1. Generally the thinner the leaf the wetter the conditions the plant can tolerate.
2. Succulent plantings…to figure out how close to plant them in the ground, you’ll want to know both growth rate and the plant’s ultimate, mature size.
My 5 Inspirational Garden Muses this Autumn!
Your garden space, what is it really? Is it a place to entertain? A quiet spot to read, or for reflection? How about – a place to get physical with hands dirty, while you feed your soul and your creativity?
A Few Reasons Why Autumn is One of My Favorite Seasons
Fall is in the air? What does that mean? Every year I seem to notice it right around Labor Day weekend. Something’s changed.
What I Did When I Found Paper Wasps Living in My Patio Umbrella
A couple of months back, I opened up the patio umbrella to find five or six paper wasps busy making tiny paper homes, right on my umbrella. None of them seemed very worried about my presence and continued on doing whatever it is they do.
Case Study: Drawn to Blue Flowers in the Garden But Seeing More than Blue!
You see the mix of color swatches? I was going to use this photo again, down below where I could make it bigger, but I think you’ll get the idea. What I’m writing about here is that sometimes something catches our eye. In my case, just walking past this particular front garden left me thinking about blue flowers and the color blue.
17 Things Life Has Taught Me this Spring
This sign makes me laugh. I do think it’s true and a good thing to slow down; but sometimes, it’s just annoying for something like a sign to say, “hey, slow down.” Especially when you’re rushing around and you don’t want to shift into a slower gear.
Preparing for the Big One: Earthquakes, Fires, Floods and More
For a few days last summer, parts of my neighborhood were in ruins, the recent victim of the film San Andreas. Crushed cars, toppled walls, charred emergency vehicles and about 300 dirty and wounded extras wandering the streets in a daze.
What to Do with an Urban Vacant Lot
Nothing like taking a walk with my dog, Roz, on a rainy Sunday morning to let my imagination get the best of me. Here we are checking out all the typical eye candy, and then found ourselves (ok mainly me) staring at the chain link fence enclosing an undeveloped piece of land between two homes…
Want to Relax? Step Into a Green Garden
Looking at the garden photos taken on a regular basis shows me that I’m drawn to GREEN – formal English and Italian gardens, Japanese gardens, even arrangements with lots of greenery or different shades of green, draws me in -makes me feel something, somehow, and it’s good! Do you feel that way too?
Little Free Library
If you love to read books, want to share them and also get to know your neighbors, a new trend coming to a town near you (or your town)– is Little Free Library! (You can start your own. See below.) So far I’ve come upon two Little Free Library boxes. The premise is kind of […]
