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August 12, 2011

 

Check Out Our Gardening Guide App

You can learn how to grow all the major garden crops with our new food gardening iPhone/iPad app. This app combines expert advice from the Crop at a Glance and the Garden Know-How departments in our magazine. Simply tap on a crop to find out how to plant, when to plant, how to prevent pests and diseases, types and varieties to try, and more.

I want! I want!

 

FALL GARDENING

Get Ready to Grow Cold Weather Vegetables

From Natural Home and Garden: If you've already done the work of digging and prepping garden beds for spring and summer, why not make use of that space for nutritious veggies this fall? With a little effort, you can harvest garden goodies well into winter — even in snow!

Please tell me how.

NATURAL HOME LIVING

Weekend Project: Quick Pickles

Quick pickles — which don't require turning your kitchen into a sauna — are a fast, fun way to preserve abundant cucumbers (or even green beans). Simply soak vegetables in saltwater and vinegar solutions and let the flavors develop in the fridge.

Sounds like a cinch!

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I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM

Find Artisan Ice Cream

Discover the latest trend (we love this trend!) in America's movement toward better-tasting and more wholesome food. Sustainable and artisan ice cream companies with homemade ice creams made from organic and grass-fed dairy products are popping up all over the United States.

How wonderful!

WE ALL SCREAM

For Awesome Local Ice Cream

Check out our customized map of sustainable and artisan ice cream companies around the country. Find out how to nominate your favorite local company, too. Oh, so sweet.

GARDEN PLANNING

Growing Plants to Attract Beneficial Insects

From growveg.com: One of the very best defenses for your garden against pests is to plant flowers that will attract beneficial insects. You can learn all about this — and much more — in our nifty online Vegetable Garden Planner.

Neato.

READER CALLOUT

How Do You Save Time in the Kitchen?

Investing the time to prepare homemade meals for yourself and your family is well worth the effort in terms of nutrition, money savings and environmental benefits. But finding time is hard. Share your best time-saving kitchen strategies with each other.

I've got a great tip.

FARM AID

Help Kick Off the Festivities

This weekend is the annual Farm Aid benefit concert. If you're in the Kansas City area, come on out to the concert Saturday or the Kickoff Party Friday night for local food, live music and fun workshops by Mother Earth News editors on everything from making your own cleaning products to home composting.

I'm in the area!

CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER

Via Your Garden Show

We're taking gardening to a new level! Our website now features a fun and easy-to-use social network that connects gardeners of all skill levels from all parts of the world. Click here to read more.

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