Fall

The garden on November 1st

Two paths and a patio, November First Views Good Morning! As the sun comes up , I walk around the garden…

13 years ago

Western bluebirds in the Sierra foothill garden

One of my favorite color combos is cobalt blue and turquoise. That is why I like this picture!  These are Western…

13 years ago

October First Views-California’s Fifth Season

First Views is a meme that Town Mouse started to show seasonal view of larger areas of your garden, rather…

13 years ago

Of fog and rain

"An absolute patience. Trees stand up to their knees in fog. The fog slowly flows uphill. White cobwebs, the grass…

14 years ago

Camellia ‘Yuletide’ Christmas

Happy Holidays, everyone! Since my 'Yuletide' Camellia, usually on the patio, is in full bloom, we decided to put it inside…

14 years ago

Mysteries in the mulch

Get down... Get down low...and see the mysteries that may be in your mulch and layer of leaf liter under…

14 years ago

Best Fall bloomers: Mexican marigold

Introducing you to... Mexican marigold or Tagetes lemmonii... Lemmon's Marigold, Copper Canyon Daisy or Mexican Bush Daisy, you can call…

14 years ago

‘Dragon’s Blood’ and first snow

Yesterday, Saturday OK, I see it now. After several years of growing Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood', I have only seen…

14 years ago

What am I really doing in the garden in October?

1st Week I'm ready to move some plants around and plant more in a new area of the garden. It's…

14 years ago

An Explosion of Asters

Their colors are so intense, majestic, it is a privilege to be out among the asters and goldenrods and drying…

14 years ago

Morning Stars

On these late October mornings when even a late riser gets up in the dark, make time to go outside…

14 years ago

Marvelous Milkweed, part of a butterfly garden

Collecting milkweed pods I found these milkweed pods on a drive up to Bald Mountain in the Sierra Forest. I…

14 years ago

Invasive plants and impatience in the garden

Arrrgggghh! I did it to myself,...I planted Mexican Primrose in my front beds in my impatience for something to fill…

14 years ago