Heading to Substack
It’s finally time. I spent most of this year debating whether or not I wanted to continue to have a private blog or move to…
A Charming Napa Valley Hotel — Rancho Caymus Inn
For my first trip to California’s most famous wine region, I wanted a Napa Valley hotel that would give us easy access to interesting wineries…
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Finally Friday
The last couple of weeks have been rough. I was going to share joyous (and so delicious) details about my first wine tasting trip to…
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A Butter Cookies Recipe with a Lemon Glaze
I have been looking for a butter cookies recipe that would offer me a bite of something new. When I found one that included a…
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Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Andy is a big fan of lemon poppy seed muffins. He used to say they were his favorite muffins, and they were a regular part…
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How to Save Water at Home
With another drought upon us in Southern California, we are looking at how to save water at home while still growing a garden. The first…
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Parmesan Bread with Cracked Pepper Recipe
While my heart belongs to our go-to no-knead bread recipe, I’ll admit that a Parmesan bread with cracked black pepper recipe has been tempting me…
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Blueberry Lemon Bread Recipe
This week, I decided to test out a blueberry lemon bread recipe because we had leftover blueberries and homegrown Meyer lemons (our sapling out back…
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Growing Cherry Tomatoes in Containers
If you’ve been following our Home Grown exploits, you know that we started growing cherry tomatoes as part of our indoor container garden in August…
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5 Spring Dessert Recipes
What are your favorite spring dessert recipes? While we have some that make the all-time list, we are trying to tie our recipes to some…
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Growing Rosemary
We didn’t start out with the intention of growing rosemary, but (wow!) has it grown. The rosemary has grown in a pot indoors, in the…
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