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Get Growing: Eat and drink your garden

A delightful byproduct of growing flowers is eating (or drinking) them — if you choose the right ones.

Get Growing: Creating a private sanctuary

Think of your garden as a stage set — and you are the set designer.

Recipe: Throw together an end-of-summer paella

Weekly recipes and food ideas from Pacific Publishing.

Get gritty: A drier palette and gravel gardens

As summers get increasingly hot, many Seattle gardeners are reimagining their gardens to use less water and handle the heat.

Your Best Life: Reading Michael Singer’s ‘Living Untethered’

Book review: Singer’s premise asks us to discard our basic way of relating to the world.

Focus on Youth: Cool activities for a hot summer

Things to do, according to a Queen Anne "Summer Expert."

Your Best Life: Making stress work for you

'Stress' sounds bad, but it can be helpful to remember that the stress response serves a purpose.

Recipe: Cooling off with spicy mussels

Weekly recipes and food ideas from Pacific Publishing.

Get Growing: Fragrance a powerful element for any garden

In the garden, fragrance can add a magical element that heightens the entire sensory experience.

Falling Awake: Thank you, Mr. Wong

A weekly column from the author of 'Every Little Thing.'

Grilling: It’s all about the sauce (and the seeds)

Weekly recipes and food ideas from Pacific Publishing.

Your best life: Making habits stick

On habits, change, choices and our well-being.

Recipe: Salad days of summer — spotlight on couscous

Couscous is notable for its versatility — add a smattering of spices to hot water and the couscous will obligingly absorb the aromatics and drive flavor into a dish.

Your Best Life: Loving your work

As the philosopher said: 'Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t look around once in a while, you could miss it.'

Get Growing: Pick the right roses

The Pacific Northwest is great for roses in that it tends toward warm and dry in the summer.