October 2021

Growing Milkweed for the Monarch Butterfly

by Lisa LeCoump
October 18, 2021March 3, 2023

Monarch Populations are Declining, but Planting Milkweed Can Bring Them Back. It’s important to choose the right milkweed variety.

A Drought Tolerant Garden with a Fall Color Scheme

by Lisa LeCoump
October 16, 2021March 3, 2023

Planting with a color scheme made the garden look more about the colors and less about drought tolerance

The Best Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
October 15, 2021March 8, 2023

This is the Best Oatmeal Cookie Recipe – Crisp on the Outside, Chewy in the Center – Browned Butter, Toasted Oats and Ground Pecans

The Butterfly Effect

by Lisa LeCoump
October 10, 2021March 8, 2023

The Butterfly Effect Holds the Solution to the Climate Change Problem – Make the right Small Changes and it makes a Big Difference

Toasting Nuts in the Air Fryer

by Lisa LeCoump
October 3, 2021March 8, 2023

Toasting Nuts in the Air Fryer is An Easy Way to Get Perfect, Uniformly Toasted Nuts

“While traveling the world and looking for the best ingredients, we found that many producers who care about quality also care about sustainability. We discovered that by choosing the best ingredients we had reduced our carbon footprint. A few more changes, and we cut our carbon footprint in half! Then we realized that if everyone did this, it would have a big effect on climate change. Little changes add up to something big. Little things matter. We could save the world, one cookie at a time.”

Professional Photographer - Food Photographer, Wedding Photographer. Lisa was previously the Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, responsible for reviewing and enforcing organic regulations and Environmental Protection Agency pesticide use regulations. She also worked for years as an Agricultural Advisor in California, a farmer in California, and an Agricultural Extension Agent in Thailand. She received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from California State University, Chico and studied Integrated Pest Management at U.C., Davis, which involved farming methods that preserve the environment.