August in the Natural Garden 2021
August 9, 2021
We’re rounding the corner toward the home stretch… the end of summer. There’s still hot weather ahead and proper watering will be important, but as
Tag: Seasonal Gardening
Summer Water for Native Plants
July 28, 2021
California native plants are well adapted to our climate and can tolerate extended periods of heat and drought in their natural setting. Many natives experience a drought-induced dormancy in the summer. They simply maintain their size and shape, add very little to no new growth, and sometimes even lose a few leaves toward the end of the season.This is how they “tough it out”.
July in the Natural Garden 2021
July 3, 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
June in the Natural Garden 2021
June 15, 2021
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 in the Natural Garden 2021
May 3, 2021
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.
April in the Natural Garden 2021
April 23, 2021
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
March in the Natural Garden 2021
March 8, 2021
You can’t discover unless you explore. On a recent trip to the desert I snapped a picture of Charlotte, my two
February in the Natural Garden 2021
February 9, 2021
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
Winter Blooming Plants & Care
January 30, 2021
Top winter blooming and seasonal interest California native plants for the garden. Colin walks you through the care and maintenance of each plant described.
January in the Natural Garden
January 7, 2021
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