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4 Health Benefits of Blackberries You Need to Know — Health Blackberries are purple-hued fruits that are packed with health-supporting nutrients.

Planted this California Native today!

White Sage Native to Southern California's coastal sage scrub region, White Sage (Salvia apiana) is one of the state's most important Salvia species. White Sage is fragrant, with silver-white leaves, and clusters of white flowers with lavender streaks. Young leaves start off green and turn white as they get...

Older Adults Do Not Benefit From Moderate Drinking, Large Study Finds Virtually any amount increased the risk for cancer, and there were no heart benefits, the researchers reported.

Plant Hope Now!!!

5 Reasons We Need Trees for a Healthy Planet!

🌳Trees purify our air and combat climate change. ...
🌳Trees provide housing to millions of species that protect us from disease. ...
🌳Trees cool our streets and cities. ...
🌳Trees protect against floods and water pollution. ...
🌳Trees ease the mind during stressful times

Please Plant More Trees 🌳🌳🌳,

The #1 Thing You Should Do Every Week for a Healthy Gut, According to a Gastroenterologist — EatingWell Gut health is a buzzy topic that many people are focusing on right now—and rightfully so. Taking care of your gut microbiome is essential for your overall health, as a healthy gut can support your immune health and may help decrease your risk of anxiety and depression, among other benefits.

Feeling grumpy and stressed? Try taking a 'forest bath' : Life Kit Studies have shown that spending time in the forest, what the Japanese call shinrin-yoku, can significantly improve mood and reduce stress. Here's how to reap these benefits on your next hike.

This Planting Technique Is My Secret to Boosting Harvests from My Small Garden These simple succession planting steps and tips will boost your harvests from a small space garden.

Beautiful Movie in theatres now for a short time ❤️

My Penguin Friend | Official Website | August 16 2024 Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for My Penguin Friend on the official site. In theaters August 16 2024 brought to you by Roadside Attractions. Directed by: David Schurmann. Starring: Jean Reno, Adriana Barraza

Do you want to attract hummingbirds to your yard?

There’s no need to buy a hummingbird feeder that you’ll have to clean all the time…

Instead, here’s a list of plants they love:
https://ucanr.edu/sites/UC_Master_Gardeners/files/287098.pdf

Our Pupcakes are homemade with only the best ingredients from our kitchen & with no added sugar. For $35+ donors can order either Snickers cupcakes or Pupcakes, and $70+ gets both. https://loom.ly/KSClT80 If you are out of town, we can deliver your Cupcakes or Pupcakes to Pets In Need
We are partnering with Sister District South Bay CA to support Shadia Martini for State Representative in the swing state of Michigan. Delivery in SF Bay & certain districts in MI.

“Deciding we won’t drive to that chain grocery store and buy that imported pineapple is a path of liberation. Deciding to walk to the farmers’ market and buy those fresh, local peas is like spitting in the eye of the industries that would control us.
Every act of refusal is also an act of assent. Every time we say no to consumer culture, we say yes to something more beautiful and sustaining. Life is not something that we go through or what happens to us; it’s something we create by our decisions.
We can drift through our lives, or we can use our time, our money and our strength to model behaviors we believe in, to say, “This is who I am.”

~ Kathleen Dean Moore
(Philosopher, writer, and environmental activist from Oregon State
University.)

Art: Naoko Stoop
Naoko Stoop Illustration

This just in: Being lazy might save water—but it depends on whether you have a good dishwasher. Here's how to optimize your dishwasher usage: https://nyti.ms/3YDtLLV

Sesame Tomato Salad This simple yet stunning salad celebrates the beauty of summer tomatoes and highlights their sweetness with a rich, tangy sesame vinaigrette A mild, buttery California-style olive oil will meld well with soy sauce and sesame oil, so avoid using a spicier olive oil that may be bitter The dressing and...

One-Ingredient Banana Ice Cream Recipe This outrageously easy "ice cream" is just the sort of dessert to please everyone at the table – the vegans, the lactose-intolerant, the paleo enthusiasts, the picky children Just toss four frozen bananas into a blender and give it a good whirl If you like soft-serve consistency, eat it right away...

Sesame-Brown Butter Udon Noodles This weeknight meal is silky, slurpable and so quick to pull off It follows the tradition of wafu or Japanese-style pasta, and combines brown butter, udon and spinach, but the classic combination of savory sauce, chewy noodle and green vegetable allows plenty of room for improvisation Instead of soy...

Chive Pesto Potato Salad This vibrant homemade pesto is made with fresh chives and parsley in place of basil It’s a bright sauce with savory, onion notes, making it a great dressing for mild, creamy potatoes Green beans or asparagus are added to the potatoes during the last few minutes of cooking, for an easy one-pot appr...

Chile Crisp Fettuccine Alfredo With Spinach Swirling chile crisp, a popular Chinese condiment, and spinach into fettuccine Alfredo gives you an immensely satisfying meatless one-dish dinner The firecracker crunch of chile crisp intensifies when sizzled in butter before cream tempers its heat Parmesan heightens the sauce’s savory umami, and ...

Inspired by the Olympic chocolate muffins that went viral during the Paris Games, these dark chocolate muffins (OK, cakes) are delicate and moist and, in their richest form, filled with a fudgy sauce. https://nyti.ms/3M4QNDS

It's time to start thinking about seed-saving for next year's garden.

Top 6 tips for seed saving:

1. Save seeds from healthy plants and healthy produce. Choose your best plants to save seeds from.

2. Grow open-pollinated vegetables and herbs for seed saving.

3. Know which plants self-pollinate and which cross-pollinate.

4. Let seeds mature on the plant before collecting.

5. Clean and dry seeds, then store in a cool/cold and dry environment.

6. Label and date seed packets.

For more info visit: https://mgsantaclara.ucanr.edu/garden-help/vegetables/vegetable-garden-basics/seed-saving-basics/

Photo: "Community Seed Swap" by Howard County Library System is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.