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Actually, there aren't many apples that are no spray; or even low spray. Here are some that come very close and should work in your area: Freedom, Liberty, Novamac, William's Pride. I am a big fan of St. Lawrence Nursery. They specialize in disease and cold resistance. They graft their apples...

Hauling organic matter to a bin for composting is too much extra work. Plus you lose too much nitrogen from bin composting through evaporation of ammonia. Many organic gardeners / farmers just till in the organic matter. It definitely prevents the wrong kind of insects from using it to propagate...

I too have mild hypothyroidism. But I do not take medication. I stimulate my thyroid gland naturally with exercise, acupuncture, yoga, etc. I do literally eat tons of brassica, but I always cook them. That destroys most of the goitrogenic compounds. And I eat lots of ocean fish...

My favorites are Triple Crown and Doyle. Triple Crown is great for fresh eating and has good disease resistance. Doyle is too seedy for anything but jam and fruit leather. But it is very disease resistant. Navaho is rated as the best tasting but it is not as disease resistant...

As stated previously, plant early. I just wanted to emphasize that. It is critical. Plant as soon as your extension agency in your area says you can. I do not thin. Beet seeds are conglomeratesclusters of multiple seeds. If you pull out one you can damage the others. Just harvest regularly to...

Plant in north south rows. Disease resistant varieties and their uses are: wine: Oberlin Noir, Marquette, Norton table or jams and jellies: Shuyler, Bluebell, Trollhaugen, Mars, America mostly jams and jellies: Beta, Isabella Probably Shuyler is the best tasting. All the table grapes...

Turnip greens, as well as collard, kale, etc, taste better when cooked with particalized meat. The meat protein will temporarily bond with the tannins and tremendously improve the flavor. I always cook my greens in soups, stews, casseroles, etc...

The reason Quinoa is rinsed is because it is high in saponins which are toxic. Rinsing never removes all the toxins. When people are young, they can often handle it, but not so much when they get older. Amaranth is high in oxalates which bind calcium. These crops grow very easily, but are...

I harvest the greens more than the roots. The greens are great sources of calcium / magnesium. They can also be easily parboiled, dried, and stored for long periods. The roots do not store well for long periods no matter what you do. The greens are also high in lutein and zeaxanthin, which...

Fava also works well http://www.gardenfornutrition.org/

I like to rotate between no till, shallow till, and deep till. Each has benefits if used in rotation http://www.gardenfornutrition.org/Organic_Soil_How_To_Build_Up_Nutrients.html

I am also very allergic to gluten, but I do not eat the grains mentioned because their protein molecules are very similar to gluten and it causes the same reaction. While I grow Amaranth for the flowers, I never eat it since it is extremely high in oxalates which bind calcium. Rice and roots are...

Also, certain varieties are bred to store in the ground better: Thumbalina, Autumn King, James Scarlet Intermediate, Saint Valery, and F1 Merida http://www.gardenfornutrition.org/

See the GardenForNutrition.org web site