Spring brings tender plantain, nettle, violets, chickweed, dandelion, garlic mustard, fiddleheads, and lamb’s quarters right to your yard. Mother nature provides the nutrients you need. Eat clean foods. Be aware of your food’s source. Spring presents such great opportunities to eat beautiful fresh produce. Dark leafy greens such as spinach, dandelion and kale are packed with wonderful vitamins and minerals including vitamins A, C, E, K, and potassium and magnesium. Be careful with these foods and others high in vitamin K if taking blood thinners; but you knew that, right? It doesn’t mean you don’t eat greens but rather consume … Continue reading →

This week’s blog is a memoriam as we say goodbye to our beloved, who recently passed. Ronnie Myers taught me about organic gardening, he brought a world of music into the lives of the many fans and friends who loved him, and he could weave a good tale.  An enthusiatic lover of planet earth, he leaves a garden full of plants and trees in his memory. The obituary for Ronnie reads…. a talented musician, a passionate horticulturist and a high-energy conversationalist. He had a particular interest in Japanese maple trees, traveling to conservatories, grafting, maintaining and distributing hundreds of trees … Continue reading →