...and still have a pretty garden With a busy household and jobs, we are sometimes just too busy to…
Your water-wise veggie garden Does everyone in our Mountain Community grow at least one tomato? I think so! For me,…
Winter chores and pleasures! It’s sunny and 70º as I write this and it’s a reminder that our winter weather…
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…
Happy discovery! On Crane Valley Rd (221), just north of Manzanita Lake Rd,(222) going toward Bass Lake, I discovered something…
How to grow a Salad! Thinking about 'Cut and Come Again' salad gardens...you may have already started lettuce or mesclun…
Learning to grow from seed It's Spring! My friend, Marie, inspires me so much with her courtyard garden fitted with…
Winter and early spring blooming plants Brighten these grey, rainy days in the foothills with cool-season bloomers in containers and…
Propagating plants in a Sierra foothill garden Propagating plants is making new plants from existing ones in your garden. Anyone can…
Fall is time for dividing iris, planting and sowing wildflower seeds... Bearded Iris Growing Tips Spring-flowering bulbs thrive in full…
What I'm REALLY doing in the garden...last day of June I just came in from an hour out in the…
Just came in from the garden,...perfect day to be out there, especially with my camera. There was really nice, even…
This Year's Veg Garden Experiment: The last two years have been straw bale gardens with great success! This year, there…
In a series of Then and Now photos, it's satisfying to look back nostalgically to see how far we have…
A Winter walk-around What's blooming? What's happening? A walk through my garden just before Winter begins. First off, the patio…
October in the foothill garden Walking around the garden here in the foothills of Central California, I feel we're really…
Harvesting the straw bale garden I call this experiment a success! After reading and reviewing the book Straw Bale Gardens…
I’m a fan of this chair! Take a couple old pieces of junk and transform them into into a tiny…