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September 20, 2024

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...

September 12, 2024

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...

September 6, 2024

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

August 15, 2024

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

August 8, 2024

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

August 1, 2024

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

July 25, 2024

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...

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...

July 11, 2024

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

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...

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