This series is for farmers, gardeners, or anyone overloaded with produce. Written by Monica Johnson, a woman who farmed her way from Brooklyn, NY to her current home in Deep East Texas, “Putting Up Your Summer Harvest” is full of tips and tricks to keep your food waste down and your culinary enjoyment lasting throughout the colder seasons.

This series is for farmers, gardeners, or anyone overloaded with produce. Written by Monica Johnson, a woman who farmed her way from Brooklyn, NY to her current home in Deep East Texas, “Putting Up Your Summer Harvest” is full of tips and tricks to keep your food waste down and your culinary enjoyment lasting throughout the colder seasons.

This series is for farmers, gardeners, or anyone overloaded with produce. Written by Monica Johnson, a woman who farmed her way from Brooklyn, NY to her current home in Deep East Texas, “Putting Up Your Summer Harvest” is full of tips and tricks to keep your food waste down and your culinary enjoyment lasting throughout the colder seasons.

This spring we planted a few watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydews. Sadly, we lost all of them within a few weeks. I was so busy with the rest of the garden that I neglected to figure out why we lost them so quickly. Luckily, I was still able to get enjoy homegrown melons. The house down the road has a melon farm just outside of town and they set up a tent in their yard, making their own little farmers market.

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This year was my first experience growing okra. In my opinion, okra produces on the prettiest flowers and I love the way it grows—shooting up bright green daggers which seem to be saying, “Pick me! Pick me!”. Out of all my plants, okra has required the least of my attention while consistently producing food.

This series is for farmers, gardeners, or anyone overloaded with produce. Written by Monica Johnson, a woman who farmed her way from Brooklyn, NY to her current home in Deep East Texas, “Putting Up Your Summer Harvest” is full of tips and tricks to keep your food waste down and your culinary enjoyment lasting throughout the colder seasons.

This series is for farmers, gardeners, or anyone overloaded with produce. Written by Monica Johnson, a woman who farmed her way from Brooklyn, NY to her current home in Deep East Texas, “Putting Up Your Summer Harvest” is full of tips and tricks to keep your food waste down and your culinary enjoyment lasting throughout the colder seasons.

My herb garden has waxed and waned this year. After a recent shot of compost and several days of light rain, my herbs look pretty darn good. All except my cilantro, which has completely gone kaput. I rarely go a meal without using herbs and the convenience of being able to pull them fresh out of the garden will be greatly missed in the upcoming chilly months.

This series is for farmers, gardeners, or anyone overloaded with produce. Written by Monica Johnson, a woman who farmed her way from Brooklyn, NY to her current home in Deep East Texas, “Putting Up Your Summer Harvest” is full of tips and tricks to keep your food waste down and your culinary enjoyment lasting throughout the colder seasons.

This series is for farmers, gardeners, or anyone overloaded with produce. Written by Monica Johnson, a woman who farmed her way from Brooklyn, NY to her current home in Deep East Texas, “Putting Up Your Summer Harvest” is full of tips and tricks to keep your food waste down and your culinary enjoyment lasting throughout the colder seasons.

This series is for farmers, gardeners, or anyone overloaded with produce. Written by Monica Johnson, a woman who farmed her way from Brooklyn, NY to her current home in Deep East Texas, “Putting Up Your Summer Harvest” is full of tips and tricks to keep your food waste down and your culinary enjoyment lasting throughout the colder seasons.

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The Common Good Soup Kitchen Community started as a small-scale project on Mount Desert Island, Maine. The recently unemployed, world-class chef Bill Morrison started making soup in his kitchen from scratch using healthy grains and vegetables. In the winter, the community on the island can become very isolated.

As the New Year rolls around, we take stock of the past year and set resolutions and goals to make the upcoming year better and more productive. We tend to focus on ourselves and those close to us, but this year, be sure to take some time to focus on your environmental impact as well. Here are 14 simple actions we can all take right now towards living more sustainably.