Winter

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…

15 years ago

Preparing for a trip to New Zealand

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

16 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…

16 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…

16 years ago

Celebration Sky

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

16 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,…

16 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…

16 years ago