Vegetables Take on Cancer

I have truly believed in the power of the vegetable for over 15 years now. I always thank PBS and the Food Network for taking me around the world when it comes to variety.  After all these years and all the info I am floored how many people especially in the USA do not get their minimum of 5 servings. That is crazy to me! One cup of OJ and a banana then some carrots or celery and 2 servings of veggies with dinner, that is it! That would cover the minimum and most people are not even getting this in a day.  So to ask people do you eat 13 servings of fruits and veggies would basically be a waste of time. With this said I would love to share a video of how a nutritionist and doctor fought cancer with fruits and vegetables.  

I am not saying this will replace fruits and vegetables, I am just letting you know it will help bridge the gap and help keep you on the right track because Vitamins do not work! 

To order, learn more or sign up please visit:
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What is up with Spent Grain Dog Treats?

I live in the Mecca of Home Brewing Bend Oregon; so I guess it is natural for people to want to make other products from all their spent grain. Composting it is awesome, even some baked breads can be fun especially if you are looking to make "white bread." Which brings me to my point... Why on earth would people think feeding their dogs spent grains are a good idea? There is very little nutrition to spent grains and HELLO!! It is a lot of wheat and barley! 
Dogs get enough Bi Products thrown in their food, so why must people keep adding this crap to  dogs diets. I guess because they eat a lot of fast food in their own diets.
Harsh? Not really, I just think for many people they don't really think about their dogs nutrition until maybe they get that $1000 plus vet bill.I am not saying I am queen of all dog nutrition but I do know a few things about a healthy dog diet. After being in the dog food and dog treat business now for more then five years, I have learned a lot. I myself have changed some ingredients and made some changes through these years of education.

Here are some things I have learned:

Apples are awesome snacks raw or cooked. You can add them to food for a natural sweetness with out all the honey, sugar's and molasses. Please remember to core your apples because the stems and seeds are not good for pets due to the arsenic in them.

Sweet Potatoes cooked or dried are also a great sweetener like apples plus both have fiber.

Carrots are also awesome for dogs both as a snack or added to food, these can be eaten raw or cooked. Carrots are a natural source of beta carotene which turns into Vitamin A needed for immune function and of course carrots are excellent fiber.

Ground Whole Grain Sorghum easy to digest.

Peas are an excellent source of protein/carbohydrates/fiber.

Alfalfa is an excellent source of chlorophyll.
Ground of course, Please don't start feeding your dogs hay.

Non GMO Canola Oil excellent source of fat for energy, high in omega-3 fatty acids, natural Vitamin E preservative. Also it helps for a healthy coat and contains 10% omega 3 fatty acids. It has half the saturated fat found in other vegetable oils commonly used in pet food.

Venison is an excellent alternative to standard meats, in concentrated form it has more protein pound for pound.
Chances are it is from New Zealand if it is in your dogs kibble. To get it in America most likely it is from someone you know.

My personal favorite Whole Flax Seeds because they provide the best omega-3 fatty acids and fiber.
  

Crushed oat groats are very good for colon health in dogs as well and it balances their body's pH.

I also love homemade chicken broth, chicken meal, beef broth, beef meal and cold water fish like tuna, herring, salmon and mackerel. 


In an earlier post I gave you my easy and favorite Dog Stew Recipe.
Ms. Foodies Dog Stew Recipe

So good bye for now and to all of our dogs: 
May They Have a Healthy Long Happy Life!
Woof Woof

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My Favorite You Tube Juice Guy

So one day, many moons ago I discovered this crazy wild energy man named John Kohler who always does these crazy entertaining videos. He posts on You Tube with a couple different names but I know he owns  Discount Juicers in fact he is the reason I bought my Omega 8004.  More on my juicer later....so one night I saw this video and I was like OMG HE IS IN O'HARE International Airport  WE HAVE TOWER GARDENS THERE!!!!!!
Sure enough, there is John posting a video all about my favorite way to garden.
I just thought I'd share it with you, so you can see that if it is good enough for Disney World, O'Hare and ME! Then it is good enough for you too!

Watch John's You Tube Video

Hugs and Kisses Let's grow upward together,
Heather aka Ms Veggie

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Tower Garden going on 3 weeks

Today is August 1, 2013 and we are on day 15. In that time I have reseeded all the basil on 7/27 and added Zucchini to the mix and more Spring Greens. It is amazing to look at the pictures and see the difference between a few days to a whole week.  Next year I will have an all herb and edible flower tower, strawberry and lettuce tower and of course my tomato tower with some veggies. If I have any holes to reseed I am going to pop in some Chard. Here are the pictures from this past week.

The Dill is already growing!

 What a difference a few days make!

 Cucumber 7/27

Cucumber 8/1

Multi View 8/1

 Spring Greens

 Spring Greens

 Rainbow Cherry

from Penny's

 Chocolate Cherry from 

Penny's Tomatoes

 Black Sea

from Penny's

So for now I am waiting as patiently as I can...

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Tower Garden A Vertical Growing Gardening

I wanted to share rest of the pictures for the first week of starting my seeds. I also wanted to share all the variety of tomatoes plus some greens I planted in this Garden Tower. 

• Spring Greens Lettuce Mix
• Basil
• Cucumbers
• Organic Cherry Tomatoes
• Burbanks
• Beefsteaks
• Rainbow Cherry Tomatoes
• Chocolate Cherry Tomatoes
• Black Sea
• Stripen Greens
• Sweeties
• Heirlooms
• Brandywine

These are Sweeties

My Cucumber

Brandywine these are the tallest

Spring Greens

Just because I went tomato crazy on this tower doesn't mean you can mostly grow tomatoes.

In fact you can grow more then veggies on the tower. 

You can grow Flowers, Herbs and even some fruit!

Here is a list of everything the Tower Garden grows well:

Flowers

Edible Flowers include:

• Calendula
• Carthamus
• Dianthus
• Hyacinth Bean

• Marigolds
• Monarda
• Nasturtiums
• Pansies
• Salvia

• Scarlet Runner Bean
• Sunflowers (dwarf varieties only)
• Violas

Ornamental Flowers include:

• Ageratum
• Agrostemma
• Ammi
• Amaranth, Globe
• Amaranthus
• Artemisia
• Aster
• Bells of Ireland
• Bupleurum
• Cardoon
• Safflower
• Centaurea
• Celosia
• Coleus
• Cosmos

• Craspedia
• Datura
• Delphinium
• Digitalis
• Eucalyptus
• Euphorbia
• Forget-me-not
• Hibiscus
• Impatiens
• Kale, ornamental
• Morning Glory
• Nigella
• Petunia
• Phlox
• Poppy

• Polygonum
• Ptilotus
• Salpiglossis
• Rudbeckia
• Sanvitalia
• Scabiosa
• Snapdragon
• Statice
• Stock
• Strawflower
• Sweet Peas
• Thunbergia
• Verbena
• Yarrow
• Zinnia

Fruits & Vegetables

• Amaranth (vegetable type)
• Arugula
• Bayam
• Beans: Lima, bush, pole, shell, fava, green
• Broccoli
• Broccoli Raab
• Brussels Sprouts
• Cabbage and Chinese cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Chard, all types
• Chicory
• Collards
• Cucumbers
• Cress

• Dandelion, Italian
• Eggplant, European and Asian
• Endive
• Escarole
• Garbanzo beans
• Gourds, edible and ornamental
• Kale
• Kinh gioi
• Kohlrabi
• Komatsuna
• Leeks
• Lettuce, all types
• Mesclun Varieties
• Melons, all types

• Misome
• Mizuna
• Mustard Greens
• Ngo Gai
• Okra
• Pak Choy
• Perilla
• Peas, all types
• Peppers, all types
• Radicchio
• Sorrel
• Spinach
• Squash, all types
• Strawberries
• Tomatoes, all types

Herbs

• Angelica
• Anise Hyssop
• Basil, all types
• Bee Balm
• Borage
• Calendula
• Catmint
• Catnip
• Chamomile
• Chervil
• Chives
• Cilantro (Coriander) and Culantro
• Citrus Basil
• Cumin
• Cutting Celery
• Dandelion
• Dill

• Echinacea (Coneflower)
• Epazote
• Feverfew
• Flax
• Garlic Chives
• Goldenseal
• Hyssop
• Lavender
• Leaf Fennel
• Lemon Balm
• Lemon Grass
• Lovage
• Marjoram
• Mexican Mint Marigold
• Milk Thistle
• Mint, all varieties

• Nettle
• Oregano
• Parsley (leafy types only)
• Passion Flower
• Pleurisy Root
• Pyrethrum
• Rosemary
• Rue
• Sage
• Salad Burnet
• Saltwort
• Savory
• Shiso
• Stevia
• Thyme
• Valerian
• Wormwood
• Mibura

Crazy Right?!

So Now....

How many Tower Gardens do you want to order?

The Strawberry Tower

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Tower Garden by Juice Plus +

Hello I hope you are having a fantastic day! 

I have decided to start sharing about my personal Tower Garden in my very own back yard. 

This year I started 19 different tomato plants and of course some spring greens, basil and cucumbers to go with all my lovely beauties. 

I am wanting to share my weekly pictures with you so 

you can see in real time how my Tower Garden is doing. 

Just a little about my area I live in Bend Oregon which is in the middle of Oregon 

also know as Central Oregon. 

The big joke is you can not grow a garden in Bend Oregon without a green house.

 I say you can if you have a Tower Garden with wheels on it. 

Our temperatures can range within 50 degrees in one 24 hour period and 

we even have had frost in late May early June and late August. 

What I am getting at with this tower is if I can start tomatoes in the middle of July

 and be successful....so can you! 

I have numbered my Tower Garden and I printed a sheet of what I planted in the hole for that number.

I have started this Tower with seeds rather then growing starts, then planting.

So what you are looking at is one port hole with rock wool, seeds and vermiculite.

Because this garden requires no dirt the seeds need a medium to grow in, 

rock wool is what we use. I will get into all the reasons why this is a great way to grow many veggies.

My seeds are sprouting 3 to 4 days later

There is a mixture of food and water that pumps up through the tube when you set the timer.

 I have mine set on 30 minutes off 15 minutes on. 

The constant movement of water keeps the plants fed 

and the disease away.

After 5 days I have more sprouts but not all have peeked out yet

but some are actually getting tall.

I have more pictures to share and a lot more to tell you about this garden but if you would like to know all the details...watch some videos, order your own Tower Garden and read about the dimensions please go to www.MsVeggie.com

This is my favorite video to show people how

Tower Gardens are used by restaurants!

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