Linda Ly
Linda Ly runs the award-winning blog Garden Betty, which chronicles her adventures in the dirt and on the road. From her South Bay abode, she shares farm-to-fork recipes, raises backyard chickens, bakes bread and makes jam and still finds time to surf or snowboard or kayak or climb-depending on the season. (So many reasons to love SoCal!) She has been featured in Country Living, HGTV, and Los Angeles Times. Her first book, The CSA Cookbook, was released in March 2015 by Voyageur Press.
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While you might feel that you alone cannot curb the country's food waste problem, learning to use what you have goes a long way toward having a positive environmental impact for future generations, not to mention saving you money.
This trick is so simple you've probably never considered it. But it works!
The poinsettia is native to Mexico and grows in warm, tropical climates.
Did you know that if you venture a little further afield than the grocery store parking lot, you can fell your own Christmas tree?
Rudolph, the origins of wrapping paper, and more fascinating Christmas facts.
With a little preparation, you can get your home ready for the next wave of holidays.
In normal years, mosquitoes have come and gone by November. But this is not a normal year.
The city of Los Angeles recently announced that it had acquired 1,000 55-gallon syrup barrels and rain barrel conversion kits.
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The warm, spicy notes of cinnamon actually make them well suited to hot drinks and savory dishes. These are some of our favorite ways to bring their lively scent and flavor into the kitchen.
There's money to be made in beehives,so there are bee thieves.