Half the year is over and in the garden I’m walking around taking stock. June usually means the real riotous bloom of the Iris, fruit trees and bulbs is dying down. Now the dry garden can be the spotlight. Our climate is very close to that of the Mediterranean. We can grow all the plants…
This Year’s Veg Garden Experiment: The last two years have been straw bale gardens with great success! This year, there is still so much straw that I decided to see how the tomatoes and peppers would do in the remnants of composted soil and leftover straw. When observing the garden for the first time after…
On a rainy day in April, I still take Maggie for her daily walk in the garden. It’s not cold and though Maggie’s not a fan of wet, she loves to walk and sniff, waggy, waggy…she sniffs everything! Just yesterday, I was weeding the meadow, dressed in a t-shirt and jeans, with the sun warm…
At Sierra Foothill Garden, we love birds! In our albums we have collected, there are many photos of the ones in our backyards, from humble sparrows to brilliant bluebirds. And what better time than Autumn and Winter for watching them? It’s a sign Cool weather is here. Steller’s jay, Cyanocitta stelleri, with its black head…
Two paths and a patio, November First Views Good Morning! As the sun comes up , I walk around the garden getting my first view of it this November 1st morning. I start by walking out the door to the patio in back. (When you live in the country, you never know which is the front or the back until…
