California Delta Sunflowers blooming
I bought three California Delta Sunflower Helianthus annuus seedlings in October thinking they would be dormant until the summer months....
Ray Hartman Ceanothus shrub is blooming
The Ray Hartman Ceanothus shrub is starting to bloom! This is so exciting for me because we just planted it as a four inch seedling...
Gold Crowned Sparrow in the Meyer Lemon Tree
The Gold Crowned Sparrows are definitely sticking around. This one perched on the Meyer Lemon tree branch for at least five minutes. It...
Meyer Lemons bring cheerful color on a gray day.
The Meyer Lemon tree is producing a lot of fruit. It looks like it grew quite a bit since a year ago. The organic fertilizer and the rain...
Sunshine Blueberry Blossoms
The Sunshine Blueberry plants are producing buds again, and there are a lot. When they start to bloom the bees will be visiting a lot. In...
Happy Holidays to you!
This year I decided to have more creatures to the holiday wreath I made. If you look closely at the wreath, you will see a honey bee, a...
Tidy Tips are already blooming
The Tidy Tips Layia Platyglossa seedlings that I planted several weeks ago are growing fast and already blooming! I decided to be...
Honey Bee on the lavender plant
While I was cleaning up the garden this past weekend I noticed that bees are still visiting. They especially are attracted to the...
The front yard after some rain showers
My, how different the front yard looks, compared to a year ago! The yard originally was a lawn bordered by the neighbor's shrubs. As you...
Winter rains are here!
I'm so glad that the winter rains are here. You just never know these days with the change in climate pattern. The plants look refreshed...
