Spicing up the long white winter season

Don’t ask me why, but I’m suddenly thinking about my vegetable garden. For the past few weeks our backyard and my garden have been sitting there under a three-foot blanket of snow. Here in the nation’s capital metro area we’ve had the greatest snowfall for an entire winter already. I’ve measured more than 60 inches at our house. The average is 15 for winter season. Maybe I’m thinking ahead because by this morning, I almost can see the earth in the garden plot.
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Blueberry juice on my mind

My wife eats a ton of blueberries every morning, piled high on her low-fat cherry, peach or raspberry yogurt, and I don’t mind telling you how much this suddenly scares me. Don’t misunderstand me. I know blueberries are full of those wonderful antioxidants and I, myself, try to eat a lot of foods that contain these goodies. I hope the berries keep her healthy for decades and decades, and so far so good. But what I’m afraid is that her memory is going to get better and better, as mine gets, well, you know the word I’m searching for here. The problem is that I don’t eat blueberries very often and a new study finds that blueberry juice improves your memory. ...

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