NZ Week- Picton and the Marlborough Sounds

Picton, the gem of the Marlborough Sounds Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park…

13 years ago

NZ Week- Art and Gardens of Nelson, NZ

Art, Gardens and the Farmers’ Market of Nelson, NZ Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman…

13 years ago

wordless whistling wednesday- Wild birds of NZ

New Zealand Week Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park Wednesday-Birds of Abel Tasman…

13 years ago

NZ Week- Tuesday – Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park

Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park Wednesday-Birds of Abel Tasman Thursday- Nelson, New…

13 years ago

NZ Week- Monday – Blenheim Wineries and Gardens

Winter in the mountains of California is a great time for a sunny trip to New Zealand, isn't it? Come…

13 years ago

New Zealand Week- Sunday- Rarangi Beach

You’ve heard of Shark Week, right?  Well, this is New Zealand Week here at the Sierra Foothill Garden, and I…

13 years ago

Preparing for trip to New Zealand

Winter here in California is summer in New Zealand. Yes, the water circles the bathtub drain the other direction in…

13 years ago

New Year’s Day 2011-My first wintersowing

Jan 1, 2011 This afternoon when it warmed up to a brisk 40F degrees, I tapped little soil ice cubes…

13 years ago

Wintersowing, great January seed starting project

Is there a gardener who doesn't know about wintersowing? Well, now the first day of the year is a great time…

13 years ago

Native plants from Lewis and Clark, found in the Sierra Foothills

Lewis & Clark discoveries we can plant... In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson requested $2500 from Congress to send Meriwether Lewis and…

13 years ago

Christmas Day Dawn

5:30 am- After making the coffee and finishing up last night's dishes and the family sleeps, turned around to see…

13 years ago

Celebration Sky

What a wonderful way to begin the Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year.  This is the first clear…

13 years ago

Let’s check for progress on the meadow!

Last update for Fall 2010 ...next Winter! Before the latest rainstorms, new photos were taken of progress on my little…

13 years ago

Of fog and rain

"An absolute patience. Trees stand up to their knees in fog. The fog slowly flows uphill. White cobwebs, the grass…

13 years ago