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An Ever-Growing Garden

An Ever-Growing Garden

Everything you need to know about today's story comes in these two sentences: "I had never been much of a gardener, but when one acquires a home for the first  …
7-Day Fresh Meal Plan for Healthy Living

7-Day Fresh Meal Plan for Healthy Living

Ready to replace ultra-processed foods with vibrant, nutrient-packed meals? Here’s a simple, delicious, and versatile 7-day meal plan sourced from your home garden, local farmers’ market, and supermarket produce aisle.  …
Eating Like You Live on a Small Farm

Eating Like You Live on a Small Farm

Imagine waking up to the rooster’s crow (or your smartphone alarm with a rooster ringtone) and heading to the backyard to gather eggs from happy hens, pick dew-kissed tomatoes, or  …
Growing Watermelons Like You Know How

Growing Watermelons Like You Know How

This year, for the fourth year in a row, I embarked on the journey of growing watermelons. The first year, I grew watermelons I had no business trying to ripen  …
The Great Tomato-tastrophe!

The Great Tomato-tastrophe!

It was shaping up to be the Summer I always dreamed of—my garden was bursting with tomatoes in every shade of red, yellow, and even a suspicious shade of purple.  …
A Tortoise in the Garden

A Tortoise in the Garden

If you want to see some hilarious animal antics, take a walk through my garden. You'll see squirrels chasing each other up and down the sunflowers, rabbits hopping around in  …
Garden-to-Glass Cocktails

Garden-to-Glass Cocktails

There was no small push by our team to delve into the wild world of "garden-to-glass" cocktails. Can you blame them? After all, fennel-infused cocktails are all the rage now, so  …