Garden Cocktails: Backyard Fig Margarita Pick some figs from your little tree in the back yard, or get them from the Farmers’ Market… BACKYARD MARGARITA 1 ½ oz. silver tequila ½ oz. fig simple syrup (it’s easy, you can make it) ½ oz. Cointreau or Triple Sec ¼ oz. fresh lime juice Combine all ingredients…
edibles
Tips for Successful Edible Gardening by The Conscious Garden
Tips for Successful Edible Gardening by The Conscious Garden In Southern California we love to eat healthy food and there is no fresher, tastier or more nutrient dense foods than those that you pick from your own garden or that you buy from the farmers market. It is important to know that your food is…
Garden Cocktails: A Refreshing Summer Rickey Recipe
Make this and drink it now! (or maybe later): It’s good for you and your garden Summer. It’s hot, it’s the weekend and you would like to have a tall, icy drink outside next to the garden you have worked in all day. At least, Brent has worked in it all day. Daisy and I…
Eye of the Day’s Edible Container Gardening Workshop
Eye of the Day Garden Design Center is pleased to announce an Edible Container Gardening Workshop right here at our store. It will be conducted by Oscar Carmona of Healing Grounds Nursery and Sagar Faucheaux of The Conscious Gardener. When: Saturday, June 27th Time: 3-4 PM Where: Eye of the Day Garden Design Center,…
Edible Container Gardening 101
Edible Container Gardening 101 Edible container gardening is a great way to grow vegetables especially when there is no space for a traditional garden. If you live in a condominium or an apartment, containers can provide valuable growing options. A container on casters gives you the ability to move your vegetables to sun or shade,…
From Your Edible Garden: Go From Terracotta Bowl to Salad Bowl
From Your Edible Garden: Go From Terracotta Bowl to Salad Bowl A few edible green things you could EASILY plant in your edible garden container are KALE and CILANTRO. Oh, I know…kale, kale, kale…maybe you think you’ve heard enough about kale to last until the end of your days. I’m with you. But when I…