Garden Vocabulary: Parasite/Parasitism
This Garden Vocabulary series seeks to introduce and explain to you — and in many cases, myself — words and terms associated with gardening. Please let me know if there are any Continue Reading
Photo: Front Garden Panorama this morning
Up early for school drop off this morning, so I grabbed this panorama in the early morning light. Click for full size image Related posts: Question: Would you use recycled Continue Reading
Video: What Douglas Dug…Show 009 – March 11, 2013 – Photoshopped flowers, carrots, rosemary topiaries and more!
Our ninth episode of What Douglas Dug…, our regular review show of neat gardening items I have found in my Internet travels. In this episode, A Cheap cold frame, garden sculpture and more! Continue Reading
Interesting Plant: Oxalis versicolor
Interesting Plant: Oxalis versicolor Source: bakker-it.com viaDouglas on Pinterest Source: plant-biology.com via Douglas on Pinterest Oxalis versicolor Candy cane colored flowers! This beauty has mounds of clover-like leaves. Gorgeous red and white spiral shaped flowers. Fine Continue Reading
Video: Container Garden Update 018 – Seedlings, kale and a hanging pot
I check on seedlings in a recycled container, check on the kale and lettuce in the main pots and talk about my hanging pot that needs to be turned on Continue Reading
Elsewhere: How Low Can Hedges Go? Discover Unusual Garden Borders from Houzz.com
How Low Can Hedges Go? Discover Unusual Garden Borders Related posts: Video: Troy-Bilt TBC57 Lithium-Ion Battery-Powered Cultivator Review 2012 Gift Guide: Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Continue Reading
Garden Inventory: Lemon
Garden Inventory is a series where I begin an inventory of all the plants and trees in my garden. Along with some of my own pictures, I will link to various Continue Reading
Spring is coming! Really, I Promise!
SPRING IS COMING! Living here in Southern California at this time of year, I like to offer hope to those of you living in colder climes — Spring is Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Morning Glory (Convolvulaceae)
Morning Glory (Convolvulaceae) I love morning glory, even though here in California they can get a bit invasive. This picture comes from a neighbors garden, as I really don’t have Continue Reading
Garden Decor: Tolkein-esque Garden Door
A lovely Tolkein-esque door spotted on Pinterest Source: bing.com viaHana on Pinterest Related posts: Daisies at Disney Hall Pinterest: Combine pallet wood, old table and a whole bunch of Continue Reading