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You Say Tomato
It is the end of the July and my tomato plants are in full gear. I have had some issues with soil drainage causing some tomatoes to crack, but I think overall they are doing well. I have been sampling … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Gardening, Organic Food, Vegetables
Tagged Black from Tula, Brandywine tomatoes, gardening, grilled cheese and tomato, grow your own, harvest, heirloom tomato, home garden, homegrown, juicy tomato, Maryland, meaty tomato, Mid-Atlantic, organic gardening, roasted tomatoes, slicing tomato, summer fruits, Summer garden, summer vegetables, Sun Gold, tomato and basil, tomatoes
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Only 2 Days Until Our 25th Anniversary Weekend!
After 25 years of serving up healthy, organic foods and local treats in the DC area, MOMs is celebrating with friends and employees in all stores this weekend, June 30-July 1, 2012. We’ll have tons of recycling drives (our favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Energy Resources, Family, Fruits, Local, News, Organic Food, Pets, Recycling, Reuse, Vegetables
Tagged 25th Anniversary, Alexandria VA, Alice Ferguson Foundation, Anniversary, Ayrshire Farm, B'More Organic, Bethesda Green, Biggs & Featherbelle, birthday, Bowie MD, celebration, certified organic, Chespaeake Bay Foundation, Clean Currents, College Park MD, dog adoption event, Eating Well, Econscious, Edible DC, food samples, Frederick MD, games, Herndon VA, Homeward Trails, hyper-local, Ice Cream Social, Jessup MD, kids activities, Maria Rodale, Maryland Life, Michele's Granola, Mother Earth News, Organic Manifesto, organic produce, raffles, Rockville MD, Salazon Chocolate Co, Savenia Labs, Solar City, Spencerville hard cider, Timonium MD, Trickling Springs Creamery
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Testing the Soil
This is my first year with a rather large garden all to myself. I went from 6 pots to a 4×12 plot in a community garden. I was trying to go all organic from soil to plant, but the soil … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Gardening, Local, Native plants, Organic Food, Vegetables
Tagged accomplishment, Black from Tula, Brandywine tomatoes, community garden, critters, eggplant, gardening, green beans, harvest, herbs, home garden, jade cucumbers, jalapeno, kale, Mid-Atlantic, mulch, mustard greens, okra, organic growing, organic methods, pea plants, pesticide, pests, Romaine, rouge zucchini, seeds, spinach, Sun Gold, sweet peppers, tilling, weeding, zucchini patch
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New Rockville MOMs Opens Tomorrow!
We’re super-excited to be opening our new Rockville MOMs location tomorrow. After 16 years in our previous storefront on Parklawn Drive, we’ve realized we need more parking and a more navigable layout for our tried and true (and patient) Rockville customers. … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Composting, Employment, Energy Resources, Family, Fruits, Green Careers, Local, Natural Health, News, Organic Food, Pets, Recycling, Reuse, Vegetables
Tagged beer, bike rack, bulk foods, compostable utensils, electric car charge, grain bowls, grand opening, kids activities, kombucha, LED lights, local, low VOC paints, naked lunch, oils, organic, organic deli, organic lunch, peanut butter, pet toys, produce, salads, skylights, solatubes, sustainable building materials, sweeteners, wellness, wine
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Update: Adventures in Juicing
In just about 3 weeks, the juicing adventure has paid off by way of a dramatic decrease in headaches, and about 9 pounds lost. While I’m not fasting, I’ve scaled back on snacks and treats and replaced most carbs with … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Natural Health, Organic Food, Vegetables
Tagged biking, diet, exercise, fruit, headaches, juicing, migraines, organic, raw food, running, vegetables, weight loss
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Spring Cleaning: Adventures in Juicing
My husband saw the movie Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, which had arrived in the mailbox by way of Netflix. It took him over a week to get me to watch it. I’m not really attracted to the title, but … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Natural Health, Organic Food, Vegetables
Tagged beet, berries, blender bottle, carrot, cellulite, collard, Fat Sick and Nearly Dead, fatigue, ginger, granny apple, headaches, juicer, lemon, live foods, migraines, Netflix, raw foods
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Sign Up for Your Local CSA Now!
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs help connect vegetable-loving residents with organic local farms that need their support. CSAs allow participants to buy a farm share and receive fresh produce in weekly installments throughout the growing season. Your farm share fee … Continue reading
You Say You Made a Resolution
As we wind down 2011 and look forward to January most of us are contemplating a resolution for the coming year. Whether it’s because we’ve overindulged through the holidays or because we simply want to be healthier, many of our … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Holidays, Natural Health, Organic Food, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged breakfast, diet, energy, enzymes, GoRaw, habit, living foods, Matt Lauer, New Year's resolution, raw, smoothie, sprouted almonds
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Food Nutrition Trivia
We’ve had great fun digging up interesting nutrition trivia for our twitter feed. In case you missed them, here’s a compilation: Trivia: Adding ground cinnamon doesn’t add nutrients to your food. True or False? Answer: False. Ground cinnamon contains LOTS … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Natural Health, Organic Food, Vegetables
Tagged almond, antioxidants, avocado, beets, blueberries, bok choy, brown rice, butternut squash, calcium, chard, coconut water, cranberries, flax seeds, folate, iron, Japanese knotweed, leeks, macadamia, magnesium, nutrients, nutrition trivia, omega 3s, peanut butter, pear, phytosterols, pistachio, pomegranates, potassium, pumpkin seeds, quinoa, raw onions, red wine, resveratrol, salmon, sesame seeds, sweet potatoes, swiss chard, tahini, trivia, vitamin C, vitamin K, zinc
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MOM's Organic Market Blog 