The first real winter storm and its life-renewing precipitation has now visited our region – most likely bringing some inconvenience, but also much blessing as the season turns on its cycle from the fullness of fall to the peaceful spareness… Continue Reading
Beans and peas have a rich and storied history in fact and myth. Also known as legumes, beans of all kinds are members of what is currently known as the Fabaceae or Leguminosae plant family. With species native to almost… Continue Reading
November in the Northstate Garden sums up everything I love about living and gardening here – richness, abundance and diversity. November mornings are crisp and dark, November afternoons often offer a warming sun. Light is dappled – revealing the garden… Continue Reading
I have said this before: October in the Northstate garden is a sigh of relief. A deep cleansing breath. Summer’s heat has mostly subsided, fall rains are returning, but the garden is not yet done. Its colors are deepening and… Continue Reading
September is a transitional sort of month – has a difficult time making up its mind – am I Summer? Am I fall? Am I hot? Or am I cooling? No matter what the weather and the inevitability of the… Continue Reading
The first full moon of summer hung in our night skies last weekend – ripe with the promise of the coming full summer season. After our long, cool and damp spring, the North State is slowly heating up – but… Continue Reading
April is a busy, busy month in the garden. For most parts of the North State the alternating cool and warm, windy and still, damp and dry will keep us guessing. While there are really no hard and fast rules… Continue Reading
As a person who visits gardens large and small, fabulous and fantastic as part of what I do, I find it really easy – frustratingly easy – to fall into a trap of garden envy and discontent. Maybe my garden… Continue Reading
It’s officially Fall in the North State Garden and although in a lot of our region it’s been hard to tell based on the fairly high temperatures over the past few weeks, our gardens know anyway. Nights and mornings are… Continue Reading
Who does not love a wildflower? While not every wildflower enthusiast is a gardener, every gardener I know is a wildflower enthusiast at some level. I chatted recently with Linnea Hanson, former Forest Botanist and now Ecosystems Manager for the… Continue Reading
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