Mediterranean Tomato Pie

Enjoy your bounty of garden tomatoes by baking a Mediterranean Tomato Pie made with tomatoes, ricotta, mozzarella, feta, fresh herbs, and peppers. It's an easy garden-to-table recipe that's perfect for late summer lunches, dinners, or entertaining. This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links…

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5 Easy Ways to Preserve Fresh Basil

Enjoy summer flavor all throughout the year with these five easy ways to preserve basil including drying fresh leaves, flash freezing, making olive oil cubes, basil salt, and classic homemade pesto. This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. I…

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Italian Cucumber White Bean Salad with Pesto in wooden bowl on wooden board. Fresh basil leaves, cherry tomatoes, and lemon half in partial view in background.

Italian Cucumber White Bean Salad with Pesto

This Italian Cucumber White Bean Salad is a flavor-packed garden-to-table dish made with fresh cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, cannellini beans, mozzarella pearls, and a homemade basil pesto. It's a protein-packed summer recipe that's perfect as a light lunch or easy side dish. This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase…

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Moon garden container in barrel style planter including sweet alyssum, white angelonia, white salvia, dusty miller, creeping thyme, and a silver moon garden stake.

Moon Garden Container

Create a magical moon garden container that glows under the moonlight and attracts nighttime pollinators using a mix of fragrant, nectar-rich, silver and white flowers like white angelonia, salvia, sweet alyssum, dusty miller, and creeping thyme. This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links…

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Arugula and beet seed packets sit on outdoor table in front of basket of fresh garden tomatoes and cucumbers.

What to Plant Now for a Fall Garden - Zone 7b

Are you planning a fall garden in Zone 7b? Learn about the types of vegetables and herbs to start indoors, direct sow, or look for at garden centers. You'll get to enjoy a whole extra season out of your garden with these cool-weather plants. This post may contain affiliate links.…

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Mason jar filled with orange mint sun tea herbs and water sits inside basket. Partial view of another sun tea jar and glass pitcher in background.

Orange Mint Herbal Sun Tea

Use herbs from your garden to brew a refreshing herbal tea using fresh orange mint, pineapple mint, lemon verbena, and stevia. It's an easy garden-to-table drink made by the power of the summer sun. This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support…

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