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Winter welcome in the Sierra foothill garden

A Winter walk-around What's blooming? What's happening? A walk through my garden just before Winter begins. First off, the patio…

9 years ago

Our good Sierra foothill soil

Our 'bad' soil...? I get comments all the time from discouraged local gardeners about 'our bad soil' in the Oakhurst,…

11 years ago

Grow the 7 most profitable vegetables in your garden

Sowing smart! What vegetables can you grow this year to save the most money at the grocery store? Yields per…

11 years ago

What to plant under Native Oaks and Pines?

or ...Why I remember a Sunset Magazine article from 1999. A few months before we bought our place here in…

12 years ago

Rain gardens for the Sierra foothills

What is a rain garden? It’s a garden specifically designed to take advantage of where water naturally collects. In dry…

12 years ago

A mild Sierra foothill winter-February First Views

While going out to photograph my 'first views' of February in my California  mountain garden, I already know that my…

12 years ago

How will you garden in 2012?

I am interested in business practices in general after owning my own small company for 20 years and became fascinated…

12 years ago

A Garden Philosophy

"I have found, through the years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with…

13 years ago