“The Era of Manifestations” was a period from 1837 to the mid-1850s when Shakers came under a spiritual revival marked by visions and ecstatic experiences among the followers.
While cool weather prevails, make it a priority to plant onion sets or plantlets, shell and snap peas, lettuce, arugula, spinach and radish, all direct seeded.
In her most recent book, "Eating on the Wild Side," health writer and food activist Jo Robinson points out that qualities vital to our well-being have been bred out of our food plants.
There are vast nutritional differences among the varieties of a given fruit or vegetable. …..To this day, the nutritional content of our man-made varieties has been an afterthought.
-- Jo Robinson, Eating on the Wild Side
