Wild Greens for Eatin'

By Ian Kleine

So you are finally geared for getting ready to pick some of the good stuff of the earth. Book and field manual in check, guide ready, family hungry and excited for some frontier cuisine, and stomachs growling in excitement. It's a fine day,and no one is complaining about tired feet and being bored out of their minds. But how do you go cooking it?

The general consensus when dealing with wild greens for most people is to either (a) boil them to death with salt and pepper or (b) cut them and put them in a salad. Trust me, there are other and more delicious ways to prepare greens than just your usual fair. Get yourself a good book and study on it. I'll at least provide some insights for as to what cooking techniques can be used with which vegetables.

Boiling and eating raw in salads wasn't a farce. Most of the wild greens are usually prepared just like that. But wild greens are versatile, just as how many greens there are out there. Depending on their toughness, tenderness, flair, flavor, nutritional value or structure would determine what cooking technique best suits the vegetable.

Take dandelion for example. You wouldn't think that this common 'weed' is actually a very good source of iron and Vitamin A. Dandelions are best eaten during the raw months of March and April. Nope, you don't eat the flowers or seeds (unless you like fluff in your mouth). Dandelion greens are best used in salads.

Dandelion may or may not be a weed, depending on how we use these prolific little plants. Just be careful and ask around first before gathering dandelions. Most homeowners might have sprayed chemicals or herbicides in attempts to eradicate dandelions, and you might ingest it in the process.

About the Author:

Going for a trip to West Virginia? Why not make it worth the trip? West Virginia craft shows. Visit West Virginia craft fairs, that's what I use to check up on mine.

Computer Games Reviews & Tips

By Deniss Durrell

Not plentiful persons know and to know that Retirement can increase multitasking cleverness This information comes as a effect of various learns that have been conducted in the sector of gaming and both kids and adults the same.

Despite the negative attention that these games often obtain, the learns have designated that computer games in reality have been further class of benefits.

Expert who have been contained in the studies and have calculated the results have stated that people who get exposure to the aptitude to multitask are regularly more successful in their individual and professional life. Computer games are seen as an entertaining and efficient start to this success!

It has been discovered located that when an individual plays several of the a number of computer games on the marketplace now, they are learning how to successfully carry out variety tasks that like to be fulfilled in regulate to finish certain goals.

In a number of examples, quite a few activities should be completed at once in order to accomplish this task. As a result the computer games are instruction reason plus result, reasoning, critical thinking skills, as well as multitasking.

If you have eternally wondered how plentiful persons look to be able to finish some additional things at once, you can need to look a small closer at the behavior that they chase in their spare time. You can locate that playing computer games is one of the activities!

About the Author:

About author: Computergame-s.com. Computer games are one of the most popular activities that individuals around the world engage in. Here, you will learn how these games can actually prove to be beneficial to you!

An Introduction to SEO For Blogs

By Caroline Middlebrook

Many people don't think about SEO in the beginning and believe that it is something that can be saved for a leter time. However this isn't true because when done properly, SEO would be incorporated into your blog setup and it is much better to think of it from the outset rather than trying to correct mistakes later.

Why Bother With SEO?

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation. Search engines are an excellent source of completely free traffic that continues to pour in for years to come but it usually takes a long time for a brand new site to begin getting traction in the search engines which is another reason why it makes sense to consider it from day 1.

To do SEO you need content that ranks in the search engines and of course with blogs being so content-rich they make excellent candidates. However if you don't consider your SEO from the outset all those posts may not be at all optimised and your efforts go to waste and hordes of potential traffic could be lost.

Getting On-Page SEO Correct

The first step in optimising your posts is knowing what keyword phrase you want to target. It is possible to target more than one but much more difficult. Now one thing that I would emphasise here is that as a blogger, particularly if you are starting out, if you have no idea about what keywords you want to target then just don't worry about it as its best to concentrate on writing good content than thinking about search engines.

Having said that, some blogs that are in more specialised niches can be quite easy to pick keywords for. For example if you write some kind of photography blog and you are writing a post which reviews a particular camera then a good candidate for a keyword would be the make and model of that camera as that it what people will be looking for in the search engines. There are several places that you need to insert your keyword:

1) The title - as near to the beginning as you can. This is the most important keyword placement.

2) The post content - your keyword should sppear a few times throughout the body of your post but don't go over the top with it.

3) Tags - Most blogging software such as WordPress allow you to add tags to your posts. Make sure your keyword is one of them.

4) The URL - it is preferable for your keywords to be embedded in the actual URL rather than having something like www.myblog.com/?p=123

What If You Have Already Written Lots of Posts?

If you already have a blog and this is the first time you have thought about SEO there are some things that you can do to tweak things. One thing that you should NOT do is change your post URL's because Google will still be indexing the old ones and if you change them you will have broken links.

However what you can do is change your titles and the copy text in your posts. One mistake that people often make is putting their keywords at the end of their title rather than at the beginning for example if you are targeting the phrase "make money blogging" which is best out of these two titles:

- 10 Great Ways to Make Money Blogging Today! - Make Money Blogging - 10 Killer Ideas!

The second title would be preferable because the keyword is the very first part of the title. You will also want to make sure your keyword appears liberally sprinkled throughout the body text.

These kinds of changes can take a while to take effect though as Google may not visit your blog very often, especially if it is new.

About the Author:

Caroline Middlebrook has been writing a popular blog since August 2007 which earns a 4-figure monthly income. She teaches how to make money blogging and you can download her free guides & courses.