Archive for August, 2009

One amazing benefit of having a garden is the chance to cook with fresh ingredients. This gives you the rare opportunity to truly know what pesticides and herbicides have been used on your fruits, vegetables, and herbs – giving you a peace of mind that produce purchased at a supermarket cannot. As a health-conscious consumer, the chemicals used on commercially grown foods concern me, and I’ve found that growing my own foods not only eases my worries – it saves me money as well!

I’ll be babysitting this weekend and while I enjoy it, he seems to drift back in to “when’s my mummy coming home?” if there’s any lull in the massive fun we’re having. Usually we eat, play games and watch TV together but this time I have something different planned. Being the inquisitive mind he is and since I have flowers up, maybe he’d like to learn more about gardening?

I have always loved getting apples right from the tree. Fresh, juicy, crisp and delicious – nothing quite compares. Sweet, tart, or mellow, they’re all wonderful in their own ways, and I doubt I will ever lose my love of the apple. Sadly, I don’t have the space to grow apple trees myself, but I’m lucky enough to have a grandfather with a small apple orchard.

As some of you in the north-western hemisphere may have noticed, it’s getting a bit cooler and the nights are coming a little faster, looks like autumn is just around the corner From a gardening point of view, this can mean your heavy drinkers will need less work from you to stay healthy, but also that your grow-lights will get a bit more usage.

Hey everyone, I’m Sophie! Josh has asked me to help him out by taking care of the cooking end of things here at AskGarden, since he’s not much for recipes. I’m glad to help, so here I am with my first step-by-step how-to about making Candied Orange Peels!

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