Garden

March First Views- Snow Dust in the Sierras

March is coming in like a lamb.  What does that mean?  A little rain, a little snow, just an inch…

13 years ago

Drat! Pokeweed! No, Chokecherry? Hope so!

What I thought might be buckeye or elderberry, turns out to be pokeweed! Darn!  My sister helped my identify this…

13 years ago

Miner’s lettuce surprising seedlings

While working on another project last January, I saw this pot full of grass seedlings,..looking so lush and full.  So…

13 years ago

Thinking plant combinations in California foothill garden

Have you ever noticed a striking color combination when planting flowers together by chance?  You suddenly see that the hot…

13 years ago

Gardening with children- 8 garden projects for you and child

Easy garden projects for you and a child Interesting children in the joys of gardening can be fun. They’re eager…

13 years ago

Then and Now-The back slope

The back slope, then and now In a series of Then and Now photos, it's satisfying to look back nostalgically…

13 years ago

Rain gardens for the Sierra foothills

What is a rain garden? It’s a garden specifically designed to take advantage of where water naturally collects. In dry…

13 years ago

Outwitting gophers in the Sierra foothill garden

Gophers and other living garden pests can drain the enthusiasm from the hardiest gardener in the California Sierra foothills.  To…

13 years ago

A mild Sierra foothill winter-February First Views

While going out to photograph my 'first views' of February in my California  mountain garden, I already know that my…

13 years ago

Keeping garden records

Simple Record Keeping for the Garden Fall and winter can be good times to settle in and plan for future…

13 years ago

My favorite gardening equipment

Winter is a good time to evaluate your garden tools. I've stashed them all away for the coming rain and…

13 years ago

More winter gardening ideas for the Sierra foothills

Did you think you were through gardening in California Sierra mountains?  Usually we have rain and snow, but noooo.  Here…

13 years ago

Best winter flowering plants for the Sierra foothills

Snapdragons in January It may seem past the point where you would want to do any planting here in the…

13 years ago

Indian summer-January First Views

 In each month of the year, on the first few days, we post wide views of what our gardens look like in…

13 years ago

How will you garden in 2012?

I am interested in business practices in general after owning my own small company for 20 years and became fascinated…

13 years ago

Violas in bright December

Winter gardening Forever, I have loved the tiny flowered Johnny Jump Ups, Viola tricolor, which seed themselves happily around the…

13 years ago

Inviting wildlife into your California garden

How we garden Normally, gardeners have only had themselves to please when creating a plant world around them. And that's…

13 years ago

December deer

What deer say:…Read More+

13 years ago