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BY JIM MILLER | March 18, 2025 at 7:48 p.m.

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English Muffins or Crumpets?

For a delicious, healthy alternative, try this recipe for making your own English muffins, which are called crumpets in England.

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Plant-based for the Planet

Eat less meat to save the planet.

Garden Longer with Less Muscle Strain and Fatigue

Whether you are a young or young-at-heart gardener, include some strategies to help extend your enjoyment and reduce fatigue and muscle strain

Celebrate Monarch Butterflies and the Year of the Asclepias by Planting Milkweed

support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to your landscape

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Fresh Alternatives to Salty Asian Sauces

Once you make these homemade Asian sauces, you'll never buy on in the store again.

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Quick Asian stir-fry meals

Tofu cooks quickly and is packed with protein in stir-fried dishes packed with plenty of vegetables.

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Eat the rainbow with orange cauliflower, red carrots and purple broccoli

If you don’t have a garden and don’t see these bright vegetables in your regular grocery store, head to your local farmers market. You’ll get produce as fresh as if it just came out of your own backyard.

Alternative Housing for Seniors

Alternative senior housing options are starting to gain a “toe hold’ in the minds of retirees in Western Washington

Grow Tasty and Nutritious Leafy Greens Indoors

Plant, tend and harvest greens for garden-fresh flavor now and throughout the year

Drink Your Nutrients Hot & Cold

recipes for spice chai tea and spa water

Be a Weather Watching Gardener

Monitoring and noting these occurrences will help you diagnose immediate and future plant and garden problems

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The joy of repurposed meals

"Planned leftovers" allow you to use up a lot of the leftovers in your fridge.

Maximize Seed Starting Success with a Seed Starting Chart

ow is the time when many of us are busy ordering seeds

Healthy Winter Recipes

Ginger Peanut Stew; Maple Cinnamon Walnut Butter; Coconut Date Bonbons