Category Archives: What’s Growin’ On

After seeing Vegucated, the vegan documentary that shows the underside of our country’s meat
and dairy industry, I was highly motivated to find organic milk products from truly trustworthy suppliers. Many of our organic dairy manufacturers like Horizon and Organic Valley still utilize
confined feedlot techniques and, without going in to details, they don’t treat their cows very well. I wanted control over my dairy ASAP.

I did …
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Growing new varieties each season keeps the garden interesting. Since we focus on heirlooms and open pollinated varieties here at Gardenerd,
our choices are not new, but rather newly discovered. After a slight seed debacle last year where we grew seeds from an (unnamed) seed company that purchased Romanesco seeds from an
untrustworthy supplier, resulting in Romanesco that looked nothing like Romanesco, we tried again this year with guaranteed seed.

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Paneer is an Indian cheese that could be considered the gateway cheese to cheese making. It’s so easy and uses readily available ingredients, so if
you are interested in trying cheese making, here’s a good one to start with.

This recipe comes from an old Indian cookbook I picked up in a discount bookstore about 15 years ago called Step by Step Indian Vegetarian Cooking by Louise Steele. It has some great …
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