I was never really happy with the front bed. That's the one by the front door where I have tea olives, a few rooted gardenias that are o...

It's August. It's been cool the past few days. Temperatures have remained in the 80s as clouds roll by with no real rainfall. We...

Especially when there's no rain and the temperature is in the mid 90s. This morning, we received a break from the dominant weather patte...

On the front slope, there's an artemesia that was wintersown in 2008/9. It's probably 'Silver Brocade'. From tiny clumps, th...

Main Entry: vi·gnette Pronunciation: \vin-ˈyet, vēn-\ Function: noun Etymology: French, from Middle French vignete, from diminutive of vigne...

It's 63 degrees at 10am. There will be no rain at least for the next week. This morning I found two squirrels digging in my potager wher...

The perennial bed was my main focus last spring. Most of the wintersown plants went into this bed. I also grew a great number of annuals lik...