The only flowers that I could recognize for certain were – dandelions!
Then, in 2021, this happened.
Category: gardening
My gardening efforts have focused on updating the flower beds around the backyard swimming pool and fence. These beds haven’t been changed since the pool was added.
Transplanting spring-blooming bulbs at any time of year is possible. Although we’ve been trained by…
If you’ve never tried gardening but are curious about it, I encourage you to give it a go. Yes, it can be a lot of work. But it’s also good exercise, meditative, and personally satisfying.
I remember pulling dead leaves off my euphorbia. Did I wash my hands or scratch after removing gloves? Did I wear gloves? I honestly can’t remember.
The foundation is dedicated to the preservation of California native plants and hosts an annual garden tour of scores of California’s best private gardens.
Caring for orchids isn’t difficult, and you can get them to re bloom with a little effort.
Hopefully, you will get some good ideas about what you can plant in your own garden, to enjoy every spring!
Keeping deer from devouring everything in your yard is especially difficult in spring and fall.
Six-on-Saturday is six pictures of garden beauty, with limited comment! Last week, I was lucky…
With such color and form all around, who would argue that these aren’t Nature’s works of art?
Well, it’s been a while since I shared any garden views, or was able to…
The edges of a driveway, a stone wall, a series of flower pots, or wrought iron poles for hanging plants are all examples of how lines are brought into garden design. Lines take your eye on a journey through the landscape.
The blooming of fall anemones and physostegia hasn’t happened in years.
The raindrops looked like crystals sprinkled on the garden.
Chemical content, scent, and texture all play a part in repelling foragers. And their effectiveness follows in that order.
The border that the Rudbeckia grows in has a little “secret path” that makes it easier for me to get into the bed to weed.
What happens when it starts raining after a period of drought? Out pop the mushrooms.
The tri-color dappled willow bushes (Salix integra ‘Hakuro-nishiki’) had a burst of growth, from 2 feet at the start of the season, to over 8 feet today.
Cherry and Roma tomatoes are doing well, but the heirloom tomato plants succumbed to some sort of rot, and the fruits are mealy and terrible. Maybe there is a reason for hybrids.
