by Maria Luci, editor at Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen and Rodale’s Last week we celebrated Earth Day! We expressed our gratitude for all that our wonderful planet has to offer us—and supported protecting the environment and making the earth a healthier, more peaceful place for all. But beyond Earth Day, there are many ways to […]
Tag Archives | planting
Gardener’s March To-Do List
by the editors at Rodale’s Organic Life Here’s your March gardening guide for North America’s USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3-10. If you don’t know what zone you live in, check the map here to find out. We’ve left off zones 1–2 (far-north Alaska) and zones 11–13 (small section of the Florida Keys, the Pacific coast between L.A. and […]
Who Says You Can’t Grow Roses Organically?
I often hear people say they can’t grow roses without chemicals, and to them I say “phooey!” Actually, I say, “of course you can!” All it takes is a little intelligence, and really not much effort at all. The main thing is to start with root-grown roses, which is to say, roses that haven’t been […]
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.
Order NowOrganic Manifesto
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.
Order Now