Great Outdoors
Lassen Peak Trail Open to Summit with Evening Closures this Weekend
MINERAL – The Lassen Peak Trail will open for visitors wanting to hike to the summit of Lassen Peak on June 21, 22 and 23 during daylight hours. Evening closures from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. have been set due to safety concerns. “An assessment of the trail revealed a few lingering snow fields which [...]
Now that Winter’s gone: a Tribute to the Trees! Dunsmuir Botanical Garden
Every morning this time of year, from the early morning lifting through the trees and on the horizon just before 5 am to that hard to-pinpoint moment when morning has become full-fledged day, the birds regale us with their summer morning songs – symphonic it would seem when put all together in the green spaces, [...]
Lassen Volcanic National Park 2014 Annual Pass Photo Contest
Do you have a favorite photo taken in Lassen Volcanic National Park? Would you like to join the ranks of photo contest winners that have their photo on the annual park pass? Now is the time to look through your collection of photos or plan your trip to the park to take the perfect image. [...]
Gardening from the Ground Up: Paying Attention to Your Feet
You know it’s summer when you’re barefoot as much as you are in your shoes in the house and in the garden. A friend recently said to me that he was practicing walking barefoot around his garden pathways to prepare his feet for summer. He mentioned that he definitely experienced a heightened awareness when his [...]
Torpedoes of Death Masquerade as Innocent Grass to Torture Dogs
I see foxtails. Everywhere. Hordeum murinum or “Hare Barley,” a non-native invader from Spain, grows in healthy, thick patches along the trails and in open spaces where people walk their dogs. What appears to be innocent, lush grass in early spring quickly develops into pesky, sometimes-lethal spiny seed-heads; little torpedoes ready to burrow into anything [...]
June in the Garden & Calendar of North State Gardening Events
All loss is potential opportunity. Opportunity for change, for growth, for creativity. This is not news to anyone – it’s a story old enough to be a complete cliche. And yet, sometimes being reminded of even obvious truths can be useful. Photos: Bright red snow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) brightening the forest floor in Lassen Park [...]
Friends of Whiskeytown to Hold 4th Annual Brandy Creek Beach Luau
The Friends of Whiskeytown (FOW) is pleased to announce that it will hold its 4th Annual Brandy Creek Beach Luau on Saturday, June 15, 2013at Brandy Creek Beach on Whiskeytown Lake. This year’s event will include great food from San Francisco Deli, including Hawaiian pork and sides, Huli Huli chicken and dessert. There will also be a Dutch [...]
Tehama Trail Passport Weekend: Food, Wine, Food, More Food, Wine, Farms, Food …
Today we talk with Kate Grissom about this coming weekend’s Tehama Trail Passport Weekend event. Kate is Rolling Hills Casino’s marketing director, and the current president of the Tehama EDC. She is also a leader in the Tehama County Branding Project, as well as Expect More Tehama, a higher education initiative. Kate and her husband own [...]
Get Planted: Melons
If you plant melon seeds right now – this weekend! – your reward will be sweet juicy, healthy and beautiful melons come mid-August through early October. What else can I say? Put the growing needs of melons and the gardening conditions of much of the North State together, and what you get is an uncommonly [...]
