Frankincense and myrrh These fascinating herbs are best known through the story of the Three Wise Men delivering gold, frankincense,…
Happy Holidays, everyone! Since my 'Yuletide' Camellia, usually on the patio, is in full bloom, we decided to put it inside…
Get down... Get down low...and see the mysteries that may be in your mulch and layer of leaf liter under…
Shasta Daisies and Ox-eye daisies The memories of the tall Shasta daisies in my grandmother’s and mother’s gardens created in me,…
Here’s a good reason to do so: When you have a pumpkin left over from Halloween and Thanksgiving, what can…
Oh, no! Someone has knocked down a pot of flowers and broken it! Ah, well, it happens... And sometimes you…
Introducing you to... Mexican marigold or Tagetes lemmonii... Lemmon's Marigold, Copper Canyon Daisy or Mexican Bush Daisy, you can call…
Yesterday, Saturday OK, I see it now. After several years of growing Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood', I have only seen…
I don't have to have my wood stacked like this, nor could I, to be satisfied, but I want to…
Do you remember H bees? I took photographs of these two, a bee and a wasp, today. I was reminded…
How to plant a meadow in California foothills I do dream of that! In late summer, my new project was…
Discovering new natives I have always loved the names of plants. I don't know why, but I must know what a…
Dave's garden is having a photo contest, so...I decided to enter the photo of the poppy 'butterfly' I saw next to…