New Garden to Kitchen Recipe — Spelt Honey Bread

It's been too long since we've posted a new recipe for the Garden to Kitchen page. Oh we talk about it from time to time and vow to be more diligent, but... you know, stuff happens and suddenly it's been months. We're not promising an end to this procrastination, but here's at least one more...

Okie’s Birdfeeders

A couple of Tuesday's ago we wrote a post about hacking a birdfeeder from an IKEA shelf. In our post we promised to share any pictures that readers sent to us showing how they'd created their own birdfeeders out of repurposed materials. We received a charming email that depicted birdfeeders so clever and attractive that...

Wordless Wednesday

Durango, Colorado Irvine, California

Tuesday’s Tips — Forcing Blooms

The contrast between my garden in Southern California and Mary Beth's garden just outside of Durango couldn't be more different than it is right now. In Southern California we've had a week of warm weather and my garden thinks it's spring. The daffodils are pushing up, there's new growth on the roses, and I have...

Sunday Zen

Durango, Colorado Irvine, California

Wordless Wednesday

Durango, Colorado Irvine, California

Tuesday’s Tips — Hacking a Bird Feeder

I love watching birds in my yard and I encourage their visits. I plant shrubs that have berries they like and I don't let a few aphids or other pesky bugs worry me too much because the birds (and beneficial insects) usually do a good job of keeping those populations down. Lately though, the number...