Tag: planting bulbs

December gardening in the Sierra foothills

What you and I can do now in the Sierra foothills:

Christmas shop!
Christmas trees are at our local Western Sierra Nursery right now and as an added bonus, owner, Mark Holland, will be serving from his cauldron of chili most every day to shoppers buying bulbs, bare root veggies and violas, all of which are in plentiful supply. Be sure to check out the three huge bins of ‘Ugly Plant Sale’ in the back near the evergreen trees.

Mark Holland serves chili at the Western Sierra Nursery

Mark Holland serves chili at the Western Sierra Nursery

Try Deer resistant shrubs…

Ice Wings

Each with their secret and each with their song Narcissus lifting their faces to me Paper-white petals so fragile so strong Only in darkness can one truly see Miracles dance in the moonlight tonight! Dull was the day but the midnight was bright!                                                    by Steven Curtis Lance   I’m planting bulbs now, for bloom…