Sue Langley

Sue Langley

Sue Langley, a passionate gardener and photographer lives and gardens with her husband and Corgi, Maggie on 7 acres just south of Yosemite, Zone 7 at 3000 feet. She also manages the Flea Market Gardening Facebook page and website.
How to Be a Lazy GardenerHow to Be a Lazy Gardener

How to Be Lazy Gardener

  ...and still have a pretty garden  With a busy household and jobs, we are sometimes just too busy to…

5 years ago
Summer is Spring at Whiskey Falls!Summer is Spring at Whiskey Falls!

Summer is Spring at Whiskey Falls!

Take a day trip to Whiskey Falls... Come visit Whiskey Falls and the surrounding high country area in the Sierra…

5 years ago
California oak acorns: Feast or famineCalifornia oak acorns: Feast or famine

California oak acorns: Feast or famine

Why do oaks drop more acorns some years and not others? If you have live or walk amongst an oak…

6 years ago
Mule’s ear and Farewell to SpringMule’s ear and Farewell to Spring

Mule’s ear and Farewell to Spring

Roadside treasures worth  stopping for In the first week of July in the Sierra foothills of California, you believe that…

7 years ago
Our favorite butterfly plantsOur favorite butterfly plants

Our favorite butterfly plants

Wow! Butterflies love these plants! Grow any of these for instant results and each is matched with the perfect plant…

7 years ago
A water-saving veggie garden for the foothillsA water-saving veggie garden for the foothills

A water-saving veggie garden for the foothills

Your water-wise veggie garden Does everyone in our Mountain Community grow at least one tomato? I think so! For me,…

7 years ago
How to plant CA natives on a slopeHow to plant CA natives on a slope

How to plant CA natives on slope

Planting Cleveland sage on the meadow edges On this fine May day, I plant two California natives in my dry…

7 years ago
Iridescent Iris in a Sierra foothill gardenIridescent Iris in a Sierra foothill garden

Iridescent Iris in Sierra foothill garden

Iris time! Iris are a Sierra foothill gardener's best friend in Spring because of the easy care and reliable beauty.…

7 years ago
An illustrated map of Oakhurst, in 1967An illustrated map of Oakhurst, in 1967

An illustrated map of Oakhurst, in 1967

Foothill area history, discovered... The question was, 'Does anyone know anything about this map?' Found at a thrift shop or…

7 years ago
Enjoying Winter gardening in the foothillsEnjoying Winter gardening in the foothills

Enjoying Winter gardening in the foothills

Winter chores and pleasures! It’s sunny and 70º as I write this and it’s a reminder that our winter weather…

7 years ago
Green and serene: My woodsy sitting areaGreen and serene: My woodsy sitting area

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…

7 years ago
California Bush Anemone!California Bush Anemone!

California Bush Anemone!

Happy discovery! On Crane Valley Rd (221), just north of Manzanita Lake Rd,(222) going toward Bass Lake, I discovered something…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

Grow ‘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…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago