This space is a slow scroll through stories, soil, and seasonal rhythm.
Here, you’ll find the personal and the practical living side by side.
It’s where worm chow recipes meet no-till wisdom, where a compost pile becomes an altar, and where even the smallest windowsill holds space for beauty, healing, and meaning.
From ancestral plant lore to your morning garden stretch—this is where the practice of growing turns into a life that grows with you.
🌾 Field & Forest Folklore
Tales, traditions, and plant beliefs from Khmer, Thai, Chinese, and folk roots
Step into a space where plants are more than ingredients—they’re characters in ancestral stories, seasonal rites, and cultural memory.
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🪱 Garden Notes
No-dig methods, companion planting, compost how-tos, and soil rituals
Practical guides for cultivating a garden that supports the earth while feeding your soul. Includes soil practices, worm bins, and your evolving plant glossary.
🌞 So’s Gentle Guide to Spring Garden Prep in Zone 10
Welcome to the season of soft sunrises, bare hands in soil, and all the slow, hopeful beginnings a garden brings. Living in Zone 10 (hello, endless summer!) means we’re lucky to grow nearly year-round—but that doesn’t mean we skip the prep. It just looks a little...
🪴 Create a Cozy, Low-Cost Garden Workshop (The So_Epicurious Way)
A warm little guide for turning humble, found things into a space of magic and making You don’t need a fancy shed or a big budget to build your perfect garden workshop. You just need time, intention, and a knack for seeing treasure in what others might toss. Whether...
🧺 Life with So
Morning routines, plant altars, dried herbs on the wall, and homegrown stillness
Personal reflections from your urban folk life. These are the gentle rhythms, the quiet joys, and the moments that make tending a way of being.
She’s Trying to Kill Me! And Other Family Food Adventures
Introduction I wasn’t born here—I was born in a refugee camp in Thailand. We came to Long Beach to survive. Emotionally, it was jarring. The noise, the strangers, the concrete everywhere—it felt like the ground had shifted beneath us. There was a deep loneliness...
🌙 Seasonal Living
Moon-phase gardening, seasonal reflections, and ancestral planting rhythms
Tune into time the way plants do. From solstice rituals to intuitive planting cycles, this section bridges calendar and cosmos.
Sun + Spirit: Summer Garden Rituals by the Sea and Soil
🌕 Harvesting by Moonlight Night-Bloomers & Mystical Plants of California 🌿 Intro When the coastal breeze cools and moonlight spills over your garden, a quieter world awakens. In the hush of summer nights, fragrant plants stretch open, their oils peaking, their...
Notes from the Garden Path is not just a journal—it’s a rhythm. A rhythm of remembering where your food came from, why your elders planted what they did, and how every plant you grow is part of a larger story.
Whether you’re digging into compost or harvesting morning light—you’re already on the path.
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