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 The Better Hens and Gardens proclaimed focus is “Self Reliance – Real Foods – Sustainable Living”; but what does the “Real Foods” part of that really mean? I’ve been pondering that a lot lately, probably because of what I recently learned about raw milk and beverages. It turns out that you can’t sell raw milk [...] Continue reading What’s Real Food?  pseudo-baby carrots This year, we’re going to concentrate on growing more of the things we enjoy eating every day; and one of those things is baby carrots – but as I was investigating how baby carrots are grown and marketed, I was surprised to learn what the baby carrots we typically buy in the grocery store really are. Most of the [...] Continue reading Baby Carrots – Well, Not Exactly  In the US today, we’re being offered more and more choices in food quality; and it’s because many of us are demanding locally grown foods that are antibiotic, hormone, and pesticide free. In terms of eggs quality, it’s not clear sometimes what the choices mean – here’s a rundown on the different types of eggs: Continue reading Choices in Egg Quality  I’ve been bragging that I could tell the difference between an egg from our chickens and one from the store; so I figured it was time to put some eggs out there and see if it was really true. Which one would you rather eat? That’s right – the one on the right was proudly produced by our chickens! Continue reading Store or Home Egg? 
This year I planned to grow only heirloom tomatoes (Brandywine, Green Zebra, and Eggyolk), but in a crazed moment (what if the heirlooms don’t produce this year?) I picked up some Early Girl transplants at the garden center. So, I have two orange tomatoes ripening in the garden right now, Brandywine and Early Girl. The Early Girl tomatoes (picture on the [...] Continue reading A Tale of Two Tomatoes  When I think about “real” food, I mean food that doesn’t contain artificial ingredients, hasn’t been fed antibiotics or growth hormones, wasn’t genetically modified, isn’t covered with pesticides, and most importantly, tastes great. It can be hard to find “real” food today, and the pesticides used on much of the produce in grocery stores contribute [...] Continue reading Produce & Pesticides |
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