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From the Garden

Gretchen Becker
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Gretchen Becker studied biology for 8 years at Radcliffe/Harvard,...

Gretchen Becker

Thursday, June 28, 2007
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I just had a delicious salad for lunch, and except for the olive oil and lemon dressing, it was all fresh from my garden. My salad included baby Chinese cabbage, baby collard greens, red amaranth, baby Swiss chard, some dark red oak leaf kind of lettuce that is tender like Boston, and some purslan...
  1. Gardens & Children
    Kim Benjet
    Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 05:28 PM
    Gretchen -
    My children are fighting over who gets to harvest our lettuce everyday and my once picky son with diabetes is eating salads fresh from the garden! This was not happening last summer,but because he and his sister grew the lettuce from seed they can't seem to get enough. We'll have to add more greens next year! Thanks for the "green" ideas - Kim Benjet
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  2. Invitation
    David Mendosa
    Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 05:33 PM
    Sounds delicious! When are you going to invite me to lunch?
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  3. salad
    tina torillo
    Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 05:37 PM
    that salad sounds awesome, and very rich in health too, ill have to tryit sometime, tyso much for shareing i have been posting,, ty again,,
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  4. Health
    Gretchen Becker
    Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 09:06 PM
    Kim, great idea about getting the kids to plant the garden. Let them choose something they've never had before next year and expand their horizens.

    David, you're all invited for lunch tomorrow. If you can't make it then, the Chinese cabbage might be gone <G>.
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  5. from the garden
    Vicki
    Monday, July 02, 2007 at 12:22 AM
    Gosh, Gretchen, you make it sound so tempting and easy! I do have a small patch directly outside my back door that would work..unfortunately I also have arthritic knees and back problems and the thought of all the bending and weeding needed to garden sorta puts me off. I guess I'd rather sew quilts than garden, alas. But there is a good Trader Joe's not far from me and they do have good bagged salads.
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  6. From the garden
    verdungal
    Friday, November 23, 2007 at 09:45 PM

    A very interesting article.

     

    I, too, enjoy gardening and am very interested in the Chinese wolfberries you mention.  Could you tell me where I could buy the seeds?

     

    We grew for the first time this year,  Sweet Potatoes, which as you know is an " anti-diabetic" food, and they were a great success in our Montreal garden.

    Regards

     

    Verdun gal

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    re: From the garden
    Gretchen Becker
    Friday, November 23, 2007 at 10:18 PM
    Try Jardin du Gourmet in Vermont.
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    re: re: From the garden
    verdungal
    Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 01:16 PM

    Thanks so much Gretchen. 

    I have found a wonder site. www.timpanogonursey.com. for growing infomation.

    Have a great day.

    verdungal

     

     

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