In 2009, I visited my sister in New Zealand and on one weekend trip we drove down to the city…
First Views is a meme that Town Mouse started to show seasonal view of larger areas of your garden, rather…
Field Trip: Hornitos On a recent photo trek through the area between the Sierra foothills and the Central Valley of…
House place, mountain, barn wood, waterfalls, these words describe the place we found in the mountains near Yosemite and Bass…
Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be…
"I have found, through the years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with…
How to dry your tomato harvest to enjoy gourmet dried tomatoes all winter long If you have a good crop of…
In a series of Then and Now photos, it's satisfying to look back nostalgically to see how far we have…
Learning about watering for California natives ...and some Mediterranean plants in a home garden in the Sierra Foothills. I…
Last month, my friend, Cheryl and I, committed to giving a workshop to the garden club on a subject we were…
What are hypertufa troughs? Hypertufa (pronounced hyper-toofa) is a mixture of peat moss, perlite, cement and water. Old stone watering troughs…
Butterfly magnets and how they grow Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii, is a fast growing, vase-shaped, usually gangly shrub growing 6…
Studying the singular Soap Plant As the season passes, the Soap Plant is on the wane, still over 7 feet…
In early July, the meadow is at its peak and gives pleasure every day. Here are some of the advantages and…
Oakhurst's official flower? When I arrived here in the mountains of Central California, I slowly became familiar with some of…
My friend, Diane, of Oakhurst area, CA, has long dreamed of having a real glass greenhouse, and now after many…
June's Blue Haze, Brodiaea This is a picture story of Elegant or Harvest Brodiaea in the Sierra foothill garden. This is…
A Backyard Habitat is a transformation of your garden into a place that provides the things wildlife need to live…