“In Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” –Margaret Atwood. Any gardener can tell you that soil is the soul of the garden. It is the foundation on which all else is built. If you… Continue Reading
This week In a North State Garden has the pleasure of interviewing Scott Huber, Education and Research Coordinator of the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserves located near Forest Ranch about the reserve’s spring hike series which really brings this large… Continue Reading
“A little madness in the spring is wholesome even for the King!” I like to think that when Emily Dickinson wrote these words, she included some heady joy in the word madness, and she included us all in the wholesome… Continue Reading
In my experience, gardening is a motivating and compelling force to bring people together. Even with our time and attention constantly split and fractured, we still find ways to come together over gardening – perhaps particularly so over food gardening.… Continue Reading
Spring is very nearly officially here in the North State. It is a time of year when our mild climate and amazing soils result in the entire region fairly busting at the seams with new growth and renewed life. Gardeners,… Continue Reading
In this day and age of budget and labor cuts in all areas of society: private, city, state, federal, non-profit and corporate, volunteers are often the stopgap measures between families and organizations grinding to a dismal halt or continuing on.… Continue Reading
I have always enjoyed cemeteries, but especially ones with age and history. Often carefully laid out and tended, cemeteries can include a sense of art, architecture, order and peace. I grew up visiting cemeteries in the North East, where cemeteries… Continue Reading
March in the garden is both maddening and full of spring’s mirth. Even with our terribly low winter precipitation thus far, the garden and countryside are moving along – unfolding in flower, fruit and seed. We’re lucky that our relatively… Continue Reading
My Daphne odora began its seasonal bloom this past week –delicate, pink-edged, four-petaled florets opening one at a time among larger clusters. I was working nearby – absently cleaning leaves out of and re-filling a bird bath, plucking weeds mindlessly… Continue Reading
This week In a North State Garden had the pleasure of speaking with Stephanie Elliott, her two year old son, Collin, and Laurie Niles – all participants in Cultivating Community, a Chico-based project working to encourage the learning about and… Continue Reading
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