by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
(Colorful cover art and interior black & white and semi-transparent illustrations by Susan Poirier) I’m enjoying my advance copy of the 2009 Sacramento County UC Master Gardeners Gardening Guide and Calendar. This year’s popular theme is...
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
Hey, fellow foodie gardeners… check this out! Click on thumbnail for large version (PDF) or visit the website: http://goodlifegarden.ucdavis.edu/events/ When: Saturday, September 27, 2008Where: Sciences Lecture Hall & CourtyardTime: 4:30 pmIncludes: Three...
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
Hey, a fellow Carmichaelian won the grand prize! $6,000 IN PRIZES AWARDED TO BEST BACKYARD GARDENERS NatureSweet Tomatoes congratulates Bob Peruch of Carmichael for winning the $2,500 grand prize in the small tomato category at the August 23 Homegrown Tomato...
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m cute, about a foot tall, have slightly succulent-looking foliage, and am growing in full sun at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens in Fort Bragg, California. Sadly, I have no identification. Can anybody tell me my name, preferably in...
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
Finally… both free time and motivation bumped into each other at the same and I’m blogging more of my Mendo trip. After my second visit to the nearby Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, I popped into North Star Nursery. I was looking for fairy wands (none...
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
At super cool Racine’s Office & Art Supplies in Fort Bragg, CA, I was wowed by their display of Nouvelle Images Home Stickers. These larger than life photo-realistic wall stickers are fabulous! I was torn between their selection of iceland poppies, saucer...
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
My Naked Ladies (Amaryllis belladonna) are blooming right now in my Carmichael yard, and they were also blooming (some just spiking) in Mendocino during my trip a couple weeks ago. I wanted to point out this website showing pics of a wide variety of Naked Lady...
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
of Mendocino. Here I am (behind my sexy camera), shopping at the nursery… at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Have I died and gone to Heaven? Yes! Wait… there’s more… they happen to serve the best handmade ice cream on the planet…...
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
Might as well tell your homies to throw their food scraps in your new compost bin, too, not because you care about garbage, but because you learned how to cultivate some great topsoil in which to grow your heirloom tomatoes for your famous spaghetti sauce for NASCAR...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jul 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Leaving tomorrow… for a whole week! See past adventures...
