How to Grow
A Love Affair with Growing Turnips
The other day I was eating a freshly harvested turnip from the garden and I asked Sam, ‘why do we always forget to grow more turnips?’ No joke, we both LOVE eating turnips, yet every year we seem to prioritize radishes and beets instead of growing more turnips! So,...
How to Prune Boysenberry Plants
It's finally a beautiful, rain-free weekend in January! Therefore, it's the ideal time to prune boysenberry plants as well as roses and most fruit trees. Today I'm sharing what has worked for us as far as pruning our thornless boysenberry plants here in Southern...
Growing Chamomile in the Garden
What are your favorite teas to drink? Growing up I loved chamomile and mint tea. Nowadays I've added earl grey, masala chai, and green teas to my repertoire. In fact, there seems to be a tea for every mood and every time of day. In our own gardens, it's possible to...
Tips to Grow Better Cilantro
After several years, I'm finally growing the cilantro of my dreams! This delicious herb is often elusive, especially in warmer climates like Southern California. While I can’t claim to have figured out the perfect solution, today I’m sharing tips for how I learned to...
A David Austin Rose Garden
This is the first year for this David Austin rose garden here in zone 10. Back in Spring 2022, I planted a rose garden from scratch and filled it with seven, carefully selected, David Austin English roses. I’ve always been mesmerized by more cupped, heavily layered,...
Self Sowing Volunteer Flowers
Some days you might find me prancing about the garden, waving what looks like a dried up stick enthusiastically through the air. What am I doing? I’m helping mother nature out a little bit and trying to make the most of my self-sowing flowers in the garden. Sometimes...
Planting Daffodils in Containers & Other Fall Tasks
This year, my garden space is maxed out (sound familiar?) so I'll be planting daffodils in containers for the first time. While it's probably easier to forego planting any daffodils this year, I'll miss their cheery faces too much come Spring if I don't plant any....
Favorite Lettuce Varieties & Tips
Mmmm fresh garden lettuce! The mild winters we have here in Orange County are the perfect time to grow some of my favorite lettuce varieties. Honestly, homegrown lettuce is one of those crops I think everyone should try growing. It tends to be quick-growing,...
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