No Need for Blanching!
Not every vegetable has to be blanched for freezing. Here are some

One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four: The Story of America's Favorite Vegetable
Americans love potatoes, whether it's fried, baked or mashed. They have become one of America's favorite vegetables. In this article, we will get to the roots of the potato, where it came from, and how it made its way onto our plates, and into our hearts.

Little Known Pumpkin Facts
What do pumpkins have to do with freckles and snakebites? What state grows the most pumpkins annually?

A Community Garden - A Nice Place to Grow
A good way to share your gardening interests is to participate in a community garden. Here is how it works.

How to Pick the Freshest Fruits and Vegetables
Here are some great tips to memorize on ways to choose the freshest fruits and veggies.

Why butter's better!
For many years, a major rift has divided this country. No, not urban versus rural, or even Democrat versus Republican. This split is the ongoing clash between-- butter and margarine . . .

Need some help in the kitchen?
Farmers' Almanac shares useful cooking tips. Learn how to make eggs fluffier, meatballs easier, and vegetables more full of flavor.

Raised Garden Bed Winners
Winners of the 2008 Earth Day Giveaway Farmers' Almanac is pleased to announce the winners of its 2008 Earth Day Giveaway Contest

Grilling Veggies
Tips and ways to use your grill. Bring life to fresh vegetables this summer by grilling them. Learn how here.

Easy Ways to Preserve Summer's Bounty
Learn how to enjoy fresh foods all year-long and save money while doing so!

Fresh From the Farmers’ Almanac Kitchen: Recipes From the Garden
Try these great recipes for summer fresh vegetables and herbs.

Cooking Terminology and Methods
Dredge or dunk? Slice or Julienne? Not everyone knows the difference.

Pumpkins for Health!
Why eat pumpkins? Few calories, lots of iron, protein, calcium, and more.

Keep Your Skin Healthy
Naturally and Inexpensively Good skin is important. Check out some natural ways to keep your skin healthy without going broke.

Making Toothpaste

Collard Greens
Want a prosperous new year? Try eating collard greens this New Year’s Day.

8 New and Useful Ways to Use Clothespins!
Clothespins work great for a variety of reasons. Find out what these reasons are here.

How to Barbecue Like a Pro
Get some seasoned tips.

Cooking tips from Grandma Blanche Bianco
Wonder how to deglaze a pan or make bechamel sauce? Grandma Bianco has passed on a few tips for those who may be a bit new to the kitchen.

Touchdown! Winning Appetizers for the Big Game
Please any football fan with these great appetizers.

5 Secrets to Spice Up Your Gardens
Want to try something new in the garden this year? Check out these ideas that will add a little pizazz to your gardens.

Blanching Basics for Vegetables
You can still keep vegetables and fruits fresh tasting, even if you freeze them. Learn how.

Handy Measuring Equivalents
Wondering how much a pound of wheat equates to? Look no further.

Grandma's Cooking How-to's
If you are experimenting with some new recipes this month, check out these "how-to"s from Grandma Blanche Bianco. She'll teach how to boil pasta, make bechamel sauce and more.

Lips Parched? Try This Natural Balm
Instead of purchasing lip balm at the store, try making your own. It's easy.

Save Money – Make Your Own Remedies
Natual cures for acne, toothpaste and more. Check out these natural and inexpensive ways to make your own remedies.

If You are Missing an Ingredient
Emergency Kitchen Substitutions It never seems to fail. You are preparing a special family dinner and you forgot to pick up a necessary ingredient. Don't fret. There are ways around it.

6 Good Reasons to Use Lemons for Better Health
Did you know lemons can help cure acne AND purify blood? Check out these healthy uses for lemons.

Cook More Efficiently
Get a Second Meal Out of One 6 tips for saving time in the kitchen

Top Five Foods For Picnics and Cookouts
(And Some Tasty Recipes!) Cook up some fantastic foods this Memorial Day. Check out our favorites here.

Squash Season
Winter squash are in abundance during autumn. Try these recipes for your next meal or holiday parties.

Hungry? Think Blue!
July is National Blueberry Month. July is the best time to eat more blueberries. They're healthy, patriotic, and tasty!

Too Busy to Exercise? Think Again.
Simple Ways to Sneak in Exercise. Life is busy, but exercise is important. Check out our easy ways to sneak in some exercise.

Poll Results: Pizza Wins by a Landslide!
You cast your votes, and pizza takes the title of favorite all-American dinner.

The Great Pumpkin Raft Race!
Ever try floating a pumpkin? How about floating in a pumpkin? Check out this creative and timely pumpkin paddling race.

Plant for Taste
Looking for something else to grow and eat besides vegetables? Consider adding flowers to your list of potential snacks, or as additions to your salad bowl. Here are a few tips and rules for your health, when it comes to munching on flower blossoms.

Parsley Growing Like a Weed?
Easy ways to preserve an abundant herb crop. Herbs are great year-round. Here are some easy ways to preserve your herb crop this summer.

A Gardener's Guide to Frost
How to predict when it's coming and what to do about it It's fall. Temperatures begin to cool down, but your gardens still look so nice. How do you know when frost may hit ? Learn the signs and precautions you should take.

Slow Cooking: Hints and Recipes for the Crock Pot
Dinner is never easier than when you use the crock pot. Get helpful hints and great recipes here.

Uninvited Garden Guests: and some natural ways to discourage them
Learn how to naturally discourage deer, slugs, moles and other pests from visiting your garden.

Gazpacho Soup Recipe
For this Spanish recipe, it is convenient to have a hand mixer with chopping blades, a food processor or a blender. This gazpacho can be garnished with minced vegetables and parsley or a dollop of sour cream.

Judys Carrot Cake
I have made this for church suppers. There is hardly any cake left. They always go back for seconds.

Jambalaya
Enjoy this spicy Cajun favorite.

Pork Medallions with Pear-Cranberry Sauce
Sliced pork cooks faster than a whole tenderloin, and this pear- cranberry sauce not only has wonderful flavor, but it's also quick and easy.

Barbecued Beef Brisket Recipe

Hershey's Chocloate Fudge Cake

Black Magic Cake
Spooky dark chocolate cake that's suitable for all your black magic get-togethers.

Teriyaki Beef & Veggies
Try this delicious stir-fry.

Organic Broccolini & Spinach Soup

Mayonnaise

Fresh Apple Cake
When apples are in season, there's nothing finer than a simple apple cake. Although easy to make, this cake is anything but ordinary.

Crock Pot Supper

Fried Clams
Simple to make and delicious to eat.

Zucchini Fritters
Here's a tasty treat that's even better with grated cheese incorporated before frying.

Strawberry Spinach Salad
The wonderful taste of strawberries and spinach all come together in this lovely salad.

Five Bean Salad
This colorful salad blends the flavor and texture of five beans.

Vegetable Soup
Vegetable soup is one of the best homemade comfort foods. Try this simple recipe.

Dill Dip
A classic party dip that can be served in a fresh-baked Beer Bread bowl.

Eggplant Fritters

Fresh Vegetables in Sour Cream

Hamburger Soup

Spectacular Spinach

Mushroom Casserole
This dish is a simple combination of mushrooms, stuffing, & cheese.

Creole Gumbo

Swedish Meatballs
Swedish meatballs can be served as an appetizer or at dinner with steamed rice and a vegetable.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, reuse and recycle is the mission at the Berkeley, California Ecology Center--so much so, that they are even running their recycling trucks on vegetable oil.

Season Two
Episode 10
Located on the tip of the Maine coast, this 9th generation family farm stretches through 9 miles of stunning landscape. Green Toe, of Santa Barbara, CA makes an effort to "make shoes with no chemicals, no leather, no plastic, no...

Earth-Opoly
Earthopoly is a game celebrating Earth, one turn at a time!Players become the caretakers of wondrous locations around the planet, then increase their property value by collectingCarbon Credits and trading them in for Clean Air.AAHHHH!It's all fun and games until...

Eco Kitchen Kit
Product InformationWouldn't you like to clean your kitchen without harsh chemicals? Ecodiscoveries is the solution. This trio of powerful formulas cleans, brightens and deodorizes your kitchen without harming the environment or the air your family breathes. Cut grease, grime...

Hot Oil Hair Treatment and Bath Recipe
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Farmers’ Almanac Top Recycling Ideas (beyond paper)
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Favorite Vegetables to Grow
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Gift Mitts – All Through the House & Garden
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Farmers’ Almanac Top Ten Gardening Hints
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Make your own toothpaste
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American Agriculture Trivia - Quiz 2
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American Agriculture Trivia Quiz – 1
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Creative Ways to use up the Zucchini!
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Late Winter (March) Pruning
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Healthy Uses for Lemons
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Cooking With Zests of Citrus
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Miscellaneous Cooking, Kitchen and Other Tips
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