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Sunnylands: California’s Newest Garden Jewel!
Sunnylands Center and Gardens When I told my friend, Ellen, who writes the amazing literary travel blog, Gold Boat Journeys, we were heading to Palm Springs for the weekend, she gave me a hot tip:...
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Sunset Garden Cookbook Contest: We Are All Winners!
I feel a little guilty now that I made the winners of our new Sunset Edible Garden Cookbooks work so hard. If you missed my post announcing the contest, I asked for a favorite tomato recipe. Maybe...
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Hung up on String Plants
photo via stringgardens.com I never quite got the whole terrarium craze, or made a mini-garden–even though they look like a lot of fun–but these string plants are beckoning me. They’ve been popping...
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California Friendly Garden Contest: We Are All Winners!
Roger’s Gardens, which is the premiere gardening center in Orange County, California, just announced the winners of its California Friendly Garden Contest. I think it’s so great that this family-owned...
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Life Lessons in the Veggie Patch
Like children, vegetables aren’t that fun to look at in photos unless, of course, they are your own, and you love watching them grow. Like an overbearing mom, I’m fretting way too much over my...
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Groovy Patio Furniture–for The Rest of Us
When my brother, who is visiting from Nashville this week, saw this patio set in my backyard, he told me the story of how he spotted an almost identical one in the depths of a secondhand store...
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A Tomato Tribute
I owe this large bowl of home-grown tomatoes–a personal goal of mine for many years–to one person. Actually, to one bird. I call her Mama Oriole. In case you don’t read every post on my blog, I...
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Keep It Simple, Stupid
For the last couple years, I have driven past this building off Coast Highway in south Laguna several times a week, usually on my way down to San Onofre State Beach to go surfing. It’s hard to...
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He Was Amazing!!!
When I moved to California about 25 years ago, I knew little about the state. Over the years, I learned more about its remarkable diversity, history, natural beauty and people from one man–Huell...
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New Sunset Garden Book Giveaway!
Photos from The 20-Minute Gardener book Sunset Magazine Garden Book Contest! With all the great outdoor living ideas and images floating around the Internet these days, it’s hard to collect and...
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