Rumor has we're in for a cold patch in the Pacific Northwest, and so many are already experiencing the vagaries of weather. Here's hoping we all get through relatively unscathed--with gobs of green goodness on the other side. A few shots in my garden before it all...
I sometimes hesitate to show before and after photos of my former garden. It's distressing for us gardeners to see the fruits of our love and labor laid to waste. Recently, though, I've been perusing old photos in consideration of my new garden. I was...
On the time moving quickly front, I've got plans up my sleeve that I'd love to implement this season. For me it's a matter of sorting out priorities, then figuring out which thing gets done first. I generally find if I just can get the ball rolling--a start anywhere...
In its former life the building, and the surrounding grounds, served as an elementary school for my neighborhood. Students for miles around came to what was then known as the John D. Kennedy Elementary School - from it's opening in 1915 - until it shut down in 1975....
Just a bit over a year ago, I had the vision of someday removing the giant swath of Juniper we inherited with our Flamingo Park House. The "Sea of Juniper" was some 12' wide and 40' long. Apparently, back in the 60s and 70s, people got the notion that mass planting...
I hope everyone is having fun in garden this week. There's so much happening. I'm surprised, yet again, that it's all coming back, bigger and bolder. The Eryngium agavifolium above is going nuts, doing it's best to embarrass its buddy, the Nolina. If this keeps up,...
If ever there was a must have plant, this is it. I found my Nolina 'La Siberica' at Cistus Nursery. Nolina (isn't that a great name) lived happily in our Alameda hellstrip garden for two years. When we moved last April, we transplanted her to Flamingo Park; she has...