Remember that the brassicas, or cruciferous vegetables, are high in vitamin C as well. If you can’t eat citrus for some reason, be sure to include lots of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, etc. in your diet.

I didn’t know about the cats. That’s very cool! I went once to Disney World when I was young and didn’t find it all that interesting. But I totally missed out on seeing EPCOT, which was what I had wanted to go there for 🙁

So true, Barb! And because you only need to pick enough for right away, there is less worry about fresh food spoiling. A cut-and-come-again garden for salad greens is a great example of just picking enough for a few meals and then coming back for more later. The greens will just keep growing back over the season, and you don’t have to worry about…[Read more]

Yes Sandy, the fresh produce or home canning have far less salt than commercially canned veggies. And they taste so much better!

I grew up eating a lot of canned vegetables and today I buy very few of them. I do buy canned tomatoes, and sometimes mushrooms when the fresh ones are really expensive. And occasionally I’ll buy canned beets or some…[Read more]