Green and serene: My woodsy sitting area
First exercise,…then relax……completing a 'relaxing' project! Friends, I’ve been stretching, doing knee bends and weight-lifting! At the gym? No,…my latest…
California Bush Anemone!
Happy discovery! On Crane Valley Rd (221), just north of Manzanita Lake Rd,(222) going toward Bass Lake, I discovered something…
Sycamore, king of Sierra foothill trees
The stately sycamore With slanted and twisted trunks and mottled bark, the California Sycamore is a majestic curiosity. For me, this stately native…
Grow a ‘Cut and Come Again’ salad garden
How to grow a Salad! Thinking about 'Cut and Come Again' salad gardens...you may have already started lettuce or mesclun…
Growing your garden, all from seed!
Learning to grow from seed It's Spring! My friend, Marie, inspires me so much with her courtyard garden fitted with…
Earliest Spring bloomers to plant now
Winter and early spring blooming plants Brighten these grey, rainy days in the foothills with cool-season bloomers in containers and…
Pretty propagating: How To Multiply your Plants
Propagating plants in a Sierra foothill garden Propagating plants is making new plants from existing ones in your garden. Anyone can…
Day Trip! Bald Mountain exploring
Call of the Wild! Attention, Four Wheel drivers... The view from the top of Bald Mountain, looking down on Shaver Lake…
Deer-resistant low growers for the Sierra foothills
27 favorite 'ground covers' Growing plants that 'cover the ground' means you have something to plant in the front of a…
Fall color in the garden: A gallery
I was able to show photos as I gave a talk today on Fall Color at the Oakhurst Library. For…
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