Frozen vegetables are a good option to keep in your freezer for when you run out of fresh food. They don’t taste as good as fresh, but they are fine when used in cooking.
2) I love being able to support locally grown Georgia foods. The DeKalb Farmer’s Market is one of my favorite places to shop. But there are other places to buy locally grown food in several places in the city including Whole Foods Market.
At this point you’re probably saying to yourself, Hold on just a minute. Are you really saying the whole low-fat deal was bogus? But my supermarket is still packed with low-fat this and no-cholesterol that! My doctor is still on me about my cholesterol and telling me to switch to low-fat everything. I was flabbergasted at the news too, because no one in charge-not in the government, not in the public health community-has dared to come out and announce: Um, you know everything we’ve been telling you for the last thirty years about the links between dietary fat and heart disease? And fat and cancer? And fat and fat? Well, this just in: It now appears that none of it was true. We sincerely regret the error.
New ideas are exciting! Even when they’re not so new. Many of our modern trends are really old, recycled ones. In fact farm to table is the way most people lived before the 20th century. Thomas Jefferson was perhaps the original originator of farm to table. He extolled the virtues of eating a diet high in fresh vegetables and fruits and low in meat. And he “walked the walk” by eating that way himself. Jefferson grew loads of vegetables in his kitchen garden at Monticello and he was one of the young nation’s earliest growers of tomatoes and sweet potatoes.
The two basic kinds of market bags are either solid sewn fabric or knitted or crocheted with yarn. The yarn version is best for the beach and the locally grown produce since the “netting” allows for ventilation and will stretch to fit a bushel of fruit. These bags, often referred to as string bags or mesh totes, are easy and fun to knit or crochet yourself. The open stitch allows the project to be worked very quickly so they are great for beginner knitters and crocheters. Usually made with cotton, hemp, jute, or other natural fiber yarn or twine, they can be very cheap to make too.
There are several vegetables to choose from. To pick the right plants, check with your local growers. What are the local vegetables they can recommend for the space in your yard as well as the type o soil you have?
I’m going to show you how to minimize your exposure to pesticides and how to remove pesticides from your fruits and vegetables with an Easy and Homemade Pesticide Wash.