This is my last post of In a North State Garden at A News Cafe.Com. It’s been an enormous pleasure to be part of this vibrant community these past 7 years. I deeply admire Doni Chamberlain – her vision and… Continue Reading
The annual choosing of garden books to carry me through the winter comes with such promise of pleasure. As girls, my sisters and I would be asked by our mother for a list of books we might like from Santa… Continue Reading
PHOTO: The dense spherical head of the ornamental Allium ‘Globemaster’ in a home garden in Chico, CA. I am planting bulbs, culinary and ornamental. A heavy box of hope and spring dreams arrived from the heirloom bulb supplier Old House… Continue Reading
PHOTO: A Western Fence Lizard (Scleroporus occidentalis occidentalis)on my garden’s basking on a warm wall. Each evening when I get home from work, I water my front south-facing garden beds and pots. It is a dry and sort of rocky… Continue Reading
Turtle Bay Exploration Park has extended Fall Plant Sale pricing through November 14th at the Turtle Bay Nursery. Turtle Bay members will continue to receive a 30% discount on all nursery purchases and non-members will receive 20% off from now… Continue Reading
It’s pomegranate season here in the North State and I recently watched a friend demonstrate a new (at least to me) pomegranate cleaning device that looks a little like a flat strainer. You place the pomegranate cleaning device over a… Continue Reading
A few weeks ago I was attacked by a swarm of yellowjackets while putting something away in a friend’s old garage. Before that day, I wasn’t one of those those people who’d feared bees or other stinging creatures, so when… Continue Reading
Late summer bloomers never fail to amaze and impress me – and perhaps this year more than most. What reserves are these plants drawing on after these many years of drought and heat? The shimmering late summer grasses, the deep… Continue Reading
I’ve spent a very enjoyable portion of my life visiting gardens – small and large – rustic and elegant – casual and formal – public and private. I’ve visited as a girl, as a daughter, as a student, as a… Continue Reading
It’s August. Drought or no drought, August is hot and dry in interior northern California and in most cases, our gardens are looking a little…worn, a little worse for the wear of our long, hot, dry summers. Every gardener I… Continue Reading
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