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Breakfast at Sunset – another fabulous giveaway!

by Rebecca Sweet 27 March 2012

Last week I was invited to have breakfast at Sunset magazine’s headquarters, along with a few of my favorite fellow gardeners.  The event was to welcome the new Sunset Edible Garden Cookbook, which will be released next week, as well as to tour the grounds and the test garden. While of course I was thrilled [...]

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Review & Giveaway – The New Sunset Western Garden Book

by Rebecca Sweet 5 March 2012

I have been dying to get my hands on the 9th edition of the New Western Garden Book: The Ultimate Gardening Guide (Oxmoor House, 2012. List Price $34.95). Well, it’s finally here and I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been given a copy to review.  And as if that weren’t enough – Sunset is letting [...]

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Gossip in the Garden’s Great Giveaway – Gardening Gloves!

by Rebecca Sweet 30 November 2011

It’s time for another holiday giveaway, but HURRY – this contest ends December 5th! A few weeks ago I was given the opportunity to review a pair of Fields & Lane gardening gloves as well as offer a contest for my readers.  And all I can say is HOLY COW, I LOVE these gloves! Gardening [...]

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Gossip in the Garden’s Great Giveaway – Dr. Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs

by Rebecca Sweet 27 November 2011

Thanksgiving has come and gone, as has the turkey, the leftovers and the relatives. Having survived Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and now Cyber Monday, it seems to me the world is in a shopping frenzy.  Everyone is in a mad race to find the perfect gift for their loved ones and it’s pure mayhem [...]

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From ‘Ewww’ to ‘Cool!’

by Rebecca Sweet 7 June 2010

I walked into Peets Coffee the other day (sounds like the beginning of a joke, doesn’t it?) Seriously! I walked in and saw these cool mushroom ‘kits’ for sale.  Being an avid gardener, I was immediately intrigued so I snatched one up for $15.00.  Having a teenager, I find it’s more and more difficult for [...]

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How will you celebrate Earth Day?

by Rebecca Sweet 13 April 2010

Earth Day is April 22, and I’ve been invited to participate in a blogging event hosted by Jan Huston Doble’s blog Thanks For 2 Day, where garden bloggers are writing about ways in which we’re making ‘greener gardens’. I’ve decided to write about two of my very favorite organic garden products:  Haven’s Authentic Brand Soil [...]

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My very first Author Review….(and book review, too!)

by Rebecca Sweet 8 April 2010

. This is my very first official ‘Book Review’.  But since there’s already so many wonderful reviews of Debra Lee Baldwin’s Succulent Container Gardens out there, I thought I might do something a little different – review the AUTHOR first, and THEN review  the book. . I mean, really – who doesn’t want to know [...]

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My very favorite roses – and how I prune them…

by Rebecca Sweet 19 January 2010

. Roses, roses, roses…nothing says ‘spring is right around the corner’ more than all the bare-root roses in stock right now at the nurseries. Especially when you see their hopeful, little leaves starting to emerge from their stark stems. And now’s the time to buy them, as they’re such a better deal when sold bare-root [...]

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What I keep in the trunk of my car…

by Rebecca Sweet 18 October 2009

(besides dead bodies, paper towels, Mad-Libs, and a flashlight)

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