Non-Stop Gardening Tips & Inspiration
Do you buy flowers regularly, or now and again to give yourself and your house a little spoiling? I do. Though I also like to use what's growing in the garden. Below are a beautiful bunch of good cut flowers: I've included seven. These were the … [Read more]
A: The drainage hole is plugged. With this obvious answer, you're stuck with a pot swimming in water, and now have to remedy it to save your planting. In big heavy pots, this is no fun because big or small, you still have to take the plant out, … [Read more]
Our San Francisco gardening business has been focusing more on succulent plants in the last year, as the forecast trends towards drier, hotter weather. The need to conserve water in the garden and landscape is essential and using plants with lower … [Read more]
Just back from a long weekend trip to San Diego where I hadn't been since I was fresh out of college, and before that, with my family, escaping the cold New York winter, when I was in elementary school. On my most recent trip, one of the recurring … [Read more]
A friend new to gardening asked me for information about how to pot plants in containers. I thought that I would answer her here, so that you and others, could get some basic step-by-step info. Summary: To get started, the main activity is - … [Read more]
Planning to add a new tree or trees to your landscape? For extra shade in a few years? Flowers in spring? A focal point in your garden? Or maybe to green up your sidewalk area? Newly planted trees need regular watering until they are established. … [Read more]
I had such a lovely weekend working on both early spring pruning and getting my outdoor patio area cleaned up: this was inspired by an early spring. With that, I wanted to share with you, a few easy kitsch garden decor ideas and also open up the … [Read more]
Please get back to me immediately with answers - the mysterious nature of some of my favorite plant friends has left me perplexed. Why, for example, are all of the wine grapes in California's Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino county dormant today - … [Read more]
I was talking to a friend this past weekend about how when you love working with something, you always have a favorite "du jour." Or is it just me... Well, in the context of plants and planting, the "du jour" I'm focused on is using more … [Read more]
Lately, around sunset, I've been seeing the same hummingbird resting on a phone wire that stretches from my apartment building. He is the cutest thing; and, I absolutely love that this little hummer is happy in his spot, doing what hummingbirds love … [Read more]