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clafoutis batter, universal solvent of fruit dessert
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IT’S URGENT GARDEN QUESTION time again, which means Ken Druse visited my radio show and podcast to help provide the [read more…]
august 17 open day, plant sale, native plant talk & workshop
ON SATURDAY August 17, join me and Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery in my garden for tours and a [read more…]
raised beds, grow bags and more, with epic gardening’s kevin espiritu
I BUILT MY OLD-STYLE wooden raised beds for vegetables about 30 years ago, and they’ve served me well. Lately on [read more…]
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NO, POISON IVY was not put on the planet to punish mankind, or to boost antihistamine sales. As with every [read more…]
okra: beautiful, resilient, and surprising, with chris smith
IF YOU HAD TOLD ME I’d be reading an entire book about okra, and often laughing out loud delightedly in [read more…]
