Love them or hate them, the little miniature cabbages called Brussels sprouts are prevalent in Northwest gardens and in the marketplace throughout the winter. They are an easy-to-cook, versatile and healthy addition to many recipes, from side dishes to main courses. Winter is the best time to enjoy these little emerald jewels, as they sweeten […]
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4 Fall Recipes Using Grapes
By incorporating versatile ingredients into your holiday cooking, you can make a vast array of tasty seasonal goodies. For example, California grapes are abundant throughout the holiday season and add taste and visual appeal to dishes of all kinds, including in the recipes provided below for Seared Salmon with Spinach and Grapes, Grape Caprese Salad […]
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Sustainable Eating Made Easy with Mushroom Recipes
The needs of grocery shoppers are seemingly always evolving, and now more than ever, they want to know where and how their food is produced and what impact it has on the environment. This is commonly referred to as “sustainable eating,” and its popularity is growing among shoppers. Plant-based diets are a tenet of sustainable […]
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How to Become Happier, Healthier and Younger in Retirement
We all understand and appreciate the need for sound financial planning during the years preceding retirement. Who hasn’t gone online to calculate the retirement “nest-egg” needs and then panicked because accumulating that much wealth seemed inconceivable, especially if starting the process at age 55 or later? While it’s critically important to solicit financial planning advice […]
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Celebrate the Holiday Season on the Kitsap Peninsula
The skies may be gray this time of year, but the cities and towns around the Kitsap Peninsula region are glowing with bright-colored lights, festive window displays and lots of holiday cheer to share with visiting family and friends. November events kick off the holiday shopping season with annual art-studio tours, hay-wagon and carriage rides, […]
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A Catwalk Project Fit for a Builder and His Cat
Lynn and Jim McIntyre’s garden is a bird sanctuary. Cedar waxwings visit each year to feed on red elderberry fruit. Nuthatches hop along the trunks of trees looking for insects. Pileated woodpeckers tear apart rotting wood in search of a meal, and sapsuckers riddle the ghostly birch trees with rows of sap-filled holes. Chattery flocks […]
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How to Make Your Own Small-Batch Sauerkraut
When thinking of food preservation, many people have visions of some big-production, time-consuming project with dozens of jars to fill with pounds and pounds of produce. But that doesn’t have to be the case. The first thing most people say to me, after expressing a desire to learn to ferment or preserve something, is, “But […]
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The Hardy Fatsia Japonica with a Tropical Flair
For a shrub that looks like it belongs in the tropics, Fatsias are surprisingly hardy in our region. The plant provides spectacular foliar effects to the West Sound garden, whether it is a plain green-leaf species or one of the variegated cultivars. It’s commonly named Japanese aralia, castor-oil plant or Japanese fatsia, but most people […]
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Making a Difference — Martha & Mary
If you want to feel good about the world, drive to Poulsbo and spend some time visiting Martha & Mary, a unique organization where kids get their start in life and seniors find a caring and peaceful place to spend the last part of their life. Martha & Mary offers several services to the local […]