Ever thought of growing your grains in your garden?  Worried you don’t have enough room? I grow small amounts of grain in my raised beds or plots dedicated to herbs.  So, if you ever had the itch to grow your grains, I will show you how.In the past, I have grown amaranth, buckwheat, sorghum, quinoa, and oats. Since my family is gluten free, I have never attempted to grow wheat.  In this article, I will focus on some of the easier grains such as buckwheat, sorghum and amaranth.Oats are great to grow but you need to grow hulless oats if you want to use them for...…Ever thought of growing your grains in your garden?  Worried you don’t have enough room? I grow small amounts of grain in my raised beds or plots dedicated to herbs.  So, if you ever had the itch to grow your grains, I will show you how.In the past, I have grown amaranth, buckwheat, sorghum, quinoa, and oats. Since my family is gluten free, I have never attempted to grow wheat.  In this article, I will focus on some of the easier grains such as buckwheat, sorghum and amaranth.Oats are great to grow but you need to grow hulless oats if you want to use them for...WW…

Do you need to put on a mask before coloring your hair?Note:  this post has been updated 2/15/2010 with further information from Herb UK.I have been turning gray since my early twenties. It must be hereditary since my grandfather was all gray at an early age. When I had just a few gray strands, I would literally “wash that gray away” with the product of the same name. It would cover the gray for about a week. As the years progressed, I became grayer and grayer. As I approached my late twenties, one of my clients remarked that my gray hair aged me. That was it for me.The next week I...…Do you need to put on a mask before coloring your hair?Note:  this post has been updated 2/15/2010 with further information from Herb UK.I have been turning gray since my early twenties. It must be hereditary since my grandfather was all gray at an early age. When I had just a few gray strands, I would literally “wash that gray away” with the product of the same name. It would cover the gray for about a week. As the years progressed, I became grayer and grayer. As I approached my late twenties, one of my clients remarked that my gray hair aged me. That was it for me.The next week I...WW…

Updated 4/19/2012:I am addicted to using coffee grounds in the garden.   Every week, I am a regular at the coffee ground bin at Starbucks.   I feel like I am at Cheers and everyone knows my name.  (Oh, come on, you remember Norm.)Just to give you some background,  my sickly roses miraculous perked up after a round of coffee grounds.  And the love affair began.   But, I began to worry that my new found obsession may not be the best idea for my plants.  Sometimes a good thing can be too much.  (How many of you saw Fatal Attraction?)I was...…Updated 4/19/2012:I am addicted to using coffee grounds in the garden.   Every week, I am a regular at the coffee ground bin at Starbucks.   I feel like I am at Cheers and everyone knows my name.  (Oh, come on, you remember Norm.)Just to give you some background,  my sickly roses miraculous perked up after a round of coffee grounds.  And the love affair began.   But, I began to worry that my new found obsession may not be the best idea for my plants.  Sometimes a good thing can be too much.  (How many of you saw Fatal Attraction?)I was...WW…

I started off writing a post about all the food you can’t imagine that you can freeze–singing the praises of my freezer. But as I drafted the article, I realized very quickly I could spend a whole article simply talking about what to do with an overabundance of cucumbers! Now, I am not talking about throwing them into dishes right and left or pickling them;  I am talking about freezing cucumbers.Yeah. I got your attention.Here is the rub. When you face the possibility of losing 100 pickles because everyone in your family is sick of pickles including Hubs, who pickled 15 cans already,...…I started off writing a post about all the food you can’t imagine that you can freeze–singing the praises of my freezer. But as I drafted the article, I realized very quickly I could spend a whole article simply talking about what to do with an overabundance of cucumbers! Now, I am not talking about throwing them into dishes right and left or pickling them;  I am talking about freezing cucumbers.Yeah. I got your attention.Here is the rub. When you face the possibility of losing 100 pickles because everyone in your family is sick of pickles including Hubs, who pickled 15 cans already,...WW…