A bottle of limoncello contains some contrasts. It looks like summer in a glass, but due to the ripening schedule of our lemon trees, we make it in late fall and winter. A limoncello recipe can take over a month to complete (and years to...
POST-EVENT UPDATE: There was a lot of rehearsing of the word Schlumbergera over and over again on walks, but the event went off like a dream. Ryan did an edible flowers window box and Chantal filled hers with blooming holiday cactus. Check out the live recording! Folks....
Amid all the talk about enjoying the "fruits of your labor" this weekend, we gardeners can say we take that old chestnut literally. Our own plans for Labor Day will include: nibbling on the first signs of guava season, working on a new furniture installation under our citrus...
“Most people don't want to just click and order flowers for their moms. They want something special and unique, like her,” says Carlos Franco, owner and lead designer of Green Fresh Florals in San Diego, the same flower shop that created the Parisian-inspired installation we...
Greetings, fellow Earthlings. Today is the day we celebrate our home planet. (So actually, every day is Earth Day.) Even though many of the major events happened over the weekend — including the sustainability-centric Earth Day 2013 festival in SF and the New York Cares Day...
Not to get all sappy, but we often don’t realize how much luck is all around us, all the time. Today we were planning to go on a shamrock search (say that ten times fast) in honor of Saint Patrick's Day, but ended up finding...
This year, Groundhog Day falls on a Saturday, which means you can either toast the spring-embracing skittishness of Punxsutawney Phil or drown your sorrows in smoked porter as you hunker down for six more weeks of winter. Either way, consider it a warmup for the Superbowl. February...