Garden & Kitchen

Give peas a chance

by karlacook on March 13, 2011

Mike McGrath, host of "You Bet Your Garden," on WHYY and former editor of Organic Gardening magazine, reminds us that Thursday, March 17 is the day to plant peas. But as with most gardening projects, there's a bit of preparation to be done ahead of time. To give peas a chance in Princeton, here are his tips: http://www.whyy.org/91FM/ybyg/plantingpeas.html.

Garden artist in residence

January 10, 2011

Dorothy Mullen, co-founder of the Princeton School Gardens Cooperative, was named “garden artist in residence” at Riverside School.  Her new program “Healthy Children, Healthy Planet” represents a policy shift in school garden participation at Riverside. For the first time since she started the program in 2001, every child in the school pre-K to 5 will participate in [...]

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For power to the pupils, put veggies on the plates

October 7, 2010

The Nutrition Action Healthletter, published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, ranks vegetables according to nutrient content. Kale led the list, followed by spinach, collard greens, turnip greens, Swiss chard, canned pumpkin, mustard greens, sweet potato, broccoli and carrots. Others among the “superstars” listed were romaine lettuce, red bell pepper, curly endive, [...]

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