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Wait! Don’t Eat that Celery!

With all the environmental problems we are facing it is getting much more difficult to decide what is safe, or should I say safer to eat than other things. Some of our favorite fruits and vegetables are those that are most heavily sprayed. The link below will bring you to a downloadable chart of vegetables which are sprayed with pesticides less than others.

Download pesticide guide

Enough Pumpkin for 1000 pies

It seems that everyone is bragging about their watermelons and pumpkins. Not the fruits, but the plants. The fruits won’t be ready for quite some time. What a labor of love to nurse those “babies” through the hot and perhaps humid summer in hopes of reaping those sweet rewards.

Would you like to grow an award winning pumpkin? One from which you can make 1000 pies?! Read about Jodi Torpey’s experience at the link below!

Enough Pumpkin for 1000 pies

Lavender envelope sachets

I have to admit I am not crazy about the smell (or taste for that matter) of lavender. One thing I do like, however is that out here in the Sonoran Desert there are some varieties that can “ignore” the scorching heat and grow very happily. I know I may be in the minority when it comes to the smell of lavender. If you are a lavender lover, this project seems to be quick and easy. Did I mention it makes a nice home made gift?

Pretty Lavender Envelope Sachets: {How-To}

Find yourself in a Pickle!

A Dilly of a Post – Make Pickles. Many kinds of pickles! 14 kinds to be exact

Gardening on the Moon, www.gardeningonthemoon.com, originally published this post