It's Getting Warm...Time To Plant That Garden

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  The weather is becoming warmer here in the North East and it's time for Spring planting.  Don't injure yourself while trying to do too much at one time or over-reaching, lifting or bending.  Get 2 cheap spackle buckets from Home Depot.  Use one  for all your short handled gardening tools, so you don't have to go back and forth 900 times during the day. It is also the perfect size for weeds...when the bucket is full, it won't weigh so much that you can injure yourself carrying it to a mulch pile or trash.  Turn over the other bucket and use it as a seat, so you're not leaning and putting weight on your knees nor taxing your lower back.  Don't forget your bug spray, sunscreen, floppy hat and sunglasses.  Most importantly....hydrate!  A large thermos of cold water or non-sugary, non-alcoholic beverage is best when working in the sun!  Have fun and be safe this weekend!

A Few Good Herbs Go A Long Way

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  The garden looks like Sing-Sing prison, but the results are becoming outstanding.  Some of the wonderful dishes I'm serving up this week with the herbs I've planted are:  buffalo mozzarella with fresh tomatoes, basil and balsamic vinegar...chicken salad with lemon thyme, dijon mustard, a touch of mayo and horseradish....fresh tomato basil florentine soup with home made tortellini....lapin moutarde with fresh sage in white wine, shallots and dijon mustard.  It's all healthy, organic, fresh and fabulous!  How's your garden doing so far?  Care to share recipes with us?  Write in and I'll post them.

Grow Organic and Share The Wealth

This is my new vegetable garden.  It is the result of the generousity and kindness of a few wonderful people who helped to make it happen.  Someone noticed I was trying to dig thru hard, rocky soil.  He and a friend showed up with a rototiller and they tilled the garden for me.  Then, they came back with the fencing.  Another person gave me tomato stakes so I could erect the fencing.  A complete stranger gave me twine so I could mark my lines and the vegetables could be planted in straight rows.  Another fellow helped carry buckets of water to the site...and help is on the way to install a remote irrigation system.  I told the deer, bunnies and other furry creatures who were watching from the shrubs and laughing their heads off at the fencing that this was just 'for show'.  Everybody has to have something to eat, so while their having happy hour in the garden once the veggies grow, please leave a little for me too!
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  An organic garden might not be the prettiest visually, but it's all natural.  Just remember to share the wealth with the natural creatures, and they'll share with you!

Make Friends With The Natural World & Share

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  The above photo is my friend the Deer.  We made a deal about 2 years ago; this is the reason why the deer don't eat my flowers and garden produce (it's a story for another day).  When you grow a garden or flowers, respect the natural world and its day-to-day routine.  Plant enough for you, your human friends, and your animal friends; everyone will be happy.  Like an old woman once said to me, 'no matter what - everybody has to have something to eat'.  Share with the Natural World today!