Plant I Love: ‘Crane Red’ Kale
When I was in the Bay Area last month I made a pilgrimage to Annie’s Annuals nursery. Swoon! They of course have an amazing selection of ornamental plants, but they also offer a super cool collection...
View ArticleEdible Gardening Events This Weekend
Spring has finally sprung here in the Northwest! I will be in Washington this weekend talking about vegetable gardening and I hope that you’ll be able to come out to one of my events. Here’s my...
View ArticleUrban Farm Handbook Challenge: Build a Trellis!
Seattle is full of inspiring gardeners, including Annette Cottrell who blogs at Sustainable Eats and co-authored with Joshua McNichols the Urban Farm Handbook: City-Slicker Resources for Growing,...
View ArticleSpiced Apple Puff Pancake
To enter last week’s Free Range Chicken Garden book giveaway, I asked people to leave a comment with their favorite way to eat eggs. Scrambled or boiled with buttered toast was by far and away the...
View ArticleAvocado on Garlic Rubbed Toast
An acquaintance of mine who grew up in San Diego once told me she had an avocado tree in her childhood backyard, but she didn’t like avocados at the time and never ate them. I almost cried at the...
View ArticlePlant I Love: Chervil
Chervil is perhaps the world’s cutest herb. It produces mounds of delicate, ferny foliage, and in early summer lacy white flowers float above the leaves, luring in lots of beneficial insects. Chervil...
View ArticleChoosing Healthy Cucumber and Squash Seedlings
In my cool Pacific Northwest climate, plants that belong in the cucurbit (squash) family, including melons, cucumbers, summer squash like ‘Costata Romanesco’ and ‘Trombocino’ and winter squash, grow...
View ArticleWeekend Book Signings!
This weekend promises to be a fun one for me! Tomorrow morning I’m headed to Molbak’s Nursery in Woodinville, Washington at 10:00 am to talk about how to get the most from your garden. I’m going to...
View ArticleBook and Garden Tour! Portland, Brooklyn, New Jersey, Chicago and Seattle!
Happy official summer everyone! Starting tomorrow, I’m off on a little book tour and my friend Robin is opening her completely amazing garden to the public. I’ve sprinkled photos of her garden through...
View ArticleSneak Peek: Roberta’s Urban Restaurant Garden
The Heritage Radio Network (HRN) broadcasts live from a shipping container that is set in the midst of a thriving urban garden that grows behind Roberta’s–a pizzeria in Bushwick, Brooklyn. In June, I...
View ArticleHow to gain popularity through buying Twitter followers
The social media has proven its efficacy in influencing people. Both celebrities seeking popularity and business people looking to promote their products have taken to increasing their social media...
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