Wildlife

Year-round hummingbirds of the Sierra foothills

Attracting Hummingbirds to the garden... Plant a hummingbird garden and they will come!  Lure them right into your own garden with a…

8 years ago

Spring discoveries: Two new natives

Orange you glad to find two new CA natives in the garden? Yes, I am! A new bird and a new…

9 years ago

Easy steps to clean birdbath

How to clean a bird bath in twelve photos Keeping a birdbath sparkling clean is easy and it's worth a…

11 years ago

Deer in the foothills

Some of our deer friends... I still like the deer better than any one plant.  They are the best sort…

11 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…

12 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

Outwitting gophers in the Sierra foothill garden

Gophers and other living garden pests can drain the enthusiasm from the hardiest gardener in the California Sierra foothills.  To…

13 years ago

Inviting wildlife into your California garden

How we garden Normally, gardeners have only had themselves to please when creating a plant world around them. And that's…

13 years ago

December deer

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13 years ago

Steller’s jay means cool weather in Autumn

At Sierra Foothill Garden, we love birds! In our albums we have collected, there are many photos of the ones…

13 years ago

Western bluebirds in the Sierra foothill garden

One of my favorite color combos is cobalt blue and turquoise. That is why I like this picture!  These are Western…

13 years ago

The ordinary and the amazing birdbath

Birdbath love ♥ As the garden flower color takes a back seat here in the Foothills, the wildlife have become…

13 years ago

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

Largus californicus, our love bugs

Bordered Plant Bug, Largus californicus These true bugs, those with sucking mouth parts, live in the Sierras of California, especially…

13 years ago

Lewis Creek: Converging Ladybugs converge

In May, I decided to take my camera to explore Lewis Creek Trail, just 7 miles south of Yosemite. The creek…

13 years ago

Lester Rowntree, hardy Californian

Why do they do it? Not for fortune or fame--few outside native plant circles know who they are.  People like Lester Rowntree,…

14 years ago

Enjoying Yosemite, family tradition

As some of you know, I live very near Yosemite National Park, a place where my family has vacationed since I…

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