Sue Langley

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          CA Native Seedlings Existing and introduced California native and non native seedling photos

14 years ago

How Peckinpah Mountain got its name

After establishing our home on  Malum Ridge, looking out onto Peckinpah Mountain, I heard from neighbors about the  logging history in our…

14 years ago

Manzanita ‘Howard McMinn’ and companions

This is National Wildlife Week and for that, I have chosen some favorite California native plants to show, as well…

14 years ago

Gardening without Pain

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.  ~Charles Dudley Warner Since our…

14 years ago

Friends,…I meant to do my work today

I Meant To Do My Work Today I meant to do my work today, But a brown bird sang in…

14 years ago

Planning large forest garden

Becoming stewards of our forest For some of us, here in the California foothills, especially those who live near the…

14 years ago

Creating long lasting garden

A common word in gardening this decade is ‘sustainable’; sustainable gardening is using the principles of ecological wisdom.  When planting…

14 years ago

Enjoying Yosemite, family tradition

As some of you know, I live very near Yosemite National Park, a place where my family has vacationed since I…

14 years ago

A Winter walk with Maggie

Today, Maggie and I walked all the way to the bottom of the property, where it's fairly wild.…Read More+

14 years ago

Spring’s Ephemerals in the Sierra foothills

 My idea of gardening is to discover something wild in my wood and weed around it with the utmost care…

14 years ago

Favorite posts

Here are some of the favorite posts of the last few months. It's interesting to see what people like and what…

14 years ago

Silent, and soft, and snow

Everything in life is speaking, in spite of its apparent silence. ~Hazrat Inayat Khan  There is a way that nature…

14 years ago

How to weed meadow in the Sierra Foothills

Project: Weeding the Meadow After rains and four weeks of sunny weather, a check on the progress of weeds and…

14 years ago

Winter check on the Sierra Foothill garden

What I am really doing in the garden Sunny January weather is lasting into February, and although chilly, by mid…

14 years ago

NZ Week- The Plants of New Zealand

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

14 years ago