5 a day seems so easy in summer, when it seems that just about everything worth eating is in season. By the time winter comes around, though, those lovely fresh strawberries are only a distant memory. A lucky buyer might still find them at the supermarkets, but if they don’t seem quite so red and [Continue]

If you are thinking about becoming vegan or want to add more fruit and veg to your diet then purchasing a high powered blender is the way to go! I own the Philips avance collection which i got for about $200 (including shipping) and it has to be one of my best buys. Before then [Continue]

Books are my potato chips. My french fries, my buffalo hot wings. Not only do I devour them at an incredible rate, but I really and truly cannot have just one. Going to a bookstore – especially one filled with used books, their pages holding the remnants of other people’s thoughts eternally captured in an [Continue]

The Progressive Gardening Trade Association works with many organizations to further the use of progressive gardening techniques in classrooms of all grade levels. For the past several years, we have worked in conjunction with the National Gardening Association, The Grow Store in Colorado and numerous product manufacturers to provide indoor hydroponic gardening grant packages to [Continue]

This post is primarily a prelude to an upcoming recipe/template for a healthy version of a childhood favorite that may or may not have involved dunking stale, kangaroo-shaped cookies into a sweetened goo of goodness. As I go through numerous renditions, I find myself mulling over the ingredients bubbling on the stove in front of [Continue]

A Resource Guide for Understanding, Teaching or Writing About Hydroponic Gardening Artsinstlucie includes a wide array of gardening methods and products keyed to making gardening easier, safer, and more productive. Hydroponics, growing plants without soil, is just one method modern gardeners use to accomplish these goals. The Progressive Gardening Media Kit is designed to be [Continue]

A lot of the time we build things up in our heads so much that even the prospect of them becomes daunting. Take veganism for example. The idea of cutting out all animal products from your diet can seem really difficult or even too difficult. You think about how much you crave that piece of [Continue]