I couldn’t help but join my fellow gardeners with posts airing a bit of their dirty laundry. You know why? Because at some point during the year, we’ve all got some. Here is my most recent bit of what some may call ugly. Shall we list the crimes? Let’s see… how about we start with [...]

I’ve decided to take the Native Plant Challenge issued over on Garden Smackdown. Andrew Keys (@oakleafgreen … do follow, you won’t be sorry) created a roll call of all the natives in his garden to help bring awareness to these wonderful plants. Now I’m a big fan of natives, but I’m no purist. I completely [...]

Mother Nature seems to be a little annoyed with me these days as she seems to conjure up rain whenever I have few days off. She does this every few years and although I am never sure exactly what I did, I know she will forgive me eventually. In the mean time, I find myself [...]

As our week-long rains continue, I find myself standing at the backdoor surveying the weeds from the shelter of my kitchen. As the water puddles continue to grow, I know it will be a while before I’ll be able to dig in the clay soil. One can only hope for a few sunny, windy days [...]

I find that this time of year many gardens start to look a bit sad. Once we get a few weeks of sustained heat here on the Central Coast, many annuals start to wither. Once the heat starts to push them to increased seed production, you better be deadheading on a regular basis if you [...]

In February of 2008, Haagen-Dazs launched a campaign to bring awareness to the plight of the honeybee. Complete with an absolutely adorable website,viral video and a donation program, the company helped spread the word about the problem with Colony Collapse Disorder or CCD. CCD is when (for reasons we haven’t completely determined) honeybees abandon their [...]