Projects

Encouraging wildlife with ‘habitat’

A Backyard Habitat is a transformation of your garden into a place that provides the things wildlife need to live…

13 years ago

Building benches and paths of desire

Places to sit in the garden?  You've got to have them. Especially when the place is affectionately called 'Rancho Relaxo.'…

13 years ago

Working quietly along with quail

Weeding the natural meadow I work quietly, allowing my thoughts to fade away into just being. I especially don’t think…

13 years ago

Garden orb of modest materials

Everyone has seen these garden spheres in the garden, but recently after finding a bowling ball at Oakhurst's "Clutter Clearance"…

13 years ago

Checking on May projects

Notes on what I am really doing in the garden. Mexican Primrose eradication in front beds Last Fall I decided…

14 years ago

In which, I clean up my potting bench

The difference between trash and junk I posted a picture of my terribly messy potting bench area on my FB page,…

14 years ago

Let’s check on Fall and Winter projects!

This snowy, drippy day...what else to do but check on past projects. Getting rid of Mexican Primrose 10-15-2010 Invasive plants…

14 years ago

Nurse Logs in your garden

I first noticed the beneficial qualities of rotting logs when I gardened in the suburbs. The tree trimmers left stacks…

14 years ago

Planning large forest garden

Becoming stewards of our forest For some of us, here in the California foothills, especially those who live near the…

14 years ago

A Winter walk with Maggie

Today, Maggie and I walked all the way to the bottom of the property, where it's fairly wild.…Read More+

14 years ago

Favorite posts

Here are some of the favorite posts of the last few months. It's interesting to see what people like and what…

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

Have you ever baked pumpkin?

Here’s a good reason to do so: When you have a pumpkin left over from Halloween and Thanksgiving, what can…

14 years ago

Using ‘found’ broken pots in the garden

 Oh, no! Someone has knocked down a pot of flowers and broken it!  Ah, well, it happens... And sometimes you…

14 years ago

Woodpiles and other realities in the garden

I don't  have to have my wood stacked like this, nor could I,  to be satisfied, but I want to…

14 years ago

Dave’s Garden Photo Contest entries

Dave's garden is having a photo contest, so...I decided to enter the photo of the poppy 'butterfly' I saw next to…

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