15 Interesting Facts About Microgreens

Microgreens have been making their way into grocery stores, restaurants, and the recipes in some of your favorite foods. These little leafy greens are filled with high levels of vitamins and minerals and make a great addition to any diet as well as a beautiful garnish to any dish. You might be wondering about all…

15 Incredibly Interesting Facts About Microgreens

Microgreens have been making their way into grocery stores, restaurants, and recipes of some of your favorite foods. These little leafy greens are filled with high levels of vitamins and minerals and make a great addition to any diet as well as a beautiful garnish to any dish. You might be wondering about all of…

Composting Toilets – Benefits & Knowledge | Planet Natural

Everything You Wanted to Know About the Composting Toilet Flushing dozens of gallons of water down your toilets every day can make you think twice about how much you spend on your water bill each month, how much water you are actually using, and how much you may be wasting. If you have ever worried…

7 Reasons Why Gardening is Great for your Mental Health

Gardening is great for your mental health This year has been mentally challenging for a lot of us. It feels like we suddenly woke up one day to a devastating global pandemic, protests covering our nation from coast to coast, and unemployment at an all-time high.   With a hundred reasons to fret and stress,…

Hops

Cultivated for a millennium, hops are an integral component of one of America’s favorite pastimes: beer brewing! An aromatic perennial of the Cannabaceae family, hops are bines, climbing vertical surfaces using stiff hairs and circular stem growth. In the northern hemisphere, hops grow in a clockwise direction. Hops are grown from rhizomes, a below-ground root…

Growing Potatoes In Containers

You want to grow those delicious, colorful, often heirloom potatoes that you see at Farmers Markets and local restaurants, the kind you just can’t find in the stores. But you don’t have the room. Why not grow them in containers? Even limited to a patio, container growing can give you a small bounty of spuds…

Raspberry

Raspberries are a favorite summertime fruit produced by perennial bushes that are easy to grow and maintain. Plants naturally flourish in cooler climates, and through a century of cultivates and crosses several varieties are suitable for a range of hardiness zones. Good site selection, a bit of pruning and soil amending results in healthy raspberry beds that fruit…

Legal Weed and Pesticides

There’s a problem with legal marijuana: pesticides. Cannabis samples from shops and dispensaries in various states that have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana invariably reveal products contaminated with insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides and other compounds used to eliminate or prevent infestations. Pesticides have also been found in medical marijuana. It’s popularly believed that legal cannabis…

(Night)Shade in the Summer: Eggplant Parm + More

Eggplant is the season’s secret weapon for amping up a casual party spread. This late-summer star shines with possibility, ready to be used in main dishes, sides and salads. Master these eggplant-centric recipes and you’ll have it made in the (night)shade. Slay the crowd with this extra-cheesy classic (pictured above) that blankets fried eggplant in…

Chefs’ Secrets to Better Burgers

Think the best burgers are all about the beef? Not necessarily. James Beard Foundation’s Blended Burger Project promotes healthy and more-sustainable cooking by blending beef with mushrooms to decrease the meat content of the patties. This summer, Miami’s The Pubbelly Restaurant Group is spreading the word by inviting local chefs to dream up their own…

Raise the Steaks

Beef up your meat routine with a few easy updates to standard steaks. Try an authentic five-star churrasco in just an hour, brightening grilled skirt steaks with the herbaceous punch of chimichurri sauce. (Watch how to make the recipe.) Switch up the standard marinade. Try a tangy ginger-based blend of sesame oil, garlic, honey and…

Summer-Worthy Fruit Finales

Step away from the store-bought sweets. Win the potluck this summer with Cooking Channel’s best recipes for summer desserts.   Plan a cast-iron blueberry cobbler that looks cool and tastes like a quick visit to Maine. The hulking scoop of vanilla ice cream is entirely optional. Switch up the classic pie routine with Kelsey’s crowd-elating…