Float Fest tickets were offered for a small additional fee on top of parade tickets, so we decided to extend our stay and see the floats...

It's been awhile since I wrote my first blog on Vermicomposting, or the hobby of raising worms. I recently met a young woman who is...

A few years ago I discovered a book called "Eat to Live" by Joel Fuhrman, and among the other things I learned, one of the most impactful...

The Deviled Eggery Garden Network is in it’s 2nd year and provides regular delivery of produce, flowers, and herbs to the Una Vida...

You might wonder what coffee and compost have to do with each other, but after learning more about healthy soils last year, I have been...

A new-to-me garden book and continued experimentation in gardening lead me to write again, sharing lessons from my garden. I am building...

While I have been having plant sales for years, it’s only recently that I began raising seedlings for sale. Prior to that, I potted up...

I fully admit it, I’m one of those people who can’t stand to throw away a plant that has any life in it. Whether it’s a houseplant on...

If you like pumpkin pie and/or have excess pumpkin puree, this blog's for you! I recently was gifted 6 cans of pumpkin by a friend, so...

More garden learning and my gardening friends have encouraged me to post Part 2 in my garden lessons, building on this blog written a...

When I was a kid, we always knew where we could find worms when getting prepared for a fishing trip. My childhood home, "The Ranch", had...

When we moved to this house 25 years ago, I swore we'd get to know the neighbors. This was based on my experience living "in town",...

I have loved tomatoes since I was a child and we visited my Grandma Flint in Fresno. I still remember the amazement I felt when ONE...

It's that time of year again! The thermometer cracked 90 degrees, so it must be time to "put up" produce in the kitchen. This time it's...

As I walk through my garden and reflect the lessons learned over the last year, I realize that by paying attention and spending time, I...

Nothing says "spring" like strawberries, and we are fortunate to have strawberry stands in Sonoma County that are "worth the trip". This...

I wanted to share the experience of observing the film crew who documented Lanie Grant using HomeCourt at our house last February. At...

For those who have been following me for awhile, one of the garden/craft proje cts I wrote about last summer was pumpkin scratching. It...

It's a classic retirement activity - bird watching. We enjoy all sorts of birds in our yard, but it's only recently that the goldfinches...

I have been waiting all summer to share our latest home project with you. Our front lawn needed to be down-sized, and we were fortunate...