Sunset Drive Farmer's Market/Food Truck 2nd Saturdays at Miami Elk's Lodge

03/24/2015

These super-healthy veggies don't have to be boring. Check out all these possibilities!

03/24/2015

Here is a recipe for how to make a piece of beautiful and soft moss graffiti.

01/21/2015

It’s not magic, just a few simple changes to my eating, thought patterns and lifestyle habits!

01/11/2015

This "Indigo Rose" black tomato is high in beneficial anthocyanins, an anti-oxidant which is thought to potentially help fight cancer as well as diabetes and obesity. It's an open pollinated tomato developed at Oregon State University using conventional plant breeding and is NOT GMO. We don't need no stinkin' GMOs to increase the nutritional value of our food.

READ: http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2012/jan/purple-tomato-debuts-‘indigo-rose’

We don't need GMO purple tomatoes! READ: http://gmwatch.org/index.php/purple-tomato-can-beat-cancer

12/18/2014

Successful Greenhouse Growing

Exercise your right to homegrown food year-round! Here's your comprehensive guide to greenhouse gardening techniques, soil care, the best greenhouse crops, using chickens and earthworms in your greenhouse, and much, much more know-how for turning your plant palace into a dynamic package of productivity: http://trib.al/gbcuxuH.

12/10/2014

Americans are slowly waking up to the sad fact that much of the food sold in the US is far inferior to the same foods sold in other nations.

12/10/2014

Yay

This week, chief research and development officer at Hershey, Will Papa, told The Associated Press that the company may shift from using high-fructose corn syrup to sugar in their products.

12/04/2014

One of the prettiest new farmers markets debuted Monday night at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Plaza for the Arts at 1300 Biscayne Blvd. 4-8pm. On hand was Ellen Kanner with her book; healthy chef demo; live music; plus local produce from Urban Oasis Project, LNB Groves and others; baked goods from Zak the Baker; prepared food and more from The Market Company. Soon to open is the Cafe at Books & Books. What a great way to spend a Monday evening!

11/22/2014

Our Flora Friday plant of the week is --Blackbead (Pithecellobium keyense)

Blackbead is a native tropical hardwood shrub / small tree that is found in coastal hammocks or pine rocklands in the Florida Keys. The leaves are compound; and usually have four leaflets that come in pairs (they look like rabbit ears). The flowers are fuzzy looking (kind of like a dandelion seed), fragrant, and generally pink or off-white colored. The green coiled seed pods split open when ripe, exposing shiny black seeds attached to a red aril (a fleshy part that surrounds the seed). (See photo.)

Great for Wildlife--Blackbead provides food and shelter to a variety of wildlife. The sweet-flavored arils are eaten by birds, which inadvertently transport the seeds to new locations. It is a nectar plant for many species of bees and butterflies. Blackbead is also a larval host plant for Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) and Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe) butterflies.

If you are looking for a nice small to medium sized plant for your yard that is both beautiful and provides great wildlife habitat, you can’t go wrong with the blackbead.

Photo credit: Kristie Killam/USFWS

Sources include:

Hammer, Roger, L. 2004. Florida Keys Wildflowers: a field guide to wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and woody vines of the Florida Keys.

Scurlock, Paul, J. 2003. Native Trees and Shrubs of the Florida Keys.

11/22/2014

In this video Luke Rudkowksi of WeAreChange speaks with Jason and Jennifer Helvenston, gardeners who were targeted by the state. Are Americans losing their right to grow their own food peacefully on private property?

11/17/2014

These are the lovely winter radishes I just picked up at our CSA.

They're destined for the fermentation pot. What would you do with them?

11/14/2014