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Tag: gardens and gardening
The Mountain Gardener | The Gardens of Poland
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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...
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July 18, 2024
A Facebook friend posts photos taken of her yard with lots of turkeys and deer families. How can you not love a picture of...
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I thought my plants were safe from deer. Because most of my sunny spots are in front, I planted lots of colorful annuals and...
The Mountain Gardener | Solutions for Gardening in the Shade
July 3, 2024
If you see a recurring theme in my columns about growing successfully in a shady garden, it’s because my last three houses have all...
The Mountain Gardener | Knee High by the Fourth of July
June 27, 2024
I don’t grow corn in my small, shady garden, so I’m not sure how tall they’d be by now if I planted on May...
The Mountain Gardener | Butterflies in the Garden
June 20, 2024
Recently we were visited by hundreds of butterflies. I had over 20 drinking from the small puddle near my front door. One made it...
The Mountain Gardener | Watering Tips for Hot Weather
June 13, 2024
After a lovely, mild spring, summer weather arrived with a vengeance. My poor plants were thinking they lived in England and then were rudely...
The Mountain Gardener | The Cutting Garden
June 6, 2024
The assignment: create a cutting garden. For a designer this is the best kind of request. Until about 100 years ago, one of the...
The Mountain Gardener | Gardening Tips for Sandy Soil
May 30, 2024
Many years ago I started writing a book about gardening in the Santa Cruz Mountains. One of many interesting subjects I researched was the...
The Mountain Gardener | What’s Sheet Mulching
May 23, 2024
Boy, was I impressed. Not long ago I was at a garden to consult with a new client on some upgrades they envisioned for...
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December 5, 2025
New choral director set for conductorial debut Cabrillo College has announced the appointment of Carlin Truong as its new director of choral and vocal studies. An...
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