August

Team Gray Sky Growers preserves strawberries and apricots, and makes cheese and gluten-free scones
Discovering Morro Bay oysters
Something new is growing at Descanso Gardens
9 ideas for fries and dips
Tasty garden cocktails
Your gothic Halloween party menu
The truth about Sunset desert climate zone 10
4 hearty stews and beer pairings
8 ways to embrace '70s style at home
4 fall pumpkin recipes
Top 5 fall hikes
Fast & Fresh warm drinks
And then there were three...Sunset lost another chicken today
A landscape with curves
Team Dances with Legumes throws its One-Block Party today
From concrete slab to inviting patio
Plant Delights Nursery: the most interesting perennial catalog around
Team Beach Tractors: voracious chickens, goat drama, a tasty-sounding beer-to-be, and a tour of gardens by bike
2011 Western Wine Awards Finalists
A chance to win a Fiskar Momentum Reel Mower
What to do with a boring blackberry
One perfect day in Boonville, CA
A picturesque weekend in Point Loma
One perfect day in Lincoln City, OR: The Taft District
Hot Links
One perfect day in Paonia, CO
The Danger Garden exposed
Healthy Little Fish
Behind the scenes -- amaranth in the photo studio
Where to find lots of opinions on lawn alternatives in one place
Team Dances with Legumes has a pre-One-Block feast, harvests wheat, and battles squirrels
Team No Gardeners Left Behind dries umpteen apricots, makes sourdough bread, and puts up preserves
Next year's garlic starts now
If using homemade fish emulsion is a good thing, is getting rid of it even better?
If using homemade fish emulsion is a good thing, is getting rid of it even better?
A lily to love
Garden Conservancy's open days in Olympia
Zero-Waste Tips: In the Laundry Room
Zero-waste Tips: In the kitchen
The fastest way to make a tomato sauce
A friendly front yard garden redesign also adds plenty of curb appeal
Zero-Waste Home: An Overview
Zero-Waste Tips: Make Your Own Pantry Items
Team Found Fruit Gears Up For Their One-Block Feast This Sunday
Zero-Waste Tips: Make Your Own Toiletries
Zero-Waste Tips: In the Closet
Zero-Waste Tips: In the Bathroom
October 2011
Sunset International Wine Competition Details
Team Bees' Knees reels in trout, puts up pickles, brews fancy beer, and―yes―harvests honey
5 perfect wines to pair with seafood
September 2011
5 perfect wines to pair with seafood
Ivette Soler shares the bounty
Why enter the Sunset International Wine Competition?
Red or green chile oil―is one hotter than the other?
Top 8 ferry trips
The best beach BBQ menu
Postcard from Salem, Oregon
August blooms
Team Food Court: Crop from first time pea arbor nearly lost!
Team Dances With Legumes: a pregnant cow, searching for lamb, outwitting chickens, harvesting honey, and gardens that give and give―despite the weather
Are prickly bees still as sweet?
A gorgeous new living wall at True Food Kitchen
9 ways to fake beach-house style
Heirloom tomatoes: Tea-sandwich style
Team Found Fruit hatches eggs from a carton (really)
A couple of follow-ups
Fast & Fresh BBQ sides
Team Beach Tractors: meat birds arrive, oysters are shaken, and goats go for a walk on pink leashes
Team No Gardeners Left Behind: It's Go Team all the way. Never mind the searing heat and a hailstorm
Come to dinner (and a class)
Proof there are California natives that bloom in summer
Team Bad Skunks: More about that Prawn Pad
Another example of a guilt-free lawn
A wrapper for snapper: cooking with hoja santa, Mexican root beer plant
Team Special Saus digs carrots and parties it up making plum compote
Women in the Dirt: A new documentary about CA landscape architects
A cool scene for hot days
Sunset Western Wine Awards 2011 Finalists
Garden-to-table guide to mesclun
Top 100 culinary voyages in the West
9 Disneyland tips to ensure your best-ever visit
Team Food Court builds a salad bar and makes dandelion wine
A petunia for all moods
Team Found Fruit Raises Rabbits, Goats and a Tiny, Peeping Harry Potter; Presses Cheese; Fishes for Monkey-Faced Eel; and Makes Booze