Garden

How to Be a Lazy GardenerHow to Be a Lazy Gardener

How to Be a Lazy Gardener

  ...and still have a pretty garden  With a busy household and jobs, we are sometimes just too busy to…

6 years ago
A water-saving veggie garden for the foothillsA water-saving veggie garden for the foothills

A water-saving veggie garden for the foothills

Your water-wise veggie garden Does everyone in our Mountain Community grow at least one tomato? I think so! For me,…

7 years ago
Enjoying Winter gardening in the foothillsEnjoying Winter gardening in the foothills

Enjoying Winter gardening in the foothills

Winter chores and pleasures! It’s sunny and 70º as I write this and it’s a reminder that our winter weather…

7 years ago
Green and serene: My woodsy sitting areaGreen and serene: My woodsy sitting area

Green and serene: My woodsy sitting area

First exercise,…then relax……completing a 'relaxing' project! Friends, I’ve been stretching, doing knee bends and weight-lifting! At the gym? No,…my latest…

8 years ago
California Bush Anemone!California Bush Anemone!

California Bush Anemone!

Happy discovery! On Crane Valley Rd (221), just north of Manzanita Lake Rd,(222) going toward Bass Lake, I discovered something…

8 years ago
Grow a ‘Cut and Come Again’ salad gardenGrow a ‘Cut and Come Again’ salad garden

Grow a ‘Cut and Come Again’ salad garden

How to grow a Salad! Thinking about 'Cut and Come Again' salad gardens...you may have already started lettuce or mesclun…

8 years ago
Growing your garden, all from seed!Growing your garden, all from seed!

Growing your garden, all from seed!

Learning to grow from seed It's Spring!  My friend, Marie, inspires me so much with her courtyard garden fitted with…

8 years ago
Earliest Spring bloomers to plant nowEarliest Spring bloomers to plant now

Earliest Spring bloomers to plant now

Winter and early spring blooming plants Brighten these grey, rainy days in the foothills with cool-season bloomers in containers and…

8 years ago
Pretty propagating: How To Multiply your PlantsPretty propagating: How To Multiply your Plants

Pretty propagating: How To Multiply your Plants

Propagating plants in a Sierra foothill garden Propagating plants is making new plants from existing ones in your garden. Anyone can…

8 years ago

Growing Iris, Planting bulbs and sowing wildflowers

Fall is time for dividing iris, planting and sowing wildflower seeds... Bearded Iris Growing Tips Spring-flowering bulbs thrive in full…

9 years ago