Category: Seasonal Highlights
Seasonal Content
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Fresh & Local from the Garden…
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Winter Flowers Anticipatory Sign of Spring
Helleborus orientalis is one of the earliest flowering perennials. It blooms in February or March and is seen as a true early sign of spring. Because it usually blooms during Lent, Helleborus orientalis is called Lenten Rose. Caution the plant name Helleborus is derived from the Greek words helein meaning ‘to injure’ and bora meaning ‘food’, a direct reference… Read more
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Last of the Winter Squash…
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Happy St Patrick’s Day
Quote (Blessing), St Patrick’s Day Wallpaper, Internet Read more
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Hamantaschen…
Purim 3/23/24 Purim begins at sundown on 3/23/24 and involves cookies called “Hamantaschen”. The villain in the story told during Purim is Haman and taschen translated is pouches or pockets. So the cookies refer to Haman’s pockets. Read more
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Soup – Warm Bliss
Recipe “It is so rich and creamy and love how roasting the squash makes the soup taste so different from how I normally start with sautéing the vegetables and pureeing to make creamy.” Quote from Flow and Nourish commenting on Mikaela ReubeN’s (instagram) creamy cashew butternut squash Soup Recipe Ingredients – Roast butternut squash at… Read more
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A Little Spring Joy with Batch Chocolate
Fine & Raw https://www.fineandraw.com Highlight Dark chocolate Dr. Florence Comite, founder of the Comite Center for Precision Medicine and Healthy Longevity in New York. Dr. Florence Comite states the following about the benefits of dark chocolate – Not only is dark chocolate a delicious treat, but it has many health benefits. Dark chocolate is associated… Read more
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Ramadan
Most of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims observe the holy month of Ramadan each year. Ramadan is the most important month on the Islamic calendar. It’s the month in which the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. During Ramadan, Muslims around the world fast from sunrise to sunset. Also, Ramadan… Read more
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Spring Gifts
Olive & Cocoa https://www.oliveandcocoa.com Harbor Sweets https://www.harborsweets.com Harbor Sweets Chocolate Bars Read more
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Leap Day 2/29/24
An extra day in the year for conservation and sustainability. Sea Change by Sylvia A Earle Concerns about our oceans. An interesting underwater perspective of conservation. Highlight Sustainability Magazine, Top 10: Sustainable Clothing Companies, by Lucy Buchholz, June 28, 2023 3rd Adidas – Bjorn Gulden, CEO The 3rd top sustainable company listed iin the article… Read more