Subscriber Resources
I’m so glad you’re here and I’m tremendously grateful and over the moon that you have generously decided to support my work with a paid subscription.
In addition to weekly mailings, paid subscribers can access a (growing) library of resources including, projects, a roundup of my favorite paints and supplies, recipes, book recommendations, and more. It’s all here.
Mothering
BROWN
Growth relies on substance and depth.
Read the entire essay and download a copy at the link below.
Love Apples
This recipe means the world to me and very likely, is special to cooks and their loved ones the world over. The original is from the inimitable Marcella Hazan and is readily found all over the internet. This is my take on what has become a way to serve up "love on a plate.”
Cultivating Amaryllis
Anticipating the first glorious blooms on an Amaryllis is, in my eyes, one of the best parts of winter.
Citrus Salt
What do you get when you combine an edible rock with the essence of the sun?
tap on Lanterns
Light the (Halloween) night and guide little trick or treaters with these tap-on caning jar lanterns made with easy-to-find hardware store materials.
Gold
What a garden does in one year it takes the rest of us a lifetime to accomplish.
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Going to Seed
How to bank a bit of summer by collecting seed from the best and the brightest of this year’s crops.
Herbes de Provence
A simple recipes for cultivating flavor using homegrown herbs.
Floral Confetti
Celebrate your own blue door days with this botanical confetti made up of heavenly hues.
Lavender honey
Capture the lavender days of summer with this easy lavender-and-honey infusion.
Look closely
with great heart
Just because I appreciate you.
Let’s talk about paint
I’m game for using just about any sort of paint to custom mix the colors I see in petals, leaves, shells, and numerous other bits and pieces from my garden.
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Gratitude
(in no particular order)
A song of thanks for simple pleasures.
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Pebble Mosaics
A limited palette of mostly white, smooth pebbles set within repurposed heat hoops subtly suggest the ridges of an oyster’s shell or the swirling movement of water.
Transport your garden to the beach — only without the property taxes!
A beautiful distraction
A garden makes room for our human impulse to organize while also offering us a means to comprehend wildness.
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Wire plant support
In addition to protect your sweet peas from ravaging rabbits, these wire sculptures make a good plant support or create a simple focal point in the garden.
Best of all, they’re easy to make with inexpensive hardware store materials. Click on the link below to get your pdf download.
Rhubarb & Sweet woodruff
Celebrate flavor and fragrance with a garden sip that tastes like spring. Perfect and pink for all your gatherings, especially those that honor Moms, sisters, beloved girlfriends, brides, babies, and all the nurturing people in your life.
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