Harvest. A word replete with cultural, seasonal and regional meaning and imagery – from the kitchen-bound harvest of the home garden to the large-scale harvest of North State nuts, rice, grapes and other autumnal fruit. Because we live in a… Continue Reading
Begonias are so cheerful – in the dead of winter indoors, in the height of summer outdoors. “I think I might like the yellow tuberous ones the best – they are common but so consistent and cheerful,” Sally Greenwood, Head… Continue Reading
There’s nothing like a good heat wave to make you reconsider (once again) why you have so much lawn and just exactly why you have it. “Once neighbors and passersby see the changes happening as you begin the process of… Continue Reading
More of our favorite summer flowers, some of my life long favorites – Geraniums. Enjoy this interview from In a North State Garden’s “best of” archives. One of the first plants I remember knowing and loving as a child was… Continue Reading
As summer moves into full swing, with temperatures over 100 for many sweltering days at a time, the gardener is profoundly grateful for those plants and flowers that (with a little water) can stand up to heat and refresh us… Continue Reading
Walking around the garden in the cool of morning last week, it occurred to me how much flowers remind me of fireworks – their colorful explosions, forces of nature demanding that we look at them: Here! Here! Here! Photo above:… Continue Reading
I’m a big believer in Beauty for its very own sake, but in a gardening life where choices must be made as to what we will give room, resources, time and attention – it’s always nice to love a plant… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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