Attracting Hummingbirds to the garden... Plant a hummingbird garden and they will come! Lure them right into your own garden with a…
Orange you glad to find two new CA natives in the garden? Yes, I am! A new bird and a new…
How to clean a bird bath in twelve photos Keeping a birdbath sparkling clean is easy and it's worth a…
Some of our deer friends... I still like the deer better than any one plant. They are the best sort…
"The more people know about bats the more they'll care about them." Sitting out tonight, while watering, I noticed a…
Butterfly gardeners begin this way….they see a colorful butterfly in their garden and start paying attention. They want to see…
Gophers and other living garden pests can drain the enthusiasm from the hardiest gardener in the California Sierra foothills. To…
How we garden Normally, gardeners have only had themselves to please when creating a plant world around them. And that's…
At Sierra Foothill Garden, we love birds! In our albums we have collected, there are many photos of the ones…
One of my favorite color combos is cobalt blue and turquoise. That is why I like this picture! These are Western…
Birdbath love ♥ As the garden flower color takes a back seat here in the Foothills, the wildlife have become…
A Backyard Habitat is a transformation of your garden into a place that provides the things wildlife need to live…
Bordered Plant Bug, Largus californicus These true bugs, those with sucking mouth parts, live in the Sierras of California, especially…
In May, I decided to take my camera to explore Lewis Creek Trail, just 7 miles south of Yosemite. The creek…
Why do they do it? Not for fortune or fame--few outside native plant circles know who they are. People like Lester Rowntree,…
As some of you know, I live very near Yosemite National Park, a place where my family has vacationed since I…
Today, Maggie and I walked all the way to the bottom of the property, where it's fairly wild.…Read More+