California Gourmet: Three Cookies Featuring Native Mint Flavors

 Cookies featuring California native mint.  Wehope our previous post (April 2016) inspired you to make some alcohol extractsof mints from your garden.  These extractscan be used in a wide range of dishes. In fact, they can be substituted in any recipe calling for mintextract.  Just remember that ‘kitchenextracts’ – particularly those using native...

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End of Season Blow-out Native Plant Sale - April 29-30

The CSU Dominguez Hills native plant nursery is having an end of season sale April 29-30.  Most one gallon plants are $5.00, most smaller plants are $2.50 (unheard of prices in 2016).  Plan to come and stock up on some great, useful native plants.For more see: http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/2016/04/end-of-season-plant-sale-april-29-30.h...

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California Gourmet: Making Flavored Extracts from Native Mints

 It’sspring – time for garden tours, tea parties and other garden events.  Once again, we’re dreaming up recipes tofeature at Mother Nature’s Backyard events. The current abundance of flavorful mint leaves got us thinking aboutmaking mint extracts.  These extracts canbe used to flavor a wide array of California Gourmet treats, from cookies andcandies to...

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Plant of the Month (April) : Fragrant pitchersage – Lepechinia fragrans

Fragrant pitchersage (Lepechinia fragrans) - Mother Nature's Backyard gardenSeverallocal plants are putting on quite a show this year, despite spotty rains and plentyof wind. One that’s looking spectacular is our Plant of the Month, Fragrantpitchersage.  If you want to see thepretty flowers, now’s the time to visit Mother Nature’s Backyard.  If you can’t make it...

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