Natural sculptures
This weekend we purchased several pumpkins to carve for Halloween. And then I saw these. Doesn't this squash look just like the profile...
Well that didn't take long
When we went to Annies Annuals last weekend to buy "a few plants", I couldn't resist a Rosa chinensis 'Mutabilis' China Rose plant. I...
Gardening is always a learning process
I planted the Ribes sanguineum 'King Edward VII' as a 4" small seedling in early Spring of last year. As a California native, it would...
Hello Painted Lady
This afternoon I was resting after adding grapeseed compost around some of our shrubs in the patio plant beds. And from the corner of my...
Many butterflies and bees still around
Now that it's October and it isn't peak blooming season for most plants, it's nice to see that we still have a lot of butterfly and bee...
Art with a little help from garden friends
Today I finally had some time to make some solar prints on fabric. We had some bright, sunny afternoon hours, and just some light breezes...
Garden delights
It's almost October and yet we're just past the peak of produce growing in our backyard. This September has had the lowest temperatures...
What a great project!
This is one of the beautiful, larger than life murals by Brooklyn based-artist George Boorujy in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York....
If you're in the Bay Area, you must attend!
It's always fun at Annie's parties. There is live music, all kinds of prizes, and you're surrounded by all those lovely plants.
Monarch caterpillars in the garden
We are still busy raising the last group of monarch caterpillars we brought indoors when they were just eggs on milkweed cuttings. We...
