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    California Springtime

    I am on the road again--springtime--and I am off across the country speaking to gardeners and herbal enthusiasts from coast to coast and in-between.

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    Spring Green

    Spring is in the air! It is time to start foraging for new plant growth and harbingers of spring in our gardens—celebrating green.

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    Grow Vegetables All Year-Long With Cold Frames

    A cold frame with a glass top can give you a 12-month growing season, even in Maine, and it's the easiest and most economical way to extend your harvest. Build…

  • How to Grow Escarole and Endive
    Kitchen Gardening

    How to Grow Escarole and Endive

    Escarole and endive offer crunch and a pleasant bitterness. These cool-season greens can be used raw as a salad ingredient, or cooked, most commonly in sautées or soups.

  • a cool gardening season
    How-To

    A Winter Vegetable Garden in Northern California

    If your climate is right, you can keep your garden going all winter with cool-weather crops that can't take the summer heat: peas, spinach, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, and other salad…

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    Egg and Cheese Puff with Greens

    A great brunch dish, or quick lunch or supper, this recipe is easily put together and can actually be prepared a few hours ahead of time and refrigerated.

  • Seasonal Food from a Monastery Garden
    Kitchen Gardening

    Seasonal Food from a Monastery Garden

    Simplicity reigns, whether it's tending the vegetables, cooking the meals, or preserving the harvest.

  • How to Grow Mache (Corn Salad): Spring's First Green
    Kitchen Gardening

    How to Grow Mache (Corn Salad): Spring’s First Green

    Blissfully simple to grow, this gourmet green will overwinter to grace your table at the start of the season.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    A Mini-Farm in San Francisco

    Faced with unplanned retirement, a gardener transforms a weed-choked backyard into a micro market garden that grows greens by the fistful.

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    So You Want to Sell Your Homegrown Produce?

    Have you ever fantasized about selling your veggies to a restaurant? This author has done that, and here he offers tips on how to proceed and make your dream a…