Local | Loving Nature's Garden

How to eat seasonally from your garden

Salad by Adactio

New potatoes dabbed with yellow butter and sprinkled salt.

Succulent strawberries fresh from the fields for my sister’s birthday in July (never for mine in April).

Bitter brussels sprouts served with roast turkey at the winter holiday table.

These are the seasonal food memories I grew up with, before the first supermarket came to my [...]

12 Ways to Get Your Greens

Greens in My Garden 04/10

Are you growing your own green vegetables? What about meeting the challenge of eating your daily quota?

Most of us don’t grow enough for 100% of our vegetable needs. We simply don’t have the garden capacity or know how (yet). Eating locally grown vegetables, no matter the source, can inspire [...]

3/50 Supporting Local Business

Corner Drugstore by Orin Zebest

The 3/50 Project is a project which emphasizes supporting local business, something we all need to do for a green community.

It’s about keeping money in your local community and it’s about commitment through one simple action.

Here’s What You Do

#1 – Choose 3 local brick and mortar businesses to support. These [...]

A Midwest Gardener’s Cookbook

This is a book review of A Midwest Gardener’s Cookbook by Marian K Towne. It’s the perfect book for Midwest families looking to eat from locally grown, in-season food.

A Midwest Gardener’s Cookbook is a medium sized paperback book published by Indiana University Press. First published in 1996 it is a timeless type of book and [...]