Here are the native and non-native flowers and plants that are blooming this month in my Sierra foothill garden. The…
Welcome Summer! On the summer solstice which is today, the Northern Hemisphere receives more sunlight than on any other day…
Weeding the natural meadow I work quietly, allowing my thoughts to fade away into just being. I especially don’t think…
Euphorbia is one of the most diverse family of plants, with many different shapes, sizes and colors, from shrubs to…
Bordered Plant Bug, Largus californicus These true bugs, those with sucking mouth parts, live in the Sierras of California, especially…
Lewis Creek is about 7 miles south of Yosemite National Park, CA. The trail all along it with the flowers,waterfalls and…
Pretty Face, Triteleia ixioides Sunny starry yellow, Pretty Face is sometimes called Golden brodiaea or Golden Stars, and is native…
The Oaks of the Sierra foothills "I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again…
Recently identified, four CA natives on the property are ‘new to me.’ If you read this blog very much, you know…
Why do they do it? Not for fortune or fame--few outside native plant circles know who they are. People like Lester Rowntree,…
It’s California Native Plant Week and I’m profiling a different California native each day that is on my particular wish…
It’s California Native Plant Week and I’m profiling a different California native each day that is on my particular wish list. …
... or, how I discovered Buckeye 'bulbs'. California Buckeye, Aesculus californica, is always ahead of the season,...first to leaf out in…
After establishing our home on Malum Ridge, looking out onto Peckinpah Mountain, I heard from neighbors about the logging history in our…
Discovering new natives I have always loved the names of plants. I don't know why, but I must know what a…
When landscaping in a fire risk area, like the Central Sierra foothills of California, you normally have to keep a…
April 25-28 Wooden goat for the goat shed We snuck up here on the flimsy excuse that a bike race…