recipes

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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The best (and easiest!) herbal ice tea recipe

by Rebecca Sweet 10 September 2011

Phew – it’s a warm one this weekend!   We haven’t had very many hot days this summer so the warmth is welcome around here.  My green tomatoes are crying out for a little heat so they can ripen (okay, they don’t really care – it’s me who’s crying out for it!!) The herbs in [...]

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A Winter Garden’s Bounty – Hachiya Persimmons

by Rebecca Sweet 8 December 2010

Each fall, a former client brings me loads of persimmons from her very large and very old persimmon tree. Not only are they beautiful, but they provide my family with a season’s worth of the yummiest cookies. Most people don’t really know what to do with Hachiya persimmons as their previous experiences usually involve biting [...]

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How I get my husband to garden…feed him!

by Rebecca Sweet 20 November 2009

My husband loves our garden, but he’s not really interested in gardening in our garden.  He’s more of an ‘observer’ than a ‘do-er’.  That’s okay with me because, personally, I can’t imagine how frustrating it would be to be married to another garden designer and have to share my garden.  I remember reading an article [...]

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