First Views is a meme that Town Mouse started to show seasonal view of larger areas of your garden, rather…
Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be…
"I have found, through the years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with…
Learning about watering for California natives ...and some Mediterranean plants in a home garden in the Sierra Foothills. I…
Last month, my friend, Cheryl and I, committed to giving a workshop to the garden club on a subject we were…
What are hypertufa troughs? Hypertufa (pronounced hyper-toofa) is a mixture of peat moss, perlite, cement and water. Old stone watering troughs…
Butterfly magnets and how they grow Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii, is a fast growing, vase-shaped, usually gangly shrub growing 6…
My friend, Diane, of Oakhurst area, CA, has long dreamed of having a real glass greenhouse, and now after many…
This spring and summer several plants native to California much to my delight. A couple were known, but have just…
Here are the native and non-native flowers and plants that are blooming this month in my Sierra foothill garden. The…