Gardening

Native Plant Nurseries

I’ve been working to add more native plants to my yard the past several years but it can be difficult to find nurseries to buy native plants from so I wanted to share a few of my favorites. Most of them are online but there are also a couple at the bottom that are local nurseries. Happy planting!

Tapteal Native Plants – https://www.taptealnativeplants.com/

This one is actually in my local area too but only open to the public a few days a year so shipping is still likely the best option. They have a good variety of both plants and seeds.

Everwilde Farms – https://www.everwilde.com/

The company only sells seeds but they have a really good variety of both native and non-native seeds. They also have maps for their native seeds so you can find out their native range and other information.

Plants of the Wild – https://plantsofthewild.com/

This is actually one I just learned about recently and I’m excited to make my first order. They sell both plants and seeds.

Great Basin Seed – https://greatbasinseeds.com/

We’ve bought a number of different wild flower mixes form Great Basin Seed. They have different mixes depending on which region you live in as well as a Xeriscape wild flower mix that is more general but great if you need something more drought -tolerant.

Fox River Valley Nursery – https://foxrivervalleynursery.com/

This nursery has a nice selection of bare root trees and shrubs. Both natives and non-natives.

Local Nurseries

Frog Hollow Farms – https://www.froghollowfarm.com/

Plants are available for local pick-up only. They carry a wide variety of plants and shrubs and the past few years that has also included natives like huckleberries, as well as both annual and perennial flowering plants.

Green Valley Gardens – https://greenvalleygardensww.com/

Plants are available for local pick-up only. They carry a wide variety of plants and shrubs. I’ve also found native plants here. Green Valley Gardens is also an arboretum so it’s a great please to wander around and planting ideas.

Drinks/ Recipes/ Spring/Summer

Non-dairy Thai Iced Tea

Thai Iced Tea with Coconut Milk

I love Thai iced tea! It’s cool and creamy and totally delicious. But when I stopped drinking dairy I gave up ordering this tasty beverage at Thai restaurants. Luckily, I found some Thai iced tea bags at the grocery store and so I’ve been experimenting with dairy free recipes. At first I wasn’t sure about using coconut milk in Thai iced tea because I heard from a couple different people that it wasn’t very good. However, I’m glad I tried it myself because I think it tastes even better than those made with dairy.
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Breakfast/ Fall/Winter/ Spring/Summer

Potato Tofu Breakfast Casserole

Potato Tofu Breakfast Casserole

I’ve been looking for a good vegan breakfast casserole recipe for years without success. That is until recently when I checked out the book “Vegan Cooking for Carnivores” from my local library. Leafing through the recipe book I found a number of recipes I really wanted to try but the one I was most excited about was chef Roberto Martin’s recipe for Tofu Breakfast Casserole. Finally! A non-dairy, meat-free breakfast casserole that sounded like it would actually taste good! Continue Reading…

Lemon Balm

Lemon Balm

Lemon Balm Plant

I have a hard time pulling out weeds sometimes. If the weed isn’t something I recognize I’m always a bit worried that I’m actually pulling out a good plant so I usually wait until the weed is large enough I’m sure I don’t want it. Sometimes this backfires though. Like last year, when I thought that the three random little plants coming up in one of my beds were some kind of sunflower. I let them grow and grow until they were taller than me and, honestly, I still don’t know what those things were but I do know they were NOT sunflowers! Continue Reading…

Cilantro/ Fall/Winter/ Mains/ Oregano/ Recipes/ Soup, Stew, and Chowder

Vegetarian White Chili

Vegetarian White Chili

It’s cold again. We had a few weeks of spring-like weather but now it’s back to cold and snowy so, of course, that means I’m craving warm, comforting soup and chili recipes. One of my favorites is this white chili recipe that I got from my first cookbook: Betty Crocker’s Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today (which is actually still available on Amazon).

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