Summer still has a month to go and after a long dry spell your garden might need a little help. But it isn’t the kind of help you might be thinking. Here are 5 secrets to a happier summer garden.
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Julia Child is famous for hating Cilantro aka fresh coriander. To celebrate her birthday, here’s a bit of fun and history about Cilantro.
Part of the fun in gardening is discovering the history of plants, how they were used in ancient times and of course how they are regarded in current culture. Since coriander is one of the world’s most frequently-used herbs, let’s start there.
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Santa Barbara is the perfect place to indulge in indoor-outdoor living and to take advantage of this outdoor living areas are essential. Bruce Giffin gives me his pro tips on how to have the perfect outdoor kitchen
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Why not plant a summer garden this year? With all life’s challenges and demands it’s easy to lose sight of why one should plant a garden in the first place. Why put attention on something so trivial? Whether it is filled with succulents, native plants, vegetables, flowers or anything else you can dream up, we plant gardens because they give us beauty and pleasure.
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