by Nicole Wines A JOURNEY TO SUPPORTING A SUSTAINABLE AND JUST RECOVERY It wasn’t long after Hurricane María hit Puerto Rico that our own community in Central NJ sprang into action to be a part of the relief effort. Concerts, fundraisers, supply drives, info booths at the local farmer’s market. […]
seed savers exchange
by Nicole Wines Every fall the Raíces EcoCulture crew plants our garlic. We usually use “el día de los muertos” (Day of the Dead) as our marker and try to get it in on that day or soon after. This year, we waited until the Friday after the Day of […]
D.I.Y. Fridays – Planting and Saving Garlic
by Nicole Wines There are so many gardening books out there, it’s easy to build a huge library of books with a lot of nice plant photos that you never really use. But for each topic or area of gardening, you really only need one great reference book to help […]