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Update: June 28, 2014: Unfortunately, none of the 3 timers I installed lasted more than a couple of months. They all exhibited problems opening and closing the water valve. By the clicking Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Rudbeckia I always love the exhurbence of Rudbeckia or “black-eyed susan” as they are commonly called. They seem to explode with joy and color and always turn their Continue Reading
Interesting Plant: Climbing Hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala petiolaris) I just did a short video on hydrangeas a few weeks ago, so I was quite surprised when I saw this climbing variety. While Continue Reading
Shovel Head Daisy No, this isn’t a new hybrid for your garden…well, maybe sort of. Rather this piece of garden decor is made from discarded shovel heads. Not sure who Continue Reading
To paraphrase Old Possums Book of Practical Cats, “The naming of plant (parts) is a difficult matter. In this edition of Garden Vocabulary, we focus on the part of plant Continue Reading
In the neighborhood is a collection of video and photographs gathered here in my own Southern California neighborhood. What’s happening in your neighborhood. Share some of your photos with AGN Continue Reading
The newly planted shade bed is finally showing signs of life, our new aucuba succumb to a fungus and we begin a big, long delayed leaf cleanup project. Watch all Continue Reading
The sun has moved and so, again, must the containers. With the sun higher in the sky, I move the containers back to the south side of the driveway for Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Banana I only wish I were able to grow bananas like this, but this pictures was taken in the backyard of a house my friend was renting in Continue Reading
One year ago I started my Container Garden Update video series. You can see where it all began (and all the videos in the series) in the playlist below. Watch Continue Reading