Our summers are relentlessly hot and dry, so I adore spring. We still have enough rain not to do much watering at all, and the temperature is mild enough for all the plants to be quite relaxed and cheery. It's the season that makes me feel like gardener of the year because everything just won't …
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Color theory
I'm sure that Gertrude Jekyll has something far more illuminating to say on the topic, but here's my take on colors in the garden: One is nice: (Red flax and our liquidambar tree) Two is dandy: (lavender and queen Ann's lace under the apricot tree) But things really get cooking when you have three: (California …
A cathedral in my garden
Or at least that's what it felt like when Ali and I finished the trellis we put up in the pea bed. I had seen a photo of a similar trellises in an email from Kinsman garden supplies about twine and it got me all excited. Loads of time went by and the trellis was …
Free range baby
Spring is here, and Kaya is crawling, so I let him range free in the garden while I worked. He used to observe garden work from a high chair or on my back in the baby carrier, but he definitely prefers a more hands on approach. The chamomile is flowering (nature's work, not mine) and …
Knowing my weaknesses
Like most plant enthusiasts, I love to leaf through seed catalogs. My uncle even gave me a seed catalog for Christmas (for Landreth seed company, the oldest seed company in the US) and what a welcome and well thumbed gift it was. When I first started gardening, I'd try anything, and I was always seduced …
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