Author: Violet’s Vegan Comics
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This looks amazing!
I am dying to give this one a go – will my BL 30 Manual Juicer be up to doing the work of a vitamix blender and a food processor for this spectacular recipe? Well, it hasn’t let me down so far. I’ll give it a try and let you know 🙂
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Marigold Marigold
Marigold Marigold Calendula Officinalis, I planted you for bees, But for me you have uses. In salad for food Or poultice for sting I welcome the positive Stuff that you bring 🙂
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Spinach
There’s little spinach Growing here. It’s so exciting, This time of year!
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Look what I’ve found!
Remember when we had a go at growing our own apple trees from seed? (They’re still going strong by the way). Well, I’ve just come across this brilliant site which shows you, step by step, how to grow all sorts of different trees from seeds you’ve collected yourself! I can’t wait to have a go! It just makes…
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Dirt-Filled Pot
What is that? A dirt-filled pot! It’s not just that. I’m sure it’s not. *** Look closer, See what you can see, It’s tiny lettuce, There are more than three!
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Dandelion Dandelion
Oh glorious dandelion So misunderstood. Maligned as a weed Don’t you wish you would Be valued and treasured, Encouraged to grow, To extend your long leaves Sun gold flowers to show? Your leaves make good salads, Green smoothies and juice, Your flowers bright and yellow, Sweet to taste; you produce Vitamins and minerals So many…
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Sc-raw-umptious!
A cake is a cake That you could make And it’s unhealthy Make no mistake Unless it’s a cake That you don’t bake Made from fruits and nuts still raw! My first attempt at making raw cake and it’s deeelicious if I do say so myself 😉 ************* Having just finished reading 12 Steps to Raw…
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Green Smoothie Magic
This looks fun! I am a big fan of the Boutenko family, having 3 of their books already, (and currently enjoying 12 Steps to Raw Foods) so when I discovered that Victoria has also made a few books for children, I just had to share. In Green Smoothie Magic, beautifully illustrated by Katya Korobkina, Victoria…
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Stop trying to patent the fennel flower!
Nigella sativa — more commonly known as fennel flower — has been used as a cure-all remedy for over a thousand years. It treats everything from vomiting to fevers to skin diseases, and has been widely available in impoverished communities across the Middle East and Asia. But now Nestlé is claiming to own it, and…
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Blackfish Review
We’ve just watched the fantastic documentary Blackfish and had to recommend it to everyone! The film is shocking, moving and heart-breaking but don’t be afraid to watch it because it leaves you with a positive feeling. A feeling that things are changing. That people are waking up to the truth that keeping animals in captivity is simply…
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Answerin’ Back
She said “Do as you’re told So that as you grow old- -er, you’ll learn how to be a success.” **** I said “What’s that to me If there’s no bumble bee And the world’s all polluted wiv mess?” **** She said “Be quiet and sit still Or you certainly will Be punished and I’ll…
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A wake up call from Megan & Flos
Click here because your food choices could change the world
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Vegan Food
Vegan food hot Vegan food cold Vegan food never gets Nine days old. Some like it hot Some like it cold, It’s just too good to leave until It’s nine days old.
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Vegan Organic Fair-Trade
Today I ate a bar of chocolate, Vegan organic fair trade. For taste, enjoyment and ethics it Put other bars in the shade. *** My chocolate went down so smoothly with A piping hot cup of tea, Vegan organic and fair trade too, Happy indulgence for me. *** Bananas we eat And oranges sweet, Are…
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I can’t I can’t I can’t!
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Let’s eat!
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Great planters
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No, really, BEWARE OF THE OGRE!!!
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Lurking in the shadows
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Dolphins & Snuggling whales
Originally posted on Earth Communion: Maybe it’s just me and my love for the ocean but wow, this is amazing! ? How lucky are we to share this planet with such amazing beings? And to have something as great as the ocean? 🙂 ~ Patricia
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Make some sugar-free jam – you know you want to!
If you want jam but not sugar (nor other added sweetener either) then this is the recipe for you! In the inventor’s own words “This recipe for strawberry jam does take some time to make in the absence of sugar or a natural sweetener, but the end result is pure strawberry goodness. It is definitely sweet…
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Ladybird Ladybird
Ladybirds are good for the garden as they will eat the insects that hurt your plants. A ladybird house, as well as planting things they like (like dandelion and fennel), will encourage ladybirds to stay in your garden because it provides them with a safe roosting place during cold and frosty nights in early spring…
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Don’t forget to wave
Prompted by our new and exciting interest in growing our food we’ve found something garden-related for you to enjoy 🙂 And if, after that, you’re feeling inspired, as we are, to indulge in some forest gardening, take a look at this gem of a blog I found yesterday – Of Plums and Pignuts – it’s choc full…
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Please look after this bear
Please look after these bears
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Forest Gardening
I have a mini-forest in my back garden. It represents a pioneer experiment in restoring a tiny segment of the primeval Long Forest, which once covered a wide area of the Shropshire Hills bioregion. Like the natural forest, it comprises a wide diversity of plants, occupying seven levels or ‘storeys’, but, unlike the natural forest,…
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Nutritious Still Life
My friend drew a still life Which she wanted me to see. She told me I’d like it Because it’s good for me. There’s vitamin A, vitamin K, And of course vitamin C. Potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, Lycopene and manganese! 🙂
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The Car Free City Project
Originally posted on Earth Communion: The city council of Hamburg (Germany) has plans to divert most of its cars away from the city’s main thoroughfares in twenty years. The city is planning to lay out new green areas that will bridge existing parks, community gardens, and cemeteries with another. The aim is to bring together the outer…
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Grow your own apple trees
One day we caught the bus into the city and on the way, in the middle of nowhere, the bus stopped to pick someone up. Right next to the bus stop, on the wide grass verge, was a large apple tree. It was full of apples. An apple tree, in the middle of nowhere, by…
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Walnut Counting Rhyme
Up and down the walnut tree, The squirrels run, Just for fun, Collecting nuts for free. 1, 2, 3. The 4th they drop for me. *** From branch to walnut branch, The squirrels jump, Without a bump, Collecting nuts for free. 5, 6, 7. The eighth they drop for me. *** Round and round for…
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Welcome Home
My friend Ellen shared this video yesterday on her blog Moonside and I just had to reblog it 🙂
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Puddlesplashers
Wetsox Puddlesplasher, That is my name. My job is important But it feels like a game. *** We clamber through ditches, And sink in the mud. We jump down from earth mounds And land with a thud. *** Soggybottom Puddlesplasher, My close relation, Is my partner at work, This mucky vocation. *** *** *** But…
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Here we go again
Take the Plastic Pollution Coalition Pledge today and resolve to refuse disposable plastic!
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Here We Go Round The Shopping Mall
All together now: Here we go round the shopping mall, The shopping mall, the shopping mall, Here we go round the shopping mall On a dirty, dusty morning. *** This is the way we’re kicked about, Knocked about, blown about, This is the way we get about On a cold and windy morning. *** This…
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Three Brown Cows
Three brown cows. Three brown cows. See how they run. See how they run. They all run after the human ilk, Who kidnap their calves and then steal their milk, The cows want their calves back, the humans can’t bilk, The three brown cows. For more nursery rhymes and wacky verse for kids click here…
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