Daily Archives: January 31, 2025


Lemon Olive Oil Cake

by Vicki Scott It’s winter in California, which means it’s time for citrus! While many plants in our Bay Area gardens are sleeping, these magical trees are bursting with fruit, their branches heavy with bright yellow, orange, and green juiciness, just begging to be picked. Whenever I have extra lemons, […]

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Beans and Greens recipe

Beans & Greens

By Joyce Peters Beans & Greens is a healthy, wintry dish that features greens at their peak sweetness and tenderness. 8 ounces of dried white beans or chickpeas 1 medium onion, peeled 1 bay leaf 1 clove Salt & black pepper to taste 1 bunch (about 1 ½ lbs.) greens […]


Free Seed Libraries Open Soon with an Answer to Uncertain Times

by Birgitt Evans As we enter 2025, in the midst of a polycrisis, it is unclear if the price of groceries will go up or go down in the coming months. Facing uncertainty, it is easy to become overwhelmed. However, there are positive steps we can all take to help […]

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Growing tomatoes in Alameda

Quiz on Tomatoes!

By Marla Koss Every year ABG offers various tomato starts at its Spring Plant Sale. The past three years we’ve sold them at our booth at ARPD’s fabulous Spring Shindig out at Alameda Point (this year, held on Saturday April 19th – mark your calendars!). Since we have yet to […]