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December Gardening & Seasonal Eating Guide for Zone 9
Here in Central California Zone 9 we are so fortunate because you can garden and harvest every month of the year! I’m a life-long gardener sharing tips I’ve learned myself as well as generational knowledge passed down to help get you ready to grow! What To Plant This Month: It has sure been a chilly and rainy fall season so far! With winter soon approaching most plants in the garden are settling in. Winter crops grow slower and since to many of them are harvested whole tow
Nov 244 min read


November Gardening & Seasonal Eating Guide for Zone 9
Here in Central California Zone 9 we are so fortunate because you can garden and harvest every month of the year! I’m a life-long gardener sharing tips I’ve learned myself as well as generational knowledge passed down to help get you ready to grow! What To Plant This Month: Well we are really in the heart of autumn now! If you've been procrastinating on getting your fall veggies planted there's still a few weeks to get plants in the ground but I recommend buying starter pl
Nov 36 min read


October Gardening & Seasonal Eating Guide for Zone 9
Here in Central California Zone 9 we are so fortunate because you can garden and harvest every month of the year! I’m a life-long...
Sep 284 min read


Ultimate Fruit Orchard Picks
Planning what trees to install can be challenging, there's lots to think about! Besides laying out the actually design of where trees can...
Sep 252 min read


Easy Snow/Snap Pea Growing & Harvesting
One of my favorite veggies to grow is peas! I love eating the crunchy sweet pods whole right off the plant, the same way I did as a kid....
Sep 213 min read


Plant These 9 to Grow the Most Food
In one of my recent posts Eating Well on a Budget , I briefly mentioned the fact that our backyard veggie garden offsets our grocery...
Sep 184 min read


Garden Basics for Total Newbies
Hi there! If you're totally new to gardening this is the post to get you started - some of my other posts contain vocabulary and...
Sep 1811 min read


Eating Well on a Budget
If you follow my Instagram page you'll see story posts almost daily showcasing what we're cooking in the kitchen. We prioritize minimally...
Sep 1711 min read


Kitchen Essentials for Avoiding Plastics
In our home, part of eating a natural and nourishing diet means getting back to basics when it comes to kitchen supplies. From the pans...
Sep 133 min read


Garden Lessons Learned: From Farm-Style to City Backyard
When we moved to our current home in the summer of 2023, I was set on testing out the western section of the yard for a secluded kitchen...
Sep 98 min read
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