Annie's Annuals Fall Extravaganza
If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend, you must check out the Fall Extravaganza at Annie's. It's always so much fun, with...
Buckeye Butterfly visitor
How exciting! My first sighting of a buckeye butterfly Junonia coenia in our garden! And just a day after seeing leaf cutting bees on...
Easy Fava Bean Spread
Hooray! Fava beans are in season! One of my favorite spreads is made with fava beans. Some people think it's too much work, but I...
Lovely California Natives for the Pollinators
Aren't these Ella Nelson buckwheat Eriogonum nudum 'Ella Nelson's Yellow' blossoms lovely? This particular strain of California nude...
House finches at the bird bath
Here is another one of those lucky shots of birds in action in the back yard. The female house finch, on the right, was drinking water...
Blooming natives
For some reason many people think that California native plants are dull and without lovely blossoms. Here are several natives blooming...
More first blooms of the year
It's always so exciting to see the first blooms on a plant, especially when you've been battling voracious slugs throughout the late...
Superbloom in our garden
We've got superbloom going on in our garden now. The poppies are growing tall and have such vibrant colors. These California poppies are...
Poppies, Poppies everywhere
Can you tell I love poppies? Here is California Orange Chiffon poppy in the early morning. At first these poppies are dark orange, then...
It was a Painted Lady
In my last post I wrote that the Black Phoebe ate a Checkerspot butterfly. But after observing butterfly activity in the native garden...
