Tag: gardens and gardening

Summer is winding down. It’s still warm during the day but the nights are cool and there’s less and less daylight hours. The soil...

I’d been waiting for the tour of Griggs Wholesale nursery in Watsonville for a while. This company bought Suncrest Nursery last year and has...

The beautiful Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds are growing even more beautiful thanks to a colorful landscaping project at Paddy Smith Park. Jeff Rosendale, with Sierra...

September is a month that signals change in the garden. You can feel the weather shifting. Days are not always quite so hot and...

My house in Bonny Doon burned down on Aug. 19, 2020. I know this because my neighbor sent me a photo the next day...

What was I thinking trying to talk a client out of adding grasses to her former lawn area? I gave her all the reasons...

When the huge numbers of California Tortoiseshell butterflies showed up around here on June 10, I learned a lot about the different species of...

I’m vacationing this week in Oregon, visiting my webmaster Evan in Eugene and also my friend Janie who lives in the historic mining town...

A Facebook friend posts photos taken of her yard with lots of turkeys and deer families. How can you not love a picture of...

I thought my plants were safe from deer. Because most of my sunny spots are in front, I planted lots of colorful annuals and...