Howdy to Hobbs!

September 10, 2012

I want to share with you some of the exceptional places that I come across from time to time. These places are gems and not to be missed if you are in the area, or they could even be a destination. Most have a “garden thread” to them. “Places To Know” can be retail, restaurants, [...]

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Classic Basil Pesto

August 29, 2012

With an abundance of ripe heirloom tomatoes and Italian basil this month, the two flavors are naturals to be enjoyed together. Doesn’t this pesto look like green gold? I started my basil from planted rows of basil seed tape. This was a new method, which looking back worked out well. It took a while for [...]

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A Sunflower to Brighten Your Day

August 16, 2012

One day this impressive sunflower started to grow and grow, and eventually bloom. I try and imagine how this happened. Did a satiated bird drop it? Did the wind carry it? How is it fell into soil, that might might hold enough moisture for it to grow into maturity? What is the name of this [...]

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Insalata Caprese

July 30, 2012

Do you have an abundance of tomatoes right now? The best recipes from the garden are the simplest–letting natural flavors shine on their own. Insalata Caprese is all about fresh, natural flavors of summer. If you have a plethora of tomatoes now, try this Insalata Caprese recipe from Red, White, and Greens : The Italian [...]

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Vineyard Ready For Netting

July 23, 2012

It is that time of year. The vineyard is abundant with grape clusters, and the veraison process is just beginning. Veraison is the stage or process when the green grapes begin transitioning from hard to soft to the touch, and their color changes from green to eventually their particular harvest color, depending on the grape [...]

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Simple Country Bouquet from the Garden

July 10, 2012

Besides growing your own edibles, it is a great idea to grow your own flowers for bouquets. Here is a simple country bouquet idea for an event I had this spring. Flowers. My perennial sweet peas were abundant and in bloom. I have written about my lovely perennial sweet peas in more detail, Perennial Sweet [...]

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Pretty as a Pullet

June 29, 2012

Look closely, these pullets are just nearing two months old. Almost fully feathered, and already acting like full-fledged chickens, these are but young pullets that were born on May 2 & 9, 2012. How fast they grow up. A pullet is generally described as a young hen under a year old. These pullets are sweet, [...]

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Local Gardener Receives Royal Treatment

June 4, 2012

This past spring, the Village Garden Club of La Jolla brought Englishman Shane Connolly to San Diego for it’s fifth “Meet the Masters 2012″ program. This program is an annual garden club highlight, and it’s keynote speakers are generally the highest caliber of internationally acclaimed floral designers. In April of 2011, Shane Connolly led the [...]

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Handmade Garden Projects

May 17, 2012

Seattle-based freelance garden writer, author, blogger, and new editor of Pacific Horticulture, Lorene Edwards Forkner, has an exciting new book out called Handmade Garden Projects. Swinging through Southern California on a recent speaker circuit, Lorene had time to give a special hands-on demonstration and sell some of her “hot” books. Lorene demonstrated her Galvanized Wire Plant [...]

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Time to Celebrate Mother’s Day!

May 1, 2012

Sunset has many exciting projects happening this spring, Sunset’s News This Spring. One of them is their brand new Sunset Edible Garden Cookbook. Sunset Food Editor, Margo True, has done a phenomenal job with her new cookbook. I read it in an afternoon like a novel. Beautiful photography adds “mouth-watering” appeal. I found the recipes [...]

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