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Kate M. Healthy Living Professional

Park City, Utah
Kate is a certified master gardener and novice cook who wishes she lived in zone 7 intead of zone 5. Find tips and tricks for gardening in high mountain terrain. Planting advice, harvest recipes and the occasional ode to life & gardening plans gone wrong.
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The Tiresome Trifecta with a Totally Tasty Plan B by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Thunder, lightening, drenching rain. This trifecta can only mean one thing ~ it must be Memorial Weekend! Like clockwork, every year, the teasing warmth of ... Read on »
Wordless Wednesday: Mystery Wildflower by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Can you guess the name of this wild flowering bush? Hint: It's a native to the desert southwest. For more Wordless Wednesday participants click here ! Read on »
Weeding Frenzy by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening I'm a sucker for heirloom Bearded Iris "Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity." ~ N. Lellande  I'm good for 30 gallons. What does ... Read on »
Wordless Wednesday ~ The Wildflower Ride by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening *It's not this summery in Utah. Not yet, anyway. :) These pics taken at Acacia Riding Adventures , in San Acacia, New Mexico. For more Wordless ... Read on »
Search and Rescue by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening I don't do windows. Obviously! But, looking at this picture has prompted me to find someone who does. Enough about my lousy housekeeping ~ meet my $5 bargain. Do you ... Read on »
Wordless Wednesdays: A May Day Walk in the Garden by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Heirloom Daffodils Soon to be Lilac Blossom Flowering Plum Tree One extra early Tulip ~ jumpin' the gun. ... Read on »
10 Hard Working Perennials for Mountain Gardens by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Primrose is a very early bloomer, loving cold temperatures. Bright sunshine inspired a whole lotta work in the gardens yesterday ~ in spite of the fact that ... Read on »
A Brief Interruption by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening After a deep, drenching, rain I woke to a temporary drift of snow. And, while these stops and starts to the garden season can be annoying, I'm not terribly unhappy about it. ... Read on »
Wordless Wednesday by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening * Don't ya just love a nursery with a sense of humor? To meet more Wordless Wednesday participants, click here ! Follow @Kate_HAGardens Read on »
Seeds, Bulbs and Other Cheap Thrills by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening A good month behind kinder climates, Daffodils are threatening great things. Half my yard is celebrating springtime, and therefore so am I. In spite of c ... Read on »
Blood from a Turnip by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening "We've squeezed as much blood from this turnip as we're ever gonna get." And, with that, my tax guy handed me a pile of forms and a big, fat bill and sent me on my wa ... Read on »
The Avocado App by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening * The Avocado App: Were you thinking this was a gadget for your iPhone? Nah. I was just trying to get you to read my post. :) What are YOU wearing to the Easter Parade? ... Read on »
Advice on Peas? Pretty Please? by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Got a note from Dave, the pea lover, wondering what's a good variety to plant and is there such a thing as a safe planting date in the mountains? First, the easy ques ... Read on »
Caballos del Sol by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Arizona wildflowers ~ Interesting how they bud pink and bloom white. Wow! What a week. I could probably get a month's worth o' mileage out of the happenings ... Read on »
Friday's Freebie: Sunset! Saved the Best for Last! by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening  I'm giving away a copy of the fabulous Sunset Gardening Book. Devoted the whole of last night to packing. I'm heading out on a week long horseback trail ride tomorrow ... Read on »
Belated Bloom Day Orchid Show by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Re-Blooming Butterfly Orchid #1 I'm so happy. Re-Blooming Butterfly Orchid #2 Like sliding across the kitchen floor in my stocking fee ... Read on »
Screamin' Deals, Kleinfeld Brides, and NYC by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening The Pond, in Central Park Ah.... springtime in New York. Daffodils blooming, Central Park bustling... Daffodils peek through the filthy remna ... Read on »
Friday's Freebie: Who Wants a Truly Fabulous Cookbook? by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Book Give Away! Do you own cast iron cookware? That's about all I use in the kitchen. If you're a fan, you're gonna LOVE this cookbook. With recipes like... HOT LAVA CHOCO ... Read on »
Mish Mashin' Monday and a Marvelous Meme by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening On Mondays my Orchids enjoy a 30 minute soak. Even when it's 30 degrees outside, I'll have my morning coffee out on the deck. (1) Sagebrush, ... Read on »
This Close to Paradise by Kate M. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Gardening Birds of Paradise are amazing flowers.  It is a 10 hour drive from my house to the pretty side of Los Angeles, that part that goes no further 'cause it butt ... Read on »