Garden

Creating long lasting garden

A common word in gardening this decade is ‘sustainable’; sustainable gardening is using the principles of ecological wisdom.  When planting…

14 years ago

Silent, and soft, and snow

Everything in life is speaking, in spite of its apparent silence. ~Hazrat Inayat Khan  There is a way that nature…

14 years ago

Winter check on the Sierra Foothill garden

What I am really doing in the garden Sunny January weather is lasting into February, and although chilly, by mid…

14 years ago

New Year’s Day 2011-My first wintersowing

Jan 1, 2011 This afternoon when it warmed up to a brisk 40F degrees, I tapped little soil ice cubes…

14 years ago

Wintersowing, great January seed starting project

Is there a gardener who doesn't know about wintersowing? Well, now the first day of the year is a great time…

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

First Flower Beds

We have lived here for 8 months and five of those in the new house. As far as the garden…

19 years ago

First spring at home

Our first spring here has been rainy for the last ten weekends, then we left for a trip to Moab.…

19 years ago

June 2005-Plants Brought from Home

There are a certain number of plants that I brought from our previous garden in Southern California. The zone is…

19 years ago

Memorial Day 2002

May 23-28, 2002   Memorial Day! Madeline had her prom (Derek’s senior prom) so we went up alone. Jolie was working…

23 years ago