I went to my local nursery over the weekend to buy some more tomato plants... Not that we need them, but more tomatoes certainly cant hurt :) Anyways, nothing I saw looked healthy so I offer up this afternoon tip...Cut off one of the branches that grow in a "V" between the main stem and a larger branch. Place in a jar with 3 to 4 inches of water and set it in partial shade. It should form roots in...

Here they are :) Our two little newborns. A couple weeks ago we decided to bring this stray cat into our house. We felt bad because she was so skinny, very boney, and didnt look healthy at all. She was so small we thought she was still a kitten. We took her in to the vet to get her first shots (in fact today we go for the next batch) and this little girl was more than happy to get some love, food a...

We have a few updates going on here. If you'll look on our left hand side we have added a few new things.The first cool thing is the Eat Well Guide for finding local and sustainable food from farms, farmers markets, stores and more. Try it out :) The next thing we've added is a Freedom Gardens banner (a small one). Freedom Gardens is like a Myspace but for gardeners. It is AWESOME if you like to ga...

Here is an excellent video about our food.... Eat food. Don't eat anything your great-great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. Avoid even those food products that come bearing health claims. Especially avoid food products containing ingredients that are a) unfamiliar, b) unpronounceable c) more than five in number — or that contain high-fructose corn syrup. Get out of the supermarket wheneve...

Things around the house are finally picking up again (yay!). Many new posts coming soon. Although we never really got our garden going like I wanted to this year, we do have several tomato bushes giving us plenty of tomatoes. We also have lots of basil and mints as well. In fact we just picked about ten good sized tomatoes the other day. They have so much more flavor than anything store bought and...