Pesticide Side Effects – An Insecticide Is Not Just An Insecticide

Today I am talking about pesticide side effects and specifically how it relates to the soil food web. People often talk about pesticides and herbicides. Really a herbicide is a kind of pesticide…

Garden Writers Love ‘Camp Horta Flora’

The Northwest Flower & Garden Show, which ran February 8 – 12 in Seattle and received fantastic accolates (along with a 10% increase in attendance!), is the show to visit if you’re a garden writer. Many writers refer to it as being with “my tribe,” but to me it’s “Camp Horta Flora.” Here’s a look at some of the

Vive La France! A Buttery Brioche Recipe

There is nothing quite like brioche. More than sweet, custard-filled éclairs or even buttery, flaky croissants, brioche is my favorite thing from a French pastry window.

What the Herb Is a Garden Cloche?

Whether you’re a newbie or an expert gardener, nothing makes gardeners feel as glum as finding their recently sprouted plants annihilated by a bout of bad weather. What’s a hopeful organic food and flower cultivator to do?

Nut-Free, Flourless Beet Brownie Cake Recipe

This flourless cake recipe is also nut-free, gluten-free and full of beets–yes, beets. Taking a nod from Mexican pastries, it’s spiked with ample cinnamon and a touch of spice. The texture is moist and spongy, not unlike a souffle cake.

Apartment Dwellers, You Can Compost Too!

Once I moved into my one-bedroom apartment, all thoughts of composting escaped my mind. All the rules and tips I learned in my youth from my dad poofed out of existence: I forgot to remove the stickers from fruit skins, and didn’t routinely remove the tags, strings and staples from tea bags

Sweet Onions. Grow, Add To Your Plate To Lose Weight!

Sweet Onions. Grow, add to your plate to lose weight. Due to their natural richness of chromium

Homegirl Café’s ‘Rosa’s Mole’ Recipe

Over at Los Angeles’ HomeGirl Café – where gang members, drug addicts and ex-cons are given the opportunity to enrich and change their lives in drastic and delicious ways – we were lucky enough to get our hands on a serious tried-and-true recipe for the Mexican sauce, mole, from Chef Pati Zarate. We know it’s a lot of ingredients, but when you get this mole down, you will have arrived at culinary greatness. 

Homegirl Café’s ‘Rosa’s Mole’ Recipe

Over at Los Angeles’ HomeGirl Café – where gang members, drug addicts and ex-cons are given the opportunity to enrich and change their lives in drastic and delicious ways – we were lucky enough to get our hands on a serious tried-and-true recipe for the Mexican sauce, mole, from Chef Pati Zarate. We know it’s a lot of ingredients, but when you get this mole down, you will have arrived at culinary greatness. 

Organic Pest Control – Why It’s The Wrong Solution

Check out www.smilinggardener.com for the free ’15 Vital Organic Gardening Lessons For Becoming A Better Organic Gardener’. Today I’m talking about organic pest control.

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