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Easy DIY: How To Grow Nutritious Sprouts In Days

Catherine Sherriffs

Are you looking for a super easy indoor growing project? Try your hand at sprouts! No need for a yard, patio, light, or even soil. Heck, you don’t even need a green thumb to get this right! Just a jar, some water, seeds, and a countertop.     The directions on my seed packet say the process…

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Top Superfoods You Should Be Feeding Your Plants

Superfood by no means describes foods with an unusually high content of macronutrients, such as proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, because that would make low-fat curd cheese, palm oil, and sugar superfoods par excellence. Instead, the term refers to foods that contain many substances that otherwise occur only in small amounts, and which are said to have a health-promoting effect, such as omega-3 fatty acids.
May 18, 2020
Florian Henrich

Fiddlehead Ferns A Seasonal Superfood

Fiddlehead fern season is upon us; enjoy it while it lasts because it’s only just a few weeks long! Appreciated by many gardeners for their green, feathery plumes, fiddlehead ferns, or ostrich ferns, are also popular in many kitchens this time of year. They get the name ‘fiddlehead’ because before the fern’s foliage opens up,…
May 31, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

Raising Bugs as Livestock? Cricket Powder Hits Store Shelves

I have a confession to make: I’ve chowed down on a few bugs in my lifetime, which is not something many North Americans like to do. Don’t go comparing me to Beetlejuice just yet; like many other people out there, it was completely accidental. You know what I’m talking about: that poorly-timed inhale while out…
March 16, 2018
Catherine Sherriffs

Preserving Health Benefits of Mushrooms in the Kitchen

Many people eat mushrooms because they taste great, but they offer tons more than flavor. They’re rich in vitamins and other nutrients the body needs. A recent study, however, discovered that some common ways of cooking them alter important health benefits of mushrooms. And the findings don’t agree with earlier studies. What Are the Health…
June 26, 2017
Callie