016 · 1 min read

2016 Scholarship Winner Angelina Bernardini - Cucumbers

Written by Angelina Bernardini - Winner of the 2016 Demetrios Agathangelides Scholarship! Cucumbers come from the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, and have been consumed by humans since growing wild in India around 3000 BCE. Soon after domestication, they spread across Asia,...

Ashleigh Smith

Sep 6, 2016 · 4 min read · 0

Sep 6, 2016 · 4 min read

Biological Control as an Alternative to Pesticide Use

Written by Kaitlin Miller – Winner of the 2016 Demetrios Agathangelides Scholarship! When it comes to pesticides, many farmers try to limit its use as it tends to accumulate in the soil and plant tissue with the possibility of becoming...

Jordan Freytag

Sep 2, 2016 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Sep 2, 2016 · 2 min read

The Year-Round Herb Garden

“What’s the big deal with fresh herbs?” Some folks say. “I can get a plethora of the same herbs (and more) at my local grocery or specialty foods store.” Yes, this is true. There are more dried-herb options at stores,...

Jordan Freytag

Aug 24, 2016 · 1 min read · 0 ·

Aug 24, 2016 · 1 min read

What Secrets Are Mushrooms Hiding?

You may not know it, but mushrooms are keeping secrets from you—a hoard of culinary and nutritional secrets. It’s fairly common knowledge that mushrooms are high in protein, making them a perfect meat substitute, and that they tend to add...

Jordan Freytag

Aug 17, 2016 · 1 min read · 0 ·

Aug 17, 2016 · 1 min read

How Fermented Foods can Support a Healthy Digestion

Like me, some of you may have experienced the discomfort of a sluggish digestion, feeling a bloating sensation throughout the stomach and lower bowels. Others of you may be plagued with sporadic to frequent heartburn. In the past, I tried...

Jordan Freytag

Jul 20, 2016 · 4 min read · 0 ·

Jul 20, 2016 · 4 min read

Rewards of Patience

“That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more.” –Charles Bukowski Patience is a virtue. Of course, we hear this phrase all the time. But if we...

Jordan Freytag

Jul 5, 2016 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Jul 5, 2016 · 2 min read

Dehydration: Thoughts, Tips, and Recipes

Eating raw doesn’t have to be boring or tasteless as some may lead you to believe. Health benefits aside, the truth is that “cooking” with raw foods can be a creative way to mix and enhance flavors, and that the...

Jordan Freytag

Jun 8, 2016 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Jun 8, 2016 · 2 min read

Improving Productivity Through Sprouts

In our modern world, the lunch hour is one of the easier meals to consume lavish starchy foods, which are full of carbs and refined sugars, such as fries and pastas. “We are going out to lunch!” at the office...

Jordan Freytag

Jun 2, 2016 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Jun 2, 2016 · 2 min read

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May: Easy-Going Transplanting & Sowing

Green Fasting

"Hardening Off" The Right Way

Consume Better to Kill Sugar Cravings

March: From The Ground Up

Sprouts and Microgreens: Enzyme Powerhouse and Teaching Aid

February: Sowing For Springtime Prosperity

The 3 Essential Steps for Storing Winter Squash

3 (Fun and Easy) Health Habits for the New Year!

January: A Time for Planning

A Long Winter: Cover Crops

Some Random (but Useful) Thoughts on Winter Squash

2016 Scholarship Winner Angelina Bernardini - Cucumbers

Biological Control as an Alternative to Pesticide Use

The Year-Round Herb Garden

What Secrets Are Mushrooms Hiding?

How Fermented Foods can Support a Healthy Digestion

Rewards of Patience

Dehydration: Thoughts, Tips, and Recipes

Improving Productivity Through Sprouts

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May: Easy-Going Transplanting & Sowing

Green Fasting

"Hardening Off" The Right Way

Consume Better to Kill Sugar Cravings

March: From The Ground Up

Sprouts and Microgreens: Enzyme Powerhouse and Teaching Aid

February: Sowing For Springtime Prosperity

The 3 Essential Steps for Storing Winter Squash

3 (Fun and Easy) Health Habits for the New Year!

January: A Time for Planning

A Long Winter: Cover Crops

Some Random (but Useful) Thoughts on Winter Squash

2016 Scholarship Winner Angelina Bernardini - Cucumbers

Biological Control as an Alternative to Pesticide Use

The Year-Round Herb Garden

What Secrets Are Mushrooms Hiding?

How Fermented Foods can Support a Healthy Digestion

Rewards of Patience

Dehydration: Thoughts, Tips, and Recipes

Improving Productivity Through Sprouts