Category: Vegetables and Roots – Organic Gardening and Permaculture Tips
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Discover how to use raw beets in salads with easy recipes and prep tips. Includes cooked beet alternatives and kitchen tool recommendations.
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Emma still remembers Frida shelling beans on the porch one summer evening.“Beans are food for the patient,” she used to say. “They grow slowly, but they give strength that lasts.” This high protein vegetarian stuffed summer squash recipe is just that – nourishing, budget-friendly, and deeply satisfying. It proves that you don’t need meat to…
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There’s something deeply reassuring about green asparagus in spring. It’s crisp, clean, and grounding. In Frida’s garden, asparagus wasn’t just food. It was part of the seasonal rhythm, part of what kept the body in balance after a long winter. I didn’t think much of it as a child. But now, with each year of…
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I kneel in the damp soil, fingers curled around the dry, papery stalk of an onion. A gentle tug, a firm pull, and it releases from the earth, its golden skin catching the late summer light. The scent rises immediately, sharp and familiar, a fragrance that lingers long after the harvest is done.
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The scent of garlic lingered in the crisp autumn air as Emma gently brushed the dirt off the freshly harvested bulbs. Each clove held a story, a whisper of the earth, carrying the wisdom of generations past. She smiled, remembering how her grandmother used to call garlic “the healer’s heart.” Emma’s journey with garlic had…