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No single plant produces fruit twelve months a year, but a garden planned around a few different fruit types, plus a plan for preserving what you grow, comes close to year-round fruit without much extra effort. Start With Perennials Fruit...

A crooked carrot or an oddly-shaped tomato isn't damaged goods — it's just produce that grew the way produce actually grows. A surprising amount of perfectly good food gets tossed each year for looking wrong rather than being wrong, even...

An emergency food storage plan is one of those resolutions that's easy to put off because it feels big. It doesn't have to be. Building one in stages, starting small and adding to it over time, makes it a lot...

Eating more vegetables doesn't have to mean giving up your favorite meals. For many people, the easiest way to improve their diet isn't by following a complicated nutrition plan—it's by making small, consistent changes that naturally increase the amount of...

Fresh herbs and vegetables bring incredible flavor to home cooking, but they often spoil long before you have a chance to use them all. Whether you're harvesting basil from your garden, buying cilantro for one recipe, or picking fresh peppers...

How to Make Delicious Freeze-Dried Yogurt Drops Yogurt is already a favorite snack for many families, but freeze drying transforms it into something completely different. The result is a light, crispy treat that melts in your mouth while delivering the...

Most recipes call for a tablespoon of an herb, but the grocery store only sells it by the bunch or the whole plant — which means the rest sits in the crisper drawer going brown and mushy before you ever...

The honest answer is: not by itself, but it removes one of the biggest obstacles that gets in the way. For most people, the barrier to eating well isn't knowledge — it's the pace of everyday life. Planning meals, shopping...

Late in the season, tomato and zucchini plants tend to have one last big push before they're done for the year — and that final burst usually produces more than any one household can eat fresh. If you've got a...