Check out my collection of gardening essays, “From A Gardener’s Notebook” now available as a Kindle eBook. (You don’t need a Kindle to read it, though. Read it on your PC, Link: http://j.mp/fagnbook Watch all past episodes of “In the garden…” in this YouTube Playlist Music: “Skye Cullin” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) under Creative Commons License Please Like […]
I gather a stalk of bamboo and some ivy on a recent walk around the neighborhood to see if they would take root so I can use them in the garden. This was a clumping form of bamboo, which would be the only one I would want in my garden, as the one’s that propagate […]
It has been an incredibly dry year, so any rain we get is very, very, welcome. This is what the radar looks like that the moment. I broadcast some poppy seeds and opened the compost bins to try and take advantage of these scattered showers and the heavier rain which is supposed to come in […]
Out in the Palm Springs area for our traditional Thanksgiving vacation and found this new container in my sister’s garden. Read more on this topic: Photo: Palm Tree in the Neighborhood Photo: A lovely garden seat | Schoepfle Garden – Birmingham, Ohio Video: Container Garden Update — 1 Year On! Container Garden Update 40: Raccoons […]
Previously in my Instagram Photos… Read more on this topic: Photo: Here comes the sun! via #instagram Photo: Yellow Hibiscus via Instagram Photo: Wild fennel at Sycamore Canyon Campground Photo: Strawberries #garden via Instagram Photo: Strawberry Flower #garden #plant via Instagram
Previously in my Instagram Photos… Read more on this topic: Photo: Watercolor Sempervivum via #waterlogue Photo: Here comes the sun! via #instagram Photo: Little sunflower in the garden via #instagram Photo: Yellow Hibiscus via Instagram Photo: Purple Orchid from the Southern California Spring Garden Show 2014 via #instagram
The Garden Edge: Rethink Your Garden Pathways via Houzz Contemporary Landscape by Melbourne Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers Daniel Tyrrell Landscapes With careful planning and planting, your garden pathways and borders can be transformed from ordinary thoroughfares to dynamic spaces that can make a statement and excite the senses. Here are my favorite tips […]
Woodlands restored to re-create 16th century landscape in L.A. via The Los Angeles Times Descanso Gardens on Saturday will unveil an oak woodland that provides a glimpse of what Los Angeles might have looked like before 16th century European settlers and their livestock arrived and forever changed the Southern California landscape. Read More “Noted” items […]
Poinsettia information from Wikipedia Previously in my Instagram Photos… Read more on this topic: In the garden…August 13, 2014: Colors, textures and movements of the garden Video: In the neighborhood…Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia) – A Photo Montage Video: First Paperwhites 2013 (Narcissus papyraceus) Photo Montage Photo: Here comes the sun! via #instagram Video: Magnolia grandiflora – […]
Bougainvillea information at Wikipedia Previously in my Instagram Photos… Read more on this topic: Photo: Frost damage on bougainvillea Garden Alphabet: Bougainvillea Photo: Daisies in the neighborhood Video: In the neighborhood…Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia) – A Photo Montage In the neighborhood…Penstemon
