Winter gardening Forever, I have loved the tiny flowered Johnny Jump Ups, Viola tricolor, which seed themselves happily around the…
How we garden Normally, gardeners have only had themselves to please when creating a plant world around them. And that's…
“Hmmm. Wonder where that goes?” My husband says as we pass by a hidden trail heading into the forest. Those…
A new video has just been released today by Steve Bumgardner, who has lived and worked in Sequoia and Yosemite…
How the wind blows here... Here by the national forest, when you don’t hear anything unless there is something, you…
One of my favorite color combos is cobalt blue and turquoise. That is why I like this picture! These are Western…
First Views is a meme that Town Mouse started to show seasonal view of larger areas of your garden, rather…
Color in the garden Not only plants provide color in the Sierra foothills... On certain days in the fall, the…
First Views is a meme that Town Mouse started to show seasonal view of larger areas of your garden, rather…
Field Trip: Hornitos On a recent photo trek through the area between the Sierra foothills and the Central Valley of…
Learning about watering for California natives ...and some Mediterranean plants in a home garden in the Sierra Foothills. I…
Butterfly magnets and how they grow Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii, is a fast growing, vase-shaped, usually gangly shrub growing 6…
Studying the singular Soap Plant As the season passes, the Soap Plant is on the wane, still over 7 feet…
Oakhurst's official flower? When I arrived here in the mountains of Central California, I slowly became familiar with some of…
My friend, Diane, of Oakhurst area, CA, has long dreamed of having a real glass greenhouse, and now after many…
June's Blue Haze, Brodiaea This is a picture story of Elegant or Harvest Brodiaea in the Sierra foothill garden. This is…
A Backyard Habitat is a transformation of your garden into a place that provides the things wildlife need to live…