When it comes to choosing healthy fats for your child, avocados are a perfect match. From one of baby’s first foods to the whole family’s Meatless Monday or vegetarian diet, this protein packs a list of health benefits: Fiber Potassium (more than twice the amount found in a banana) Vitamin E B-vitamins Folic acid Grow… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Gardening
Bloom Where Planted: Creative Spring Planters
Bring out your gardening gloves… spring is just around the corner! This season is the perfect time for unconventional gardening, growing, and greenery. These unique growing methods and creative spring planters will make your home or garden something truly extraordinary. Use kitchen containers and dishes for a delicious display. Teapots & teacups are great for… Continue Reading
The 10 Easiest Vegetables to Grow from Seeds
Growing your own food is the most gratifying and rewarding act on the planet. Starting food from seeds is easy, inexpensive and fun. But planning a garden can be daunting and many gardeners do not know where to start. “Planning a garden starts with choosing what you love to eat,” says Farmer John Fendley of… Continue Reading
Bees and Colony Collapse Syndrome: Your Backyard Holds the Answer
Our honey bees continue to be challenged. Whether it’s climate change, GMO crops, cellular tower radiation, or a combination of factors, scientists have not been able to solve what’s killing these wonderful insects. More money is being shifted to “Plan B”, or finding what else can pollinate our crops and orchards. Your backyard holds the… Continue Reading
Composting 101: How to Make a Compost Pile
If you’re one of those people who throws away food thinking, “I wish I knew how to make a compost pile,” — this article is for you! The good new is… you’ll be pleased to know that setting up a composting system at home isn’t as much work as it sounds. A compost pile takes some… Continue Reading
Green City Market’s Workshops
Green City Market in Chicago is among the top farmer’s markets in the country. Local Harvest praises the Market for “supporting local farmers who take care of the land by providing a bustling marketplace for their locally raised, sustainable/organic products in the metropolitan Chicago area. That includes certified organic farmers, farmers who grow organically but… Continue Reading
Summer is Ripe for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters
By Kia Robertson Humans of all ages tend to take interest and care of things that matter to them, whether it’s animals, clothes, toys or their bodies. Fruits and vegetables can sometimes be a “tough sell” to kids and I think one way we can change that is to nurture their relationship with food by… Continue Reading
How to Compost With Worms
By Blair Owens Hecker Vermicomposting is an indoor, year-round method of composting that can be easily set up in a plastic or wooden container. Food waste such as fruits and vegetables are placed into the bin along with worms and shredded paper. As the worms eat and digest the food and paper in the bin,… Continue Reading
Growing Good Eaters: 5 Easy Vegetables to Grow With Your Kids This Summer
By Doña Bumgarner “I’m going to get a snack!” announces two-and-a-half year old Mason as he opens the front door and heads out to pick it fresh from the family’s vegetable garden. His mother, Sarah Renfro, Business Manager at Renee’s Garden, has been gardening with him by her side since he was 5 months old.… Continue Reading
3 Steps To a Safer, Child-Friendly Lawn
By Abbie Walston There’s so much for a child to explore and learn, right in your own back yard. Children can explore the biodiversity of your lawn, catching insects, worms, frogs and toads, and listening to birds sing. They can learn to identify different plants and explore their scents, colors and textures or lie back in… Continue Reading