How to make your own delicious dried tomatoes
How to dry your tomato harvest to enjoy gourmet dried tomatoes all winter long If you have a good crop of…
Then and Now-The stamped patio
In a series of Then and Now photos, it's satisfying to look back nostalgically to see how far we have…
Watering CA native plants in the Sierra foothills
Learning about watering for California natives ...and some Mediterranean plants in a home garden in the Sierra Foothills. I…
Hypertufa workshop…fun!
Last month, my friend, Cheryl and I, committed to giving a workshop to the garden club on a subject we were…
How to make Hypertufa Troughs
What are hypertufa troughs? Hypertufa (pronounced hyper-toofa) is a mixture of peat moss, perlite, cement and water. Old stone watering troughs…
Buddleias never drop their flowers
Butterfly magnets and how they grow Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii, is a fast growing, vase-shaped, usually gangly shrub growing 6…
Soap Plant in full bloom
Studying the singular Soap Plant As the season passes, the Soap Plant is on the wane, still over 7 feet…
The midsummer meadow
In early July, the meadow is at its peak and gives pleasure every day. Here are some of the advantages and…
Wild Wyethias- sunflowers in the foothills
Oakhurst's official flower? When I arrived here in the mountains of Central California, I slowly became familiar with some of…
Diane’s greenhouse dream
My friend, Diane, of Oakhurst area, CA, has long dreamed of having a real glass greenhouse, and now after many…
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