Butternut Squash, A Tasty Vegetable

UNITED STATES—Some vegetables you stumble upon by mistake.  One of those veggies that never caught my attention until a few years back was butternut...

Vegetables Can Grow All Year

UNITED STATES—Tropical plants are clueless. They do not understand that autumn is just prior to winter, when the weather may get uncomfortably cool. Philodendron...

30 Pounds In 30 Days: Leaving The Plate

  HOLLYWOOD—When you eat is just as important as what you eat. Set designated mealtimes, and stick to these times faithfully. Otherwise, you’ll be doing...

Cherry, Cherry My Red Little Friend

UNITED STATES—I have many fruits that I enjoy, but if there is one fruit that propels to the top of my list it’s the...

Sweet Golden Corn, Worth Every Bite

UNITED STATES—Corn is a vegetable that in my opinion is not really a vegetable. The reason for that is the fact that the taste...

Gardening Is Slower In Autumn

UNITED STATES—Even without significant cool weather, the garden knows that it is now autumn. Most of the late summer blooming flowers are finishing their...

30 Pounds In 30 Days: Pre-Breakfast Flex

  HOLLYWOOD—A keystone to losing 30 pounds in 30 days, as well as successfully promoting lifelong weight management, is routine exercise--especially daily exercise in the...

Cool Season Annuals Are Cool

UNITED STATES—Now that it is time for cool season annuals, it is difficult to remove warm season annuals if they are still blooming and...

30 Pounds In 30 Days: Day 2

HOLLYWOOD—As Marc Perry, training guru for the office-bound,  so inspiringly points out, you embrace one single change like learning to leave the cola, and...

Not All Plants Like Fads

UNITED STATES—Like so many fads too often are, container gardening is overrated, and is actually contrary to the currently most faddish of fads; sustainability....