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Seasonal Eating With a CSA Box: A Beginner's Guide
A CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box delivers whatever's actually in season near you — which means some weeks you'll get vegetables you've never cooked before. Here's what to expect, how to cook the unfamiliar stuff, and how to keep it...
10 Drought-Tolerant Vegetables for a Water-Wise Garden
Drought can hit any region, any year, which makes knowing which vegetables actually hold up with less water worth planning around before it happens — not just when restrictions are already in place. Here are ten that perform well under...
Going Mostly Meatless: One Neighbor's Real Story
Our neighbor Mike gave up meat for Lent this year, coached along by another set of neighbors who are vegetarian and vegan. Forty days in, he'd lost weight, looked healthier, and — even though he was counting down to his...
One Freeze-Dried Soup Base, Two Meals (Winter + Summer)
The trick is simple once you see it: the same base you'd freeze-dry for a winter soup works just as well as a summer grain salad — just cut back the broth and add small pasta or quinoa. Freeze-dry a...
Average U.S. Grocery Budgets: Where Do You Land?
Average U.S. Grocery Budgets: Where Do You Land? Every month, USDA publishes what it estimates a household actually spends on groceries, broken into four tiers: Thrifty, Low-cost, Moderate, and Liberal. Before you look at the numbers, take a guess at...
Share the Love: Freeze-Dried Food for Giving Back
Around Valentine's Day, generosity tends to get a little extra attention — and a freeze dryer turns out to be a genuinely practical tool for it, not just a way to stock your own pantry. Hunger Doesn't Always Look Like...
3 Simple Steps to Eat Healthier This Year
Diets built around restriction rarely last, which is probably why so many New Year's resolutions don't make it past February. Three smaller, more durable changes tend to hold up a lot better — and a freeze dryer makes all three...
Hydroponics for Year-Round Freeze-Dried Food
Hydroponics is a relatively easy, inexpensive way to extend your growing season past what outdoor soil and weather allow — which means fresh vegetables and herbs for your freeze-dried entrees and soups even in the dead of winter. How It...
Composting 101: How It Actually Works
Most gardeners have a rough sense of what composting is, but fewer understand why it actually works or what it does for the soil. In nature, decaying plants break down into the basic nutrients other plants absorb — composting is...