Tag: horticulture
The Mountain Gardener | Finding Our Horticultural History
I used to live in Bonny Doon where a huge Tasmanian Tree Fern grew without care on the “lower forty.” It was over 50...
The Mountain Gardener | Knee High by This Year’s 4th of...
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 | Watering the Right Way
Think like a plant. The weather might be cool one day, really hot the next day. And your plants are growing like mad in...
The Mountain Gardener | Great Flowers for Year-Round Bouquets
Want to be able to walk outside and pick some flowers to take to a friend’s house or bring inside to enjoy yourself? Not...
The Mountain Gardener | A Day in an Enchanted Garden
I’ve visited this garden in Bonny Doon many times, including when my friend Kate was part of the Valley Churches Garden Tour back in...
The Mountain Gardener | All About Ceanothus
When the huge numbers of California Tortoiseshell butterflies showed up around here recently, I learned a lot about the different species of ceanothus and...
The Mountain Gardener | Butterflies Galore
Recently we were visited by hundreds of butterflies. One made it into the house as they fluttered around me when I opened the screen...
The Mountain Gardener | Why You Should Plant California Natives
Most of us would love to have a garden containing all California native plants growing happily in an ecosystem where everybody wins—birds, bees, insects,...
The Mountain Gardener | What Can Your Soil Do For You?
“The soil is made of butterfly wings, dinosaur teeth, pumpkin seeds, lizard skins and fallen leaves. Put your hands in the soil and touch...
The Mountain Gardener | Dogwoods in the Garden
I don’t know if I like the pink ones or the white ones best. A flowering dogwood in any shade is stunning. My friend...
Big Basin rebuild plan approved by state
When the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire tore through the Santa Cruz Mountains in August 2020, homes and their residents weren’t the only things...
