Winter

NZ Week- Art and Gardens of Nelson, NZ

Art, Gardens and the Farmers’ Market of Nelson, NZ Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman…

14 years ago

wordless whistling wednesday- Wild birds of NZ

New Zealand Week Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park Wednesday-Birds of Abel Tasman…

14 years ago

NZ Week- Tuesday – Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park

Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park Wednesday-Birds of Abel Tasman Thursday- Nelson, New…

14 years ago

NZ Week- Monday – Blenheim Wineries and Gardens

Winter in the mountains of California is a great time for a sunny trip to New Zealand, isn't it? Come…

14 years ago

New Zealand Week- Sunday- Rarangi Beach

You’ve heard of Shark Week, right?  Well, this is New Zealand Week here at the Sierra Foothill Garden, and I…

14 years ago

Preparing for trip to New Zealand

Winter here in California is summer in New Zealand. Yes, the water circles the bathtub drain the other direction in…

14 years ago

New Year’s Day 2011-My first wintersowing

Jan 1, 2011 This afternoon when it warmed up to a brisk 40F degrees, I tapped little soil ice cubes…

14 years ago

Christmas Day Dawn

5:30 am- After making the coffee and finishing up last night's dishes and the family sleeps, turned around to see…

14 years ago

Celebration Sky

What a wonderful way to begin the Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year.  This is the first clear…

14 years ago

Why did these gummy resins make good presents?

Frankincense and myrrh These fascinating herbs are best known through the story of the Three Wise Men delivering gold, frankincense,…

14 years ago

Snow days

The recent snow we've had this Thanksgiving, as seen in the blog header, reminds me of our first snow.... From March…

14 years ago

Red and Pink

Fun for Valentine's Day. Can you guess these? [gallery link="file"] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

15 years ago

June 2005-Plants Brought from Home

There are a certain number of plants that I brought from our previous garden in Southern California. The zone is…

19 years ago