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Video Series of How We Constructed a Raised Bed Garden: Parts 5 and 6 and Harvest Time!

Here are our most recent videos documenting our raised bed garden project. Since we live in northern California, we have dry summers and need to have an irrigation system to water our plants, which is especially handy when we are … Continue reading

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Video Series of How We Constructed a Raised Bed Garden: Parts 3 and 4 and Garden Update

A couple of days ago, I returned from being out of town visiting family on the east coast to see that our lettuce had grown significantly since we planted it three weeks ago:   For comparison, here is the size … Continue reading

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Video Series of How We Constructed a Raised Bed Garden: Parts 1 and 2

As we wrote in this blog last week, Rick and I recently converted a weedy unused area of our backyard into a raised bed garden for our lettuce plants. Part 1 shows the planning of our raised bed: Part 2 … Continue reading

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Ready, Set, Grow!

Rick and I have been growing vegetables in backyard raised beds for the past few years and have learned much from our experience. One thing we have learned and observed first hand is the self-evident notion that some plants thrive … Continue reading

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Collard Greens and Tree Collard Greens

April 1st is upon us and here in northern California, Rick and I have been preparing our backyard raised beds for planting. This year, we are planting many of our garden staples such as heirloom tomatoes, squash, bell peppers, basil, and … Continue reading

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Why We Love Our Local Farmers Markets

One of the many questions that Rick and I are asked about raw food is where to find it at reasonable prices. In my last blog post, I wrote about wholesale produce markets, which can really help one save money … Continue reading

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Saving money with wholesale produce

Our new YouTube channel is LIVE! After so many requests, we finally have a YouTube channel where we will be posting videos on a variety of health related topics! We have a couple of videos posted there now, including Rick’s … Continue reading

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Five Health Tips I Learned from my Dad

Over the past several years, the longevity field has exploded in popularity as many people have become interested in staying as healthy and fit as possible into their golden years. My dad, who turned 87 this month, has been talking about … Continue reading

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Raw food kitchen appliances do not have to be a major financial investment :)

And – Introducing unfamiliar raw food kitchen appliances to loved ones And – Nutrient analysis of the ingredients in celery, cucumber, carrot juice Rick and I gave my dad a juicer for Christmas, so today we set it up and … Continue reading

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Nutrient Analysis of Kale

Kale is most certainly one of our many favorite leafy greens. When I first started enjoying the raw food approach to eating, I was not all that familiar with kale as a leafy green choice.  At that time, I had … Continue reading

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