Exactly as the title says — this is an easy and foolproof guide to starting seeds indoors. Whether you have a dedicated vegetable bed in your backyard, or a cluster of containers…
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Garden of Eatin', Seeds & SeedlingsHow to Use Days to Maturity on a Seed Packet to Help You Be a Better Gardener
I remember the first time I bought seeds for my garden. They were tomatoes, and the packet read “75 days to maturity.” Great! I thought. If I start them in March, I’ll…
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Pink peppercorns are often thought of as a gourmet spice, packaged in small, expensive jars and called for in fancy cookbooks. But in Southern California and other parts of the country, bucketfuls…
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If you’re as enthusiastic about the holiday season as I am, you probably like to decorate your Christmas tree early, and that means bringing home a live tree soon after Thanksgiving and…
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I’ve been intrigued with alternative building methods ever since seeing the first container home featured in Dwell magazine. Combine that with seven years of living near the Port of Los Angeles, where…
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Garden of Eatin', How-ToA Fall Garden Checklist for Maximizing the Season and Winterizing Your Yard
This post is in partnership with 3-IN-ONE®. All thoughts and words are my own. Is it just me, or does it feel like fall chores vastly outnumber my spring garden checklist? Maybe…
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Seed saving is one of the little joys of gardening. Now that we’re nearing the end of the season, my kitchen counter is lined with tea towels and saucers of all sizes,…
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Maybe it was my Asian upbringing that taught me never to waste food, as my family used and ate every part of the vegetable, fish, chicken, pig or cow that we brought…
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You waited seven, maybe nine months, for all that homegrown garlic to finish growing. Now that you’ve dug it all up, you want to savor it for as long as possible until…
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I’m going into my fourth season in Central Oregon soon, but only my first as a gardener. (Side note: Whoa, eight months already? Where has all that time gone?!) If you’ve been…