by guest blogger Toni Becker, member of the Rodale’s editorial team If you’re looking to soak up the sun and enjoy nature, you don’t have to go far. You can turn your backyard into a local bird hangout, even if you don’t have much space. Not only is bird watching a fun solo or family […]
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Spring Greens after a Long Winter
The spring greens are coming in! This past weekend, I had fiddlehead ferns in Maine. And the weekend before that, I made my first salad from my garden here in Pennsylvania, pinching off a few tiny leaves and herbs from each plant. Oh, the flavor! Fresh basil and parsley! The tenderest greens, and they would […]
Maria’s 5 Favorites: Gardening Fever!
Thank goodness spring is finally in full swing! The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and the garden is calling. The sunshine had given me a real case of garden fever this week. I can’t wait to finally dig into the organic soil again and to sit back and enjoy the beauty of my […]
Getting Grounded
I was fine until I got sick. Isn’t that always how it goes? It was nothing serious, mind you…just that plaguey cough and flu thing that’s going around. But of course, I pushed through it because people depend on me. And that’s just what we do. We push until we can’t push any longer, and […]
Spring Fever Cure: 10 Earth-Friendly Gardening Essentials
by the Rodale’s content team Ready, set, garden! Yes, it’s that time of year again; spring fever is setting in as the frost begins to melt and the days become warmer and longer. Soon we’ll be able to go outside and dig our hands into the soil once again! But before that happens, there’s plenty […]
How to Create a Winter Sanctuary for Backyard Birds
by guest blogger Toni Becker, member of the Rodale’s editorial team Welcome to the long days of winter! As you hunker down in your home and wonder if spring will ever arrive, take a moment to think about your feathered friends. While many people think birds can fend for themselves when the weather gets dicey, […]
A Year Without a Garden
Here’s something I love about Rodale Inc. Last month, when we had an all-employee meeting where we asked employees to submit questions to me and other Rodale executives—anonymously, of course!—this was one of the questions I received: In one of your final “Maria’s View” articles for Organic Gardening, you wrote you were going to leave your […]
Learning to Grow Anything, Anywhere: an Interview with an Expert Organic Gardener
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels You might expect that, as a Rodale, I grew up gardening. This is sort of true—I mainly grew up reading in the yard while my mom gardened and I occasionally helped with the weeding. And I enjoyed the fruits of her labors. It […]
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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