Handy little chart of how to store your fruit and vegetables.
Amazing things you can do with 500,000 dahlias.
There are new White House kitchen garden videos.
Edible Geography has a day out with mushrooms grown in an old railway tunnel.
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I’ve added Australian blog Sowing the Seeds to my reader. They’ve got lovely pictures – except the beach worm thing, that’s kinda ewww. But check out the hot Summer Love (Acalypha reptans) and beautiful misty eucalypt shots.
Through StS, I came across this lovely little number from Washington State The Inadvertent Farmer. Stunning photos from an organic lifestyle.
And The Medieval Garden Enclosed is making hay and I really want a dragon arum.
Sick of food rules – what to eat, what not to? Listen to this refreshing interview with author Nina Planck. She also talks about fertility and diets which was pretty eye-opening. While we’re on the subject of food, check out the Table of Condiments That Periodically Go Bad
Favourite link goes to the very clever Make a greenhouse out of plastic bottles.
One week on the couch recovering from surgery hasn’t allowed me much time in the garden. Whether has been so horrible here it hasn’t really been a problem. Despite my incapacitated state, I haven’t spent much time on the computer either. There are a few things though that have come to my attention that I would like to share.
Blogs I’ve put into my Google Reader to keep an eye on include Punk Rock Permaculture, Earth and Tree, The Herbalist’s Path, and Dandelion Revolution.
Now on to the really useful stuff I’ve spied:
— The Huffington Post has a great article/chart A Recipe for Longevity: 33 of the Healthiest Foods on Earth – yep, they’re all plants! I’ll be eating a little more pineapple this week.
— Uncluttering Your Refrigerator’s Crisper tells you how to best store your fruit and veges.
OooOOOOooo and I’ve been drooling over the books at Chelsea Green. You should too…