by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
You’ve probably seen Dave Wilson Nursery fruit and nut trees at local nurseries inside California, outside California, and in mail order catalogs. If you’ve heard about growing “fruit shrubs” or practicing “backyard orchard...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
In my estimation, independent retail nurseries are on the decline in greater Sacramento, especially those located within city limits. Eisley Nursery in the city of Auburn has been in the news lately and the key words of concern are “blighted” and...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
(Photo from Wayside Gardens) This caught my eye in the Wayside Gardens catalog. Dark blue agapanthus is nothing new, but the blackish stems of ‘Back in Black’ might be, I believe. It’d be fun to pair this with something chartreuse… and...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
Just got back from my cousin’s UCLA graduation. Temps were in the very comfortable seventies. Despite the coastal mildness of L.A. proper, I’m always struck by the incongruity of scrubby desert in surrounding areas and the opulent tropical lushness in...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
This documentary has been in my Netflix queue forever… so long, in fact, that I decided to Google the title to find out if I could buy the DVD. Doesn’t look like it… yet. What I did discover, however, is that The Real Dirt on Farmer John will be...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
Hey, I didn’t notice before that these “coco peat” bricks were packaged by Down to Earth Distributors, the same company that puts out my Bio-Fish fertilizer. Watching your coco peat brick expand is fun. It’d be even more fun if they put a prize...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 10, 2007 | Uncategorized
My Peaceful Valley Farm Supply order arrived a couple days ago. I’ve decided to try Down To Earth’s Bio-Fish fertilizer in my veggie beds. I also need to apply a fast-acting organic liquid food today because my newly planted veggies have settled in but...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
Check out this charming profile of Annie Hayes of Annie’s Annuals. There’s a video about the origin of Echium ‘Mr. Happy’, a video tour of the nursery, and flower photos showing what’s blooming in Spring, Summer and...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 4, 2007 | Uncategorized
Just a quick note to apologize if you e-mailed me in the last few weeks at angela@sacramentogardening.com and got no reply. I switched domain hosts but apparently hadn’t reconfigured my Outlook properly. It’s fixed now and a couple test e-mails have come...
by angela@diggingbliss | May 31, 2007 | Uncategorized
Hey, nature lovers, Rex Cycles’ annual Support the Parkway ride is on June 9. Click here to sign up. Your tax-deductible $70 entry fee includes a t-shirt, snacks and drinks at rest stops and lunch by JR’s Texas Bar-B-Que. I plan to ride as far as I can in...
