The Natural Reader

As an active member of my neighborhood association, I recently volunteered to write a short health related column for the neighborhood association newsletter. Getting involved with your neighborhood association is not only a good way to stay involved in your community, but also provides a wonderful venue for sharing information and tips gained through your [...]

When I meet new people, I am often asked “How can I eat healther?”, and then I am expected to pack my many years of nutrition education into a nice 5 minute nutshell.  The first thing that comes to me is “Eat more fruits and vegetables!”, as these nutrient-rich miracle foods are often lacking from [...]

I always enjoyed gardening. My earliest memory of planting was rooting an avocado. We put toothpicks in an avocado pit, and placed it in a cup of water, with the bottom third in the water. We placed it is a sunny window. When I came home from school each day, that window was always [...]

Now that spring is here I’ve been spending a lot of time in my garden. My Spanish lavender is beginning to bloom and lots of my other established herbs are beginning to spread and cover my gardens in beautiful green hues. As I watch my gardens grow, I can’t wait to plant more! Like most [...]

This is a great article that was in a recent issues of Orion Magazine about gardening as a key component to sustainability.  If you’re interested, you can check it out here.