Interesting Plant: Colocasia Esculenta
Interesting Plant: Colocasia Esculenta Another striking plant for your garden. Colocasia comes in a wide variety of shapes and colors, so you can probably find one that will fit into Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Azalea
Garden Alphabet: Azalea I hadn’t experienced azalea much until I moved her to California. Then, of course, I inherited a garden full of them. They are reliable, relatively maintenance free Continue Reading
Garden Vocabulary: Palmatum
Garden Vocabulary: Palmatum Today’s Garden Vocabulary is another garden epithet — a descriptive term — usually Latin — that is used as part of a plants name to describe its Continue Reading
Event: Bonsai Demonstration with Bonsai Master, Frank Goya – February 1, 2014 at 1pm – Pacific Palisades, CA
Bonsai Demonstration with Bonsai Master, Frank Goya February 1, 2014 at 1 PM. Los Angeles Public Library, Pacific Palisades Branch 861 Alma Real Drive. Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Frank Continue Reading
Interesting Plant: Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’ (Coral Bark Japanese Maple)
Interesting Plant: Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’ (Coral Bark Japanese Maple) I grew up in Ohio surrounded by maple trees of all sorts, from the large over-arching hard maples on the Main Streets Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Currant (Ribes)
Garden Alphabet: Currant (Ribes) During our last trip to Ohio, I was surprised to see so many wild currant bushes in the fence rows, parks and yards. I don’t remember Continue Reading
Garden Decor: Moss Buddha via Tumblr
Moss Buddha I could imagine this cool, moss -covered Buddha presiding over some quiet corner of my garden. Too dry here for moss, but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate Continue Reading
Photo: New onions rising in the garden
Our latest batch of onion sets are rising in the garden! Related posts: Video: In the garden…December 28, 2013: Planting onion sets and harvesting some sweet potatoes Photo: Our neighbor, Continue Reading
Video: In the garden…short!: January 9, 2014: Onion sets pushing out of the ground
Our onion sets are pushing out of the ground for the beginning of another growing season.. Check out what was happening in the garden a year ago: “Container Garden Continue Reading
Video: In the garden…January 7, 2014: Pruning the wisteria
Time to prune the wisteria on the backyard pergola while it is still dormant. It is probably a but late, but better late than never. Check out what was Continue Reading