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Shawna Coronado

Food

Vegan Cauliflower Steak Flavor Swap Recipe

One of my favorite dishes ever – as a side dish or as a main vegan dish – is Cauliflower Steak. This yummy bit of heaven is not steak at all, but cauliflower heads which are sliced thick and sprinkled with your favorite spices. In this post I teach you how to make your own custom flavor of cauliflower steak…
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Garden

How to Plant a Light Weight Container Garden

Every year I’m plagued with the same seasonal drama — from early spring to late summer I see a significant sun positioning change within my garden. I often have to move my container gardens around to find the best light or they suffer from too little or too much sun. While the in-ground gardens and elevated beds must suffer the…
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Wellness

Lucca Italy is a Fantastic Walking Tour Destination

Visiting Lucca is very much like stepping back into time. Unlike Rome, which is a large bustling metropolis with honking horns and constant sirens, Lucca offers peace and quiet with an old world feel. Lucca Italy is a fantastic walking tour destination. In the early morning, as the light is just starting to touch Lucca’s walls, I found solace on…
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How to Plant a Light Weight Container Garden

How to Plant a Light Weight Container Garden

Garden

Every year I’m plagued with the same seasonal drama — from early spring to late summer I see a significant sun positioning change within my garden. I often have to move my container gardens around to find the best light or they suffer from too little or too much sun. While the in-ground gardens and elevated beds must suffer the…
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Vegan Cauliflower Steak with Spices

Vegan Cauliflower Steak Flavor Swap Recipe

Food· Garden

One of my favorite dishes ever – as a side dish or as a main vegan dish – is Cauliflower Steak. This yummy bit of heaven is not steak at all, but cauliflower heads which are sliced thick and sprinkled with your favorite spices. In this post I teach you how to make your own custom flavor of cauliflower steak…
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Container Garden technique

Easy as 1 2 3 Container Garden Planting Technique

Garden

One of the questions I get the most from readers is, “How do I plant up a container?” There are endless variations on planting designs and techniques we can go over, but I like to keep it simple. Originally coined “Thriller, Filler, Spiller”, this Easy as 1 2 3 Container Garden Planting Technique is a super basic look at filling a…
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Colocasia Distant Memory in Container Gardens

Design Container Gardens with Colocasia ‘Distant Memory’

Garden

Colocasia ‘Distant Memory’ is a beautiful tropical plant and works very well in container gardens. Leaves on the plant are a dark mahogany (almost black when exposed to stronger sun), the plant clumps which is particularly great in containers, and this tropical leafed plant truly adds an incredible boost to container gardens and garden beds alike. This plant is more…
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Herb Garden Elevated Bed

How to Build an Herb Garden Elevated Bed

Garden

Planting an herb garden elevated bed and having great growing success is easy if you plan the proper soil mix. I love growing herbs all season long in my garden so that I can add them at a moment’s notice to one of my yummy smoothies or wellness dishes. Be sure to grow anything edible in the garden organically so…
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How to Rebuild a Perennial Garden Bed Finished

How to Rebuild a Perennial Garden Bed

Garden

My front side yard had really gotten to a point of disrepair last season and want to show you how to rebuild a perennial garden bed. I decided to rebuild the garden so it presents better, will be drought tolerant, and is easier to maintain. I’ve been using till-free planting techniques for years and below I have a little guide…
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Fish in the garden sculptures with colocasia

Fish in the Garden Sculpture Makes a Big Splash

Garden

Someone needs to sit me down and have a trout intervention because I have a total addiction for the Fish in the Garden sculpture art. Who knew that fish could be so darned fun in the garden? You first saw my passion for fish jump to the forefront when I let my no-mow grass go without a haircut to look…
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Design a pink elevated bed container garden

Design a Pink Elevated Bed Container Garden

Garden

Dreaming of spring? Me too! One of the fun projects I did this season was to design a pink elevated bed container garden. Popping with Pink Foliage Power, these plants make a perfect part-shade container garden and look lovely in a small container or in a larger elevated bed. These gorgeous plants are from the Wave Petunia company. The soil is…
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Chartreuse Green and Silver Gray Living Wall

Shocking Contrasts: Chartreuse and Silver Living Wall Garden

Garden

Hands down, my favorite garden of the season to design and build was my chartreuse green and silver gray living wall designed mostly with perennials from Walters Gardens which captivated passers-by and filled my garden with a bit of color contrast happiness. Silver in the garden is a real game-changer. Plants Included in Design – Hakonechloa grass ‘All Gold’ Heuchera…
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Heuchera Dolce Silver Gumdrop

Metallic Silver Heuchera in Container Garden Design for Big Impact

Garden

Silver metallic heuchera is rocking my socks off this season. I love growing heuchera in general as it’s a fantastic shade to part-shade plant for northern gardens, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, survives remarkably well in drought and heat, plus it has the beautiful bonus of being a colorful foliage plant. This makes it the perfect selection for perennial beds and…
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Delicious Pineapple Ginger Almond Milk Smoothie

Delicious Pineapple Ginger Almond Milk Smoothie

Food· Garden

I have been kicking it up a serious notch in the smoothie department. Flavor. We need more flavor and anti-inflammatory smoothies made in my kitchen will have the healthful beneficial ingredients that are no dairy and no grain. The myth that seems to be prevalent is that anti-inflammatory is not flavorful. The truth is that you can add lots of…
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White and Silver Living Wall Garden

How to Design a White and Silver Living Wall Garden

Garden

You all know that living walls are amazing and have been my passion. I’ve been working to reduce my osteoarthritis pain levels and growing “up” instead of flat-on-the-ground can make an astounding difference in pain levels if you have chronic pain or an inflammatory condition. This white and silver living wall garden inspired by the Wave Petunia company is also…
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Glodea Garden Furniture in Purple Berry

Garden Furniture Color Fun Glodea Product Review

Garden

Color can be so creative and enticing in a garden and I wanted to make a big FUN splash with color. GloDea® asked me to review their garden furniture. The company began in 2008 when Ignacio Santos, founder and lead designer at GloDea®, together with designer Fabian Ramos, started handcrafting GloDea®’s Chair X36 in a friends garage. This developed into…
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Lucca Italy Streets

Lucca Italy is a Fantastic Walking Tour Destination

Travel· Wellness

Visiting Lucca is very much like stepping back into time. Unlike Rome, which is a large bustling metropolis with honking horns and constant sirens, Lucca offers peace and quiet with an old world feel. Lucca Italy is a fantastic walking tour destination. In the early morning, as the light is just starting to touch Lucca’s walls, I found solace on…
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Elevated Garden Summer Veg Trug Wave Petunia

How to Plant a Pizza Garden

Food· Garden

  This season I partnered with Wave Petunia to create a whole series of “how to” design and gardening videos for wellness and beauty for all of my wonderful peeps. “How to Plant a Pizza Garden” is the first in the series. Designing gardens that are both beautiful and nutritiously sound is a great step towards a wellness lifestyle. This garden…
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