It’s almost summer, and Country Living magazine just posted their can’t-miss travel guide “50 Things to Do in 50 States.” They asked 50 bloggers across the country to pick the...
My last weekend culminated in the solar eclipse peaking over the barren Baja desert. But there were plenty of other beautiful moments before that. In Baja, life is simple. Life is slow. Life is about...
Last Sunday as the annular solar eclipse was making its way down the West Coast, I was surfing in Northern Baja, glancing up at a gloomy sky and wondering if we would get to see it at all. The eclips...
Last Monday I posted a generous giveaway from Icebreaker for their merino wool Quantum Hood… and 106 comments later, my head is spinning with all the fun ideas you guys had for how you would we...
Or more accurately, how to regrow green onions without dirt. A green onion is kinda like a lizard. You can pull off its tail, and a new one will grow right back. I harvested all my green onions last ...
Last weekend, I spent three days in the Sierra foothills, camping and kayaking on the Kings River. I brought only one layer with me: Icebreaker’s merino wool Quantum Hood. I wore my Quantum hoo...
I have special memories of the Kings River. The first and last time I paddled its roller coaster rapids was back in 2008 for my birthday, which kick-started all the river trips every summer since. Af...
Despite many chicken-keeping sources claiming chickens like to share nest boxes — up to four of them per nest — each one of my divas prefers her own throne. Go figure. Kimora is the only chicken that...
It often blows my mind that something like this can be found just 30 minutes from the heart of Los Angeles! On top of that, it’s only a 4-mile round-trip hike on a trail so easy, it suits ̶...
… As my veggie-loving pug will tell you! Most people don’t realize that broccoli leaves are just as edible as the broccoli head itself. And I can’t blame them, since store-bought br...
Few things in the garden are more mesmerizing than the Italian heirloom brassica of Romanesco broccoli. This chartreuse bud is an edible flower that is also known as a Romanesco cauliflower, but it&#...
One of my favorite things about backyard eggs — besides the orange yolks, the daily discoveries, and the hilarious hens themselves — is not having to refrigerate them. That’s right, I leave my ...
Looks like summer came early to the garden… Here we are in the middle of April, and I just spotted my first green tomato on the vine! I actually spotted five green tomatoes, and since they̵...
There are few things I love more than a good, long road trip… better yet, a good, long road trip on roads less traveled. I love the feeling of getting lost and discovering something new. And th...
Remember the homemade chai concentrate I offered up over the holidays? I haven’t made it in months. It’s not because I don’t like it anymore — I can’t get enough of the stuff....
Last week I had the honor of hosting Jere Gettle (as in the Jere Gettle from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, pictured at right) and Paul Wallace (the man in charge of Baker Creek’s west coast branc...
Sunshine in a bottle. Sweet, boozy sunshine. If you’ve never had a sip of the Italian lemon liqueur known as limoncello, you’re in for a treat. Homemade limoncello blows away the store-bo...
I love days like this. Rainy. Blustery. Gray. Cold. In the spring, I’m often running around the garden pulling, planting, raking, staking, seeding, scooping, shoveling, and all sorts of stuff t...
Whew! A whopping 767 comments later, my very first giveaway on the blog has come to a successful close. But before we get to the winner, can I just say how much you guys all rock?! I am floored by th...
How many times have you sowed a handful of teeny tiny seeds — onions and carrots, for instance, or even worse, those little specks called basil! — and wished you had a magnifying glass? Or sowed a ro...
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a sucker for seeds. Lots and lots o’ seeds. And one of my favorite suppliers of seeds is a small heirloom house called Baker Creek, headed by Jere Gettl...
On Wednesday afternoon, this egg was laid at exactly 2:15. At 2:16, I reached into the coop and made myself breakfast. How often can you say your breakfast was only one minute old? (Okay, maybe three...
One of these eggs came from my free-ranging, bug-eating, sunshine-loving Easter Egger chicken. Another egg came from organic, vegetarian-fed, cage-free chickens (or so the carton said). And the last ...
I’d been waiting almost four months for my first egg. Four months! That’s four months of friends and family coming around and asking when our chickens were going to start laying. Granted,...
A three-ingredient jelly recipe that uses no sugar? It almost sounds too good to be true… Except it is true, and truly good whether it’s spread on English muffins or Southern cornbread. I...
This morning, while I was deep in sleep, my fiance Will ran into our room and woke me up excitedly. “Look!” He shook me under the covers until I grudgingly half-opened one eye. There in h...
Remember my hefty harvest of lemons from the other week? Of those 60-plus lemons, I put up over half of them in less than an hour and none of it involved a jar (well, just one jar, but not in the way...
Moroccan preserved lemons. They sound just as exotic as Vietnamese preserved lemons, but are just as easy to make and just as versatile for even the simplest of dishes. You don’t need a tagine,...
Growing up in an Asian family, I’ve seen my fair share of Eastern home remedies. There was the hard-boiled egg that my mom would rub on my bruises to make them go away. There was cạo gió, a met...
For such a little tree, this thing sure pumps out a lotta lemons every winter! I harvested a hefty basket of lemons last week, and I didn’t even put a dent in my tree. I’m not sure how ma...
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