
July in the Natural Garden 2021
Buckwheats and butterflies, long days, warm nights, and afternoon heat that you can almost hear reverberating around the garden… or is it simply the audible
Buckwheats and butterflies, long days, warm nights, and afternoon heat that you can almost hear reverberating around the garden… or is it simply the audible
Hello summer. Well, it looks like 5.67” will be our total at TOLN for the rain-year 2020-2021, which officially ends at the end of this
May is the Pre-summer month when we kiss spring goodbye and open the door for the warm season to come in. The garden is abuzz.
The swallows, normally a few days early, but never this late (Swallows Day in San Juan Capistrano is March 19), have not arrived. They pretty
You can’t discover unless you explore. On a recent trip to the desert I snapped a picture of Charlotte, my two
Jepson, said something to this effect almost 100 years ago: “The natural surroundings of Californians are singularly rich and varied. A scientific interest in at
Top winter blooming and seasonal interest California native plants for the garden. Colin walks you through the care and maintenance of each plant described.
Happy New Year! That’s the word looking at the calendar anyway. In the natural garden we celebrate New Year’s on September 1 as the start
DECEMBER Winter, you might say, though at this writing I’m outdoors in shorts and a tee shirt. Crisp you might say, because the nights are
Follow along with Hilda Evans and Debbie Cressey as they make a famed “Hilda style” holiday wreath from the comfort of your home.