Garden

September First views

First Views is a meme that Town Mouse started to show seasonal view of larger areas of your garden, rather…

14 years ago

Time Tracking in the Garden

Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be…

14 years ago

A Garden Philosophy

"I have found, through the years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with…

14 years ago

Watering CA native plants in the Sierra foothills

Learning about watering for California natives ...and some Mediterranean plants in a home garden in the Sierra Foothills.   I…

14 years ago

Hypertufa workshop…fun!

 Last month, my friend, Cheryl and I, committed to giving a workshop to the garden club on a subject we were…

14 years ago

How to make Hypertufa Troughs

What are hypertufa troughs? Hypertufa (pronounced hyper-toofa) is a mixture of peat moss, perlite, cement and water. Old stone watering troughs…

14 years ago

Buddleias never drop their flowers

Butterfly magnets and how they grow Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii, is a fast growing, vase-shaped, usually gangly shrub growing 6…

14 years ago

Diane’s greenhouse dream

My friend, Diane, of Oakhurst area, CA, has long dreamed of having a real glass greenhouse, and now after many…

14 years ago

Summer native discoveries

This spring and summer several plants native to California much to my delight. A couple were known, but have just…

14 years ago

What’s blooming in June

Here are the native and non-native flowers and plants that are blooming this month in my Sierra foothill garden. The…

14 years ago