Starting from scratch - Then and now Laying out garden beds in clay and decomposed granite is the way you…
Becoming stewards of our forest For some of us, here in the California foothills, especially those who live near the…
A common word in gardening this decade is ‘sustainable’; sustainable gardening is using the principles of ecological wisdom. When planting…
When landscaping in a fire risk area, like the Central Sierra foothills of California, you normally have to keep a…
Last year we had built a retaining wall and I couldn't resist planting a few things like rosemary and lavender.…
On this trip our objective is to have the lot graded and have a couple loads of gravel, or mine…
We arrive with several objectives. I want to build a table of redwood somewhere, rake out the goat shed, attached…