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now how do you plan a garden?
I really wish that planning a garden was as simple as a visit to a nursery/garden center, buying up all of the pretty plants that you see, placing them in the ground with love and support (and water) and watching…
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more than a splash of color in the garden
I think I’m just going to turn this whole week into “garden week” — why not, since it seems to be the underlying theme to my activities around the house. Everyone else seems to be in the same spring mood…
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hot for hummus
I mentioned that it was insanely hot today, and along with the rest of California, I’m sweating up a storm and melting in the heat. Today was one of those “eat little, drink lots” days, and I had a crazy…
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a sweltering day in the garden
Did you know how hard it was for me to find a simple strawberry pot this weekend??? No one seems to carry these practical terracotta pots en masse, but thank goodness an old local hardware store had some sitting outside…
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the worky kind of weekend
On Friday, my Dad hopped up from the cooler coast and headed to our hot little house (then again, what part of CA wasn’t burning up this weekend? or today?) to help with lots of crazy projects we had on…
a career mom trying to make every day extraordinary