Mari Mari, Quite Contrary

May 26th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Healthy Habits - (12 Comments)

About a month ago, I’d finally had it with the remaining black walnuts in my attic. I couldn’t take the guilt I felt from hoarding these practically uncrackable nuts, robbing the poor squirrels of their winter sustenance. I could hear the nuts up there through the floor boards at night – directly over our bedroom …
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Another Brussels Sprouts Post

May 22nd, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Vegetable Lovin' - (5 Comments)

Until recently, Brussels sprouts were not something I was eager to eat.  Truthfully there aren’t many vegetables I’m afraid of, but when it came to The Sprouts?  I simply saw no reason to even put them in the shopping cart.  Why bother if I’m only going to have to bribe or threaten myself in order …
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Grow Your Own

May 17th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Healthy Habits - (7 Comments)

Last year we devoted an entire bed in our garden to growing spinach, moving in other vegetable plants when all the spinach we’d planted had been harvested.  I absolutely loved growing my own spinach, and I especially loved the ease at which I could bolt out the back door, snag a couple of leaves from …
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