More about the palm leaf wood chips...
Closeup of palm leaf wood chips covering soil in the Sunshine blueberry container pot In yesterday's post I mentioned that I cut up the...
Patiently waiting...
Sunshine blueberries in front are developing, while future blueberries further back on the branch are still blossoms You may remember...
April showers...
Nasturtium ......bring spring flowers! Hooray! It rained again. Just when some of the nasturtiums were looking like they were on the...
Happy Spring!
It's that time of year to decorate our home with symbols of Spring and hope! Above are eggs that we hollowed out and decorated with...
Springtime and birds
And who is resting with their tail feathers in the birdbath water? A white crowned sparrow. It's so much fun observing the garden and all...
Honeybees and the ceanothus shrub
As I posted last week, the main attraction for bees in the garden right now is the Ray Hartman ceanothus shrub. In the above photo is...
Ah, ceanothus, our native bee magnet!
The Ray Hartman ceanothus in our garden is in full bloom now, and is absolutely gorgeous with bluish purple blossoms. A native...
Simple pleasures
It's artichoke and asparagus season! And in this case, keeping it simple is sometimes best. After peeling the artichoke stems, breaking...
Meanwhile, a towhee gathers twigs for its nest in the backyard
Towhee scoping out the surroundings for nest materials This week we noticed a pair of California towhees hunting for twigs in our...
Our bedding supplies are accepted!
I took the photo above yesterday morning. As you can see, at least a third of the cat fur is gone! I didn't actually see any birds come...
