Thanks for stopping by! This is my online journal where I write about the joy of gardening with native plants. Have to admit the moles have been a little pesky in the last few weeks, though. The Garden Has Its Own Schedule. Usually the Clarkias are just revving their fl.

A tea party of California native plants, gardening advice, green building, yummy recipes and inspiration. Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. A Happy Reunion with Home. Explored the rainforests and sampled the warm sands of Belize. The nonchalant experimentation of pickling Radish seed pods, worrying over the recipe and flicking through the pages of my pickling book. Never have I been so happy to be home, to launc.

All year I dream of the days of May when the sun is warm, the sky is blue, the grass is green, and the garden is all new again! Subscribe to this blog. Garden Fairies Review Events of the Big Snowstorm. I Might Have Crossed a Line. How to introduce a second book.

Existing weeds and non natives. Wildlife in the Sierra Foothill Garden. Tried and true deer-resistant plants for the Sierra Foothills. California Fuchsia, easy to grow, complicated in name. Heat-proof your Sierra foothill garden. How to make Hypertufa Troughs. Discovering and identifying the Oracle Oak.

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