Fall reliably brings two things to Northern California – the Fall Membership Drive at our regional public radio stations and Mushrooms. On this last weekend of the Fall Membership Drive for Northstate Public Radio, I thought I would re-post an… 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
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
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
California pipevine (Aristolochia californica) April is all about being at home on our planet – around the country with Earth Day on April 22 and National Arbor Day on April 26th, but also around the state with the third annual… Continue Reading
In an early cool spring evening after a refreshing rain recently, I left off making dinner to take our big garbage cans out to the street for the early morning pick-up. Pollen and tree-tassel debris from the spring trees littered… Continue Reading
My garden is abuzz on several levels. Everyday, more and more of my favorites come into their blooming season: yellow ribes, pink ribes, brilliant yellow mahonia, glowing blue ceanothus, yellow fremontia….and more. This visual “buzz” is accompanied by the literal… Continue Reading
In the 2011 growing season, market gardeners Brian Marshall and Nancy Heinzel owners of Sawmill Creek Farms in Paradise, stretched themselves and their 3 acre-CSA and market garden further than it had been stretched before and began growing a portion… Continue Reading
The first few months of the new year is the season for cutting back – in our lives and in our gardens. Throughout the region nurseries and gardening groups offer pruning demonstrations and workshops for deciduous trees (particularly fruit trees)… Continue Reading
In this last bit of 2012, I am ruminating on two quotes that struck me recently from a TED talk given by Dr. Brené Brown on the Power of Vulnerability. The whole talk was fascinating, but the two quotes that… Continue Reading
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