The bats are back silently patrolling the summer night sky. Flitting across the darkening horizon, their grace and presence is awe inspiring to me. Now – with warming nights – that they are a regular feature in my night garden,… Continue Reading
Despite what feels like many weeks of rain (snow in the high country) and gray weather lingering into late spring this year, I am deeply gratified by those plants in my garden that are flourishing regardless. Some of these plants,… Continue Reading
Late May has been cool and wet here in much of the North State – but June, June holds the promise of true summer – bringing with it all that summer is supposed to be: soft light of early morning… Continue Reading
Some plants are rooted more deeply into each gardener’s personal memories than others – the plants they grew up surrounded by, the plants grown by people they loved perhaps. Peonies are among those memoried plants for me. Each June when… Continue Reading
My entire winter and early spring garden has gone to seed. The whole lot: arugula, lamb’s lettuce aka mache, beets, cabbages, bok choy, russian red kale, dinosaur kale, you name it. Well, not the carrots – we ate all of… Continue Reading
“If you are going to love carrots, your best bet is to try them fresh from the farm – and Matthew Martin’s carrots are some of the sweetest carrots you are ever going to taste!” Gina Sims exclaims. Matthew Martin… Continue Reading
Northstate Public Radio (91.7 fm KCHO in Chico, 88.9 fm KFPR in Redding) is in the midst of its Spring Membership Drive this week. Regular programming of In a North State Garden will resume on April 23rd. If you value… Continue Reading
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in his mid-1840s poem “Hamatreya” the famous line: the “earth laughs in flowers.” It’s difficult not to agree and easy to know just what he meant – whether you are a gardener or not.
Even as spring rains pepper us with damp and cool, on the eve of the vernal equinox on March 20th, the Northern California landscape all around us is bursting forth in laughter, chuckles … Continue Reading
“Other holidays repose on the past. Arbor Day proposes the future.” – J. Sterling Morton – Founder of Arbor Day in 1872.
“Can I run out to the trees?” my 9-year old asks me on a regular if not daily basis. I almost always say yes. By “trees” my child is talking about a row of adolescent sycamores planted in a graceful curve as your enter our neighborhood. With their milky white … Continue Reading
On February 27th 2011 the Gateway Science Museum celebrated its one year anniversary of being open to science and nature lovers from around our region. With a stated mission to “create a life-long learning environment that enables people to explore,… Continue Reading
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