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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...

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...

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...

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...

May 16, 2024

Mulch is not a very exciting subject, but it sure is important to the health and productivity of your garden. It’s great that everyone has...

May 9, 2024

Looking at your yard and thinking “This year I’m finally going to make some changes and enjoy my garden more”? Take my advice: go...

May 2, 2024

Is everything blooming now fragrant or is it just me? Does Mother Nature have a card up her sleeve to insure pollinators find nectar...

April 25, 2024

Every spring when the dogwoods, lilac and wisteria bloom I get excited. Not having room myself for these beauties, I visit friends’ gardens often....

April 18, 2024

If the partial eclipse had fallen on Earth Day, it would have been the perfect trifecta as Jupiter and Venus were also visible that...

April 11, 2024

“The spoil is made of butterfly wings, dinosaur teeth, pumpkin sees, lizard skins and fallen leaves. Put your hands in the soil and touch...

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