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Sun, Sep 24, 2023

Bake with apples, blackberries to bridge the seasonal shift

Recipe: Spiced coffee cake an ideal treat for early-fall breakfast

Sun, Sep 17, 2023

Try this tri-tip stew packed with fresh vegetables

Recipe: Leftover beef pairs with fresh tomatoes, carrots, potatoes and green beans

Sun, Sep 03, 2023

Salsa with a sweet summer twist – watermelon!

Recipe: Grilled chicken breasts with watermelon salsa

Sun, Aug 20, 2023

Mix and match fruit in this summer cobbler

Recipe: Try this classic with cherries, peaches or other favorites

Sun, Aug 13, 2023

Harvest delight: Tomatoes in a cheese-biscuit cobbler

Recipe: Onions, garlic add to this summer side dish

Sun, Aug 06, 2023

Turn fresh figs into versatile topping

Recipe: Easy fig compote with orange and vanilla

Sun, Jul 30, 2023

Oh-so-ripe tomatoes make an easy garden sauce

Recipe: Chunky or smooth, it's the fresh flavor of summer

Sun, Jul 23, 2023

Juice fresh tomatoes, then make Bloody Mary with a twist

Recipe: Cocktail features just-squeezed tomato juice

Sun, Jul 16, 2023

Whip up a summer cake that takes no baking

Recipe: Peaches and cookies chill in a cool treat

Sun, Jul 09, 2023

Flavorful frittata is good for any meal

Recipe: Spinach-mushroom-pancetta frittata for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Sun, Jul 02, 2023

Chilled berry soup a winner

Cool fruity appetizer for a hot summer night

Sun, Jun 25, 2023

Chocolate and zucchini belong together every summer

Bread is a greatest hit from the early days of the blog

Sun, Jun 18, 2023

These roast potatoes have a colorful difference

Recipe: Roasted purple potatoes with Provencal herbs

Sun, Jun 11, 2023

Love blueberry muffins? This coffee cake is for you

Recipe: Blueberry-lemon coffee cake with streusel topping.

Sun, Jun 04, 2023

Enjoy fresh apricots in an easy appetizer

Recipe: No cooking involved in this seasonal creation

Sun, May 28, 2023

Make a small batch of easy, lemony strawberry preserves

Recipe: Sunny strawberry-Meyer lemon preserves without added pectin

Sun, May 21, 2023

Bake a puffy cherry-berry pancake

Ricotta and lemon zest give brunch dish some tang

Sun, May 14, 2023

Easy fresh cherry muffins with an almond twist

Recipe: Almond flavor three ways enhances the fruit-filled muffins

Taste Summer! E-cookbook

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Dig In: Garden Checklist

For week of Sept. 24:

This week our weather will be just right for fall gardening. What are you waiting for?

* Now is the time to plant for fall. The warm soil will get these veggies off to a fast start.

* Keep harvesting tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons and eggplant. Tomatoes may ripen faster off the vine and sitting on the kitchen counter.

* Compost annuals and vegetable crops that have finished producing.

* Cultivate and add compost to the soil to replenish its nutrients for fall and winter vegetables and flowers.

* Fertilize deciduous fruit trees.

* Plant onions, lettuce, peas, radishes, turnips, beets, carrots, bok choy, spinach and potatoes directly into the vegetable beds.

* Transplant cabbage, broccoli, kale, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower as well as lettuce seedlings.

* Sow seeds of California poppies, clarkia and African daisies.

* Transplant cool-weather annuals such as pansies, violas, fairy primroses, calendulas, stocks and snapdragons.

* Divide and replant bulbs, rhizomes and perennials. That includes bearded iris; if they haven’t bloomed in three years, it’s time to dig them up and divide their rhizomes.

* Dig up and divide daylilies as they complete their bloom cycle.

* Divide and transplant peonies that have become overcrowded. Replant with “eyes” about an inch below the soil surface.

* Late September is ideal for sowing a new lawn or re-seeding bare spots.

Taste Spring! E-cookbook

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Find our spring recipes here!