by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 16, 2014 | community event, garden speaker, permaculture, soil born, special event
Hey, all. Soil Born Farms Education Coordinator, Sarah Barnes, gave me a heads up about a cool event they’re hosting next Wednesday, August 20th. Community Night at the Farm will have Toby Hemenway as guest speaker. Hemenway is a permaculture expert and author of Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. The focus of his presentation will be “Rethinking Drought”; a timely topic.
Robert Kourik, author of Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape– Naturally calls Hemenway’s book “… enlightening and required reading for all people who desire to make their home’s landscape healthy, sustainable, and healing.”
What: Community Night at the Farm, with Guest Speaker Toby Hemenway
When: Wednesday, August 20th, from 5-9:30pm
Where: 2140 Chase Dr, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Cost: FREE
They would like you to pre-register through Eventbrite. You also have the option of reserving a vegetarian meal ($10/$5 kids). For more information about Soil Born Farms or this event, go to www.soilborn.org.
On the menu: Black Bean and Zucchini Salad, Roasted Summer Veggie Farro Salad, Tomato, Cucumber & Red Onion Salad, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Bread & Butter, and Iced Tea. Kids will be able to enjoy Veggie Fried Rice & Sliced Melon.
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 11, 2014 | blueberries, bougainvillea, container gardening, humor, strawberries
I could watch this a thousand times and it would be just as funny each time. The dialogue, their facial expressions, the setting… and the shoes… just kill me. Gardeners will find this especially hilarious.
(deadpan expression) I prune everything.
LOL.
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 9, 2014 | albany, East Bay, flowerland, perennials
Why didn’t I buy this amazing Coreopsis when I was at Flowerland? I suppose it’s because I’m cheap and it was in a one-gallon container. I should have factored in the cost of pain and suffering from kicking myself over and over for not bringing this beautiful jagged-edged, color-shifting hippie plant home.
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
If anything will make you want to mail a letter… these new Forever Farmers’ Market Stamps from the USPS sure will. They debut tomorrow!
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 4, 2014 | air plants, botanical garden, coastal, DIG Gardens, mediterranean, nurseries, Santa Cruz, string gardens, succulents
(NOTE: I finally got around to publishing this draft post from late June!) I’d made much overdue plans to visit my friend Lynette in Santa Clara this Sunday and since we both love Santa Cruz, we decided to drive a little bit farther and spend our day there. Arriving around lunch time, we decided to hit Cafe Iveta first. I’d chosen the cafe based on its gluten-free friendliness and 80+ positive Yelp reviews. My turkey sandwich with Havarti and bacon was delish. Yes, I know gluten-free bread looks a little funny, but it tasted great. Fresh, soft and flavorful.
Next, we were off to DIG Gardens Nursery. Lynette had never been to DIG, and I think it’s only my third visit. Nurseries never get old to me, because they’re always, always tweaking things. Since my prior visit, I spotted the book display in another part of the shop, saw a D.I.Y. Bubble Terrarium station that I don’t remember from before. Fun, fun, fun. Nearby shelves hold air plants and empty glass terrariums. Terraria? Pshhh…. I dunno.
I returned home with a couple adorable greeting cards for future use, and an irresistible succulent. Lynette went home with her first air plant! (more…)
