The Rogue Garden: Preparing for El Nino Rain, rain, go away…wait! No! Rain, rain, please stay…we need you, desperately! We all want it to rain here in California more than those outside the Southwest understand. As I am in traffic in either Southern or Northern California, I often wonder how we can keep watering our…
Archives for December 2015
Holiday Baked Goods: Cinnamon Breakfast Puffs
The holidays are for eating, drinking and perhaps dreaming and planning for some future Spring garden. On these cold winter mornings, it’s nice to get up early and bake something that will make your house smell like your childhood holiday. CINNAMON BREAKFAST PUFFS 1/3 c. unsalted butter ½ c. sugar 1 large egg, room temperature…
Garden Cocktails: Winter Ice Champagne Cocktail
Garden Cocktails: Holiday Edition You have so much going on during the holiday season, but you need something special for yourself while you sit down, relax and enjoy all the work you have put into making everyone happy. You could make a second one for someone and continue to spread the happiness. WINTER ICE CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL Serves…
Baked Earth: The Truth Behind Authentic Impruneta Pottery
Baked Earth: The Truth Behind Authentic Impruneta Pottery Welcome to another edition of Baked Earth, with information about what’s happening in the world of clay, ceramics and installation pottery. This month, we would like to pop the mythical bubble concerning Impruneta pottery. Impruneta is a commune in the province of Florence, in the Tuscany region…
Terra Malia Designs : Santa Barbara Sonos Headquarters
Earlier this year we were fortunate to meet Terra Basche of Terra Malia Designs in Santa Barbara. She was looking for pots for the new Sonos location in Santa Barbara and found them at Eye of the Day. We caught up with this busy woman and asked her a few questions about her blooming career….