Roadside treasures worth stopping for In the first week of July in the Sierra foothills of California, you believe that Spring is long gone, and yet, the season hasn’t said its final farewell. Our beloved wildflowers called ‘Farewell to Spring are blooming this year at the same time as the sunny wild sunflowers, Hall’s Mule’s…
Planting Cleveland sage on the meadow edges On this fine May day, I plant two California natives in my dry sloping meadow to add perennial color. See how I did this and a short video ‘how-to’ from Tree of Life Nursery. It began with a bit of weeding. You know how it goes….one thing leads…
Orange you glad to find two new CA natives in the garden? Yes, I am! A new bird and a new California native annual are discovered here in my garden in April. New or just not noticed before? Either way, I’m delighted! And both happen to be shades of orange. First, what I thought was a…
These three plants, well, you’ll notice a few similarities and a few differences. Two are California natives and one is new to me, and if you keep track of this blog, you know that I love finding new plants here on our place. Dandelions Everyone knows this one, ,…edible, annoying in lawns, tolerable to most. Dandelions in…
A wildflower experiment In my garden, I sowed a native California wildflower meadow. It was a very fun project and I learned a lot. Now, in another area of my garden I call “The Natural Meadow” I continue more experiments! See what I did! First of all, my objective here was to add very few…
