Daily Musings — Rebecca Riyana Sang

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Scenes from life in my Napa Valley potager garden:

Because who doesn’t like cozy gardening books in the depths of autumn? It’s time for candlelight, firelight, starlight, and plenty of apple cider and luscious words and photos of flowers and herbs.

I’m very excited today to let y’all know that starting today I’ll be writing monthly for Scribehound, which is a fabulous resource for gardening wisdom, if you’re not already aware of it. There are soooo many great names on th

September is THE time to sow hardy annuals—those beloved 'cool flowers' that actually thrive when given winter's chill to establish deep root webs beneath the soil. If you've brutally murdered your tiny biennial seedlings in the summer heat lik

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Autumn morning cofffee with the coziest of all gardening books, written by the lovely @gracealexanderflowers

I think I forgot to say, in that big old long post I wrote about what I’m up to in the garden right now, how much time I just stand around staring at this gorgeous dahlia. I’m about 99% sure it’s a Cafe Au Lait, but in my infinite w

September's kitchen garden magic: sowing spring onions, radishes, Swiss chard, winter spinach, broad beans, four-season lettuce, and peas. And if you're in Zone 9 or 10 like me, plant those potatoes! They love cool weather and do beautifully in conta

The light shines down onto my raised beds from that lovely, subtle angle that lets me know Autumn has arrived—that it’s time for pumpkins and apples and soup, for reading time and practicing harp by my fireplace with a cuppa coffee or cha

These are the dahlias on my side table and I’m not sorry about it. Plopped in a vase. Dreamy and happy. (I’m cutting back all my dahlias because this heat wave has them looking quite sad…. The experts say they’re supposed to

I’ve been on summer vacation mode the past two and a half months, reading romance novels and sitting poolside. I’d like to encourage you to do the same for the last couple of weeks of summer left. Because, fck capitalism. Check out the re

For months now, I’ve been hinting at a new project that I’ve been working on, something that feels delicious and new.

I think the only thing I like as much as gardening these days is reading and collecting gardening books— outside

It’s hot. Everything’s growing. My recommendation for gardeners in July…. Make popsicles and take naps. And maybe a couple of other garden to-do’s (link in bio).