What is the number one way to get your kids involved in gardening? Interest them in the flavors of their favorite food: Pizza!

Growing a pizza themed garden can be done in something as small as a single pot on the back steps, and if you add a dwarf tomato in the center, you will have yourself all the makings of a delicious meal. Of course, make a much bigger garden for many more pizzas, if you have the space. Can you start to see the reason why I need so many acres of land? My garden ideas keep growing (no pun intended).

Grow A Pizza Themed Garden

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Does it seem as if we are getting less rain than usual this year? Who wants to lug heavy buckets or even hoses out day after day, to the garden? I certainly don't ! There are plenty of herbs to grow that like drier climates. Why not put a few of these herbs into your garden and cut down on the watering you need to do? They are all tasty and/or useful of course. Did you expect anything less from me?

10 Herbs For A Drought Garden

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What a  joy it is after a long day, to receive an unexpected suprise in the mail .

A box was waiting for me on the steps, as I dragged my weary self home. Inside was the most wonderful gift: a plant of Bergamot (Monarda Fistulosa), or Bee Balm. You have all heard me wax lyrical about my love of making herbal tea blends, and Bergamot is right at home in my recipes.  Come to find out, Bergamot has also been chosen as the Notable Native Herb of the Year, by the Herb Society of America. It is a wonderful choice, being useful across the board  for any type of herb garden.

2013 Notable Native Herb of the Year: Bergamot 'Monarda Fistulosa'

I love that this variety has beautiful foliage as well as flowers, the dark green leaves are highlighted by red veining. It will look lovely next to my pond area, benefitting from the extra water it will recieve there.

To be honest, I made a cup of tea from a few of the leaves right then and there. It was a relaxing way to recouperate from a long day outside in the sun. My thanks to

The Growers Exchange for thinking of me, and for whatever Karma I had aqquired to have just the right herb land in my lap right when it was needed most.

Canadian researchers have received a total of $217,000 to study how dandelion root tea is fighting cancer.

Siyaram Pandey, a biochemist at the University of Windsor, has been studying dandelion root extract for two years. His studies have shown that dandelion root extract was very effective against most of the cancerous cells.

What makes this story even more wonderful, is the method his team used. They collected the dandelions themselves and ground them with water in a food processor to make their own formula.

Then, they tested their formula on several lines of leukemia cells and found that the formula causes those cells to "kill themselves" , while remaining non toxic to the healthy cells.

More on the story after the jump.

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