Sierra Foothills

Changes at Sierra Foothill Garden

Hello! Just wanted all my blog followers to know that I have switched from Wordpress.com to Wordpress.org and now my…

12 years ago

Fire and manzanita myths

It is a commonly heard in casual remarks on gardening topics and maintaining a landscape in the Sierra Foothills that…

12 years ago

Who needs mosquito repellant when you have your own bats?

"The more people know about bats the more they'll care about them." Sitting out tonight, while watering, I noticed a…

13 years ago

What to plant under Native Oaks and Pines?

or ...Why I remember a Sunset Magazine article from 1999. A few months before we bought our place here in…

13 years ago

Weed and more native plants will come

The natural meadow in the second year By that, I mean, this is the second year that I have weeded…

13 years ago

Babes in the woods- preparing a place to build our house

I'm only mentioning my impressions of the house pad prep, because to tell it all would be very boring.  Although,....we…

13 years ago

Butterfly Gardening: Living leaves in your garden

Butterfly gardeners begin this way….they see a colorful butterfly in their garden and start paying attention.  They want to see…

13 years ago

April First views in the Sierra foothills

First views of my garden at the first of April....  First views is the brainchild of Town Mouse, with the…

13 years ago

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