Plants

All things plants: Tips on how to start a container garden, deadhead roses, make herbal teas from garden harvests, and more.

Where can you buy affordable plants? Here are the 7 best places to look for cheap plants

My love for plants hasn’t waned over the years, but I have become more mindful of what I bring into…

9 months ago

Decluttering a plant collection is tough but totally possible — here’s how to do it

The Central Valley is so spellbinding this time of year. Just outside my window, pinkish white flowers envelope treetops and…

10 months ago

7 best places to buy beautiful & budget-friendly pots for your plants

I remember the good old days when I'd buy a plant and just let it sit in its garish, shiny…

10 months ago

Using up kumquats

Let’s take a break from the thrifting blogs this week. Today, I want to talk about my dad’s kumquat tree,…

10 months ago

Brewing jujube tea from homegrown, sun-dried jujubes for the perfect autumn beverage

When I worked in downtown Oakland in college, I’d occasionally return to my quaint Berkeley studio with a huge plastic…

1 year ago

Drying Bulgarian rose to make rose tea

I am fond of the idea of being a chic rose girl, but unfortunately, I’m seldom a rose girl in…

1 year ago

Planting and caring for strawberries in the fall

Now that I'm 29, one hard truth that I’ve come to accept about myself is that I’m a fairweather outdoor…

1 year ago

Pruning rose bushes during the summer

I am a neurotically detail-oriented Virgo daughter of a must-have-things-visually-orderly Libra mother, so, of course, against the advice of every…

1 year ago

Harvesting fresh English lavender to make tea

In proper Swiftie fashion, I have been in a lavender haze lately. That’s to say, the English lavender I’ve been…

1 year ago

Growing Thai basil in my kitchen herb garden

I think I have sufficiently established that I possess very little skill when it comes to the culinary arts. That…

1 year ago

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