Sue Langley

My easy seed saving system

In late summer, Nature has a way of reproducing each plant and all you have to do is take notice…

14 years ago

How to: Meat Bee Trap

Some folks can live and let live in the garden, but meat bees push my limits! A friend told me…

14 years ago

Western wildflowers from Wildseed Farms

Notes on Western Wildflower Mix from Wildseed Farms, planted in North Fork, CA (near Yosemite) Zone 7, 3000 ft.

14 years ago

Rambling around in July

When you go out to the garden, with no objective in mind, it's surprising how much you can accomplish. Equipped…

14 years ago

Red and Pink

Fun for Valentine's Day. Can you guess these? [gallery link="file"] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

15 years ago

Barberry Blitz and Intriguing Iris

Nov 1st, 2007 I love the Fall color of the 'Royal Cloak' barberry, so determined to get more.  As a…

17 years ago

Where the Wild Flowers Are

I sent for these seeds from Wildseed Farms. in Texas. Here is what I planted in order, from most to…

17 years ago

Spring 2006-New Front Beds

The objective is to plant shrubs and trees as foundations for the beds. Here are the first plants put in.

19 years ago

First Flower Beds

We have lived here for 8 months and five of those in the new house. As far as the garden…

19 years ago

First spring at home

Our first spring here has been rainy for the last ten weekends, then we left for a trip to Moab.…

19 years ago

June 2005-Plants Brought from Home

There are a certain number of plants that I brought from our previous garden in Southern California. The zone is…

19 years ago

February framing and planting without hose

Last year we had built a retaining wall and I couldn't resist planting a few things like rosemary and lavender.…

20 years ago

Country means outbuilding first, house later

After buying property in October 2000, we started the building and  site preparation process, by having the house pad graded and…

22 years ago

Memorial Day 2002

May 23-28, 2002   Memorial Day! Madeline had her prom (Derek’s senior prom) so we went up alone. Jolie was working…

23 years ago

Bike race down 007 trail

April 25-28 Wooden goat for the goat shed  We snuck up here on the flimsy excuse that a bike race…

23 years ago

Easter week 2002

April 7-14, 2002  On the afternoon we arrived, the whole group came to our place for a barbecue. Larry had…

23 years ago

Autumn 2001- Settling into camp

This is a transcript of the diary I kept during the first years of our transition to the mountains. We…

23 years ago

August 2001- Fire Strikes!

Russ called Larry to say there’s a fire on Rd 274, our road! Said he’d try to find out more.…

23 years ago