Growing at the Speed of Life - A Year in the Life of My First Kitchen Garden
greenhouse, I thought, would help me make the most of a short growing season— and be a worthwhile investment. I stopped by at Ch ...
■ A waterproof heat pad to slip under the seedlings, with a ceramic probe that craftily takes the soil temperature and lets you ...
natural” natural environment also demanded looking at issues of heat and light. While it crossed my mind to get very ambi tious ...
We finally settled on a six-light fi xture, 4 feet long and 18 inches wide. Th e fl uorescent tubes are T5 daylight (6,400K), wh ...
Chapter Four Cooking Methods for Maximum Flavor and Nutrition T hanks to the Internet, recipes are a dime a dozen, but their ava ...
enhancers. Unfortunately, in too many cases the results can be detrimental to our efforts to retain as much nutritional value as ...
As you can see in the table, these fat sources quickly add up. Butter is com monly used in cooking and just 3 tablespoons can p ...
Boil When foods undergo a complete immersion in boiling water or stock, there is definitely a leaching of soluble vitamins, but ...
best material is stainless steel. The most useful size for a small family is 9 inches in diameter by about 3 inches deep. Th ere ...
Microwave Much has been said about fiber-agitating cooking by microwave. Some suggest that because of its speed and lack of wate ...
Thermal (Hay Box) Cooking For thermal cooking, you will definitely need a piece of equipment currently made by Thermos. I own tw ...
choice, such as oregano. Cover tightly and allow the vegetables to part simmer/ part steam over medium heat (300ºF) until just t ...
for a pan to reach 350ºF—and I strongly suspect that most pans fail to reach this The key to effective sautéing lies in the pan ...
better to let the ingredients settle and brown a little. Two wooden spatulas work exceptionally well for tossing. The Chinese us ...
Chapter Five How to Grow, How to Cook I n my fi rst year with the garden, I grew 34 plants, and I plan to introduce a further 26 ...
aromas, colors, and texture, but these very attributes announce the presence of the truly remarkable combination of nutrients ne ...
Companion planting (con): plants that will not grow well in the same vicinity. Companion planting (pro): plant characteristics b ...
you can expect to harvest. This can guide you in setting out subsequent plantings. Height: Tall plants can partly shade smaller ...
Pollination: moving pollen from one plant to another to enable fertilization. Potassium (K): promotes plant metabolism; found in ...
Apple T here is a well-established myth that in the midst of the Garden of Eden, there was an apple tree, and that this may have ...
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