*Updated May 4th, 2026
These local plant sales will start your garden off right! Good for your garden, the pollinators, your harvests and the community.
Plants grown for the sales I mention are never treated with Neonicotinoid pesticides, are non-GMO, always locally raised by experts- and the sales directly benefit some great gardening programs.
Listed in Chronological order- ladies and gentlemen, save these dates!
With Mother’s Day coming up – which accounts for about 25% of all cut flower sales in the U.S. annually, I thought it was time to dig deeper into the dirty side of floriculture and look into the growing trend of local flowers…
Did you know that cut flowers are one of the biggest offenders when it comes to being sprayed with synthetic pesticides and herbicides. And with a nearly $60 billion industry in the U.S., Americans bring a lot of those sprayed blooms home and then seat themselves around them for meals…
Continue readingIt is so empowering to be able to make something like homemade mayonnaise in your own kitchen you thought you had to buy from a store!
This is such an easy staple to be able to swap out, and so much healthier for you and your family too. It’s made with all real ingredients and tastes so much better than anything you can buy in the store!
With a stick or immersion blender and some simple ingredients (oil + egg + acid) you’ll be amazed at how quickly this recipe comes together!
Continue readingLet’s turn your ideas into a clear vegetable garden design so you can harvest from your own garden this summer! A little planning can go a long way. To that end, I’ve created a step-by-step Garden Planning Guide for you.
First, let’s get clear on what YOUR garden goals are. Setting an intention up front (and knowing it will change with/in the seasons) can be a welcome guidepost later in the planning process. Try to not to compare your gardens or goals to anyone else’s.
Continue readingSoil blocks produce some of the best transplants from seed starting I’ve ever grown. This is my hands down favorite way to start tomatoes, peppers and my earliest cold hardy crops.
The method uses a metal ‘press’ that you fill with an oversaturated (think cement slop for the right consistency) seed starting mix. You get this mix packed into the ‘press’ and push a lever to pop out the cutest soil cubes you ever saw. And if the mix is done right, they stick together great, even though it seems like they’re defying the laws of gravity.
Continue readingAs an avid gardener and garden writer, let me tell you, I’ve listened to a lot of garden podcasts… and some are better than others.
I’ve also had the joy of being interviewed by over a dozen podcast hosts (you’ll see some of their names below).
There’s something soothing about listening to others who’ve ‘been there and done that’. I love listening as I work with my hands or out on walks. If you’re not a podcast listener, I have to say (even as a lover of the written word) you are missing out!
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A favorite festive recipe is Chai Tea!
This will not only warm your body and soul, but makes your home smell like the holidays along the way… once I start making this Hygge season has officially arrived on our homestead.
Simple and completely able to tailor to your tastes, this chai tea recipe lets you add more or less of ingredients as you like.
I adore how I start craving this tea right around the same time I harvest my ginger each year. I’ve got an in-depth article on growing ginger in the north.
Continue readingOne of my all-time favorite condiments has always been the slightly sweet, slightly vinegary and always crunchy pickled daikon + carrot ‘salad’. This is typical in Vietnamese dishes like Banh Mi and rice noodle salads. I’m also known to just eat this straight out of the jar.
I feel so lucky to have grown up around the Twin Cities where I’ve been able to savor all the flavors of the metro area. Growing up more on the east side of the metro, on the outskirts of St. Paul, I always had ample Vietnamese options. My dad used to work at the state capitol, and I would beg him to bring me to lunch at The Lagoon, an old school Vietnamese restaurant that used to be tucked in right there on University Avenue.
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A little crisp on the top layer, dense and perfectly spiced with chunks of warm apple throughout… This baked apple oatmeal recipe is so easy, uses a single bowl and can feel like a hearty breakfast or delicious dessert depending on how you dress it up!
I love the ‘idea’ of baked oatmeal but so many recipes can fall apart and feel like a good attempt gone wrong. This recipe teeters between baked oatmeal and oat cake/muffins, but I’m 100% comfortable with rocking the oat boat like this- because these are absolutely delicious!
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Seeds and centuries of gardening knowledge feed a community at Dream of Wild Health farm.
Inspired by the people it serves and centuries of gardening knowledge, Dream of Wild Health embodies working with nature. One of the oldest, continually operating Native American nonprofits in the Twin Cities, Dream of Wild Health’s intertribal working and teaching farm brings together the best of seed saving, Earth-focused farming practices and youth development. In short, this farm is flourishing.
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