Across the valley, where Willow Creek flows south, there is a tall sugarpine that becomes backlit at a certain point…
Gophers and other living garden pests can drain the enthusiasm from the hardiest gardener in the California Sierra foothills. To…
While going out to photograph my 'first views' of February in my California mountain garden, I already know that my…
The first photo is from a set taken this month after a small fire broke out in the valley a…
We took this photo up on the hill above our house, in the California Sierra foothills on Tuesday. There is…
"In the woods.., a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough , and at what period soever…
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…