Slow, gradual approach Not all of us are bold and brash (Getting Started – Part 1 of 3). Some are more cautious. In fact some are very, very cautious. And […]
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Getting Started – Part 1 of 3
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. […]
The Wedding
Although most of the country is reaching its peak flowering season, those of us who garden with native plants here in the LA Basin, are long past peak. And so […]
Sunflowers
When I first started the sidewalk native plant garden – way back in 1998 – I planted lots of sunflowers. Each year sunny, funny-faced flowers swayed on stalks six feet […]
Backyard Progress
Picking colors for the wall of our neighbors’ garage that has become a design element of our yard. It looks like we are going to go with the same colors […]
February Highlights
The countdown is 105 days until the big day. And a busy month it has been. 1. First, the fence is nearly done on the west side of the backyard. […]
January Highlights
Yes I know it is February but I seem to running behind in my garden posts. Luckily I am not running too far behind in the garden. With 124 days […]
Sense the Garden
A garden delights all of the senses. And this is the reason that even the most beautiful pictures can only capture a tiny bit of the magic of the outdoors. […]
December Highlights
December is the height of the gardening season in California, yet looking back over what I have posted this month there is little on what I am doing in my […]
Before/After
Thought I’d make a fast post with some before and after pictures. The deck is gone, gone, gone. Interestingly I had a hard time finding pictures taken across the deck […]