Drought tolerant and colorful plants for any garden... Sometimes you find an ideal list of plants suitable for your area…
Violas and pansies are perfect daffodil partners Last year, I planted violas over the mini daffodils in patio pots and…
My Favorite Junk Store and Why I Like It I'm itchin' to go to the junk stores again. Boy do…
To prepare for a community garden club talk on this meadow project today, this slideshow was put together to show…
One evening near dark, I lost myself as I wandered, looking for turning leaves around the place. "Autumn is a…
It is a commonly heard in casual remarks on gardening topics and maintaining a landscape in the Sierra Foothills that…
Here in the Sierra foothills of California, sometimes the Autumn season brings a feeling of melancholy to gardeners, faced with…
How to choose end-of-season sale plants Every year, while visiting my favorite nurseries, I prowl the sale tables in late…
Spicy mints? “Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.” - Benjamin Franklin The rich, spiciness of these plants makes them…
A nearly native drought tolerant garden Tim and Barbara Fruehe came into the True Value Garden Center with a list…
Starting from scratch - Then and now Laying out garden beds in clay and decomposed granite is the way you…
"The more people know about bats the more they'll care about them." Sitting out tonight, while watering, I noticed a…
or ...Why I remember a Sunset Magazine article from 1999. A few months before we bought our place here in…
Do you get up early? I do,...but have found that many couples have one. One that gets up at dawn…
The natural meadow in the second year By that, I mean, this is the second year that I have weeded…
Big changes all around The meadow in May...checking the progress and weeding, weeding... Last year, here in the Sierra foothills,…
I'm only mentioning my impressions of the house pad prep, because to tell it all would be very boring. Although,....we…
Many of us here in the California Sierra foothills have gravel driveways, paths and roads. This can be a help…