by angela@diggingbliss | Apr 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
Sunset mag tells you how:...
by angela@diggingbliss | Apr 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’m forcing myself to get back on a good sleep schedule, so today I am in a good-for-nothing daze, desperately wanting a nap but knowing that if I do, I’ll be up late again and the vicious cycle continues. Luckily, garden blogging isn’t brain...
by angela@diggingbliss | Apr 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
California bush anemone (Carpenteria californica) budsThis is one of my fall-planted natives receiving no supplemental water yet doing great. Sedum Santa Barbara daisies (Erigeron karvinskianus) Dan sees a squirrel Dan “hides” in the grass Annie, too, is...
by angela@diggingbliss | Apr 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
Back from another Mendo getaway. As always– ate too much, didn’t exercise enough, didn’t take enough pictures, had lots of laughs… and can’t wait to go back. I saw lots of trillium blooming at Fern Canyon at Russian Gulch State Park. If...
by angela@diggingbliss | Apr 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
The Sacramento City Council voted 8 to 1 for the Front Yard Landscape Ordinance with the deletion of subsection “c”, “…which had sought to restrict the growing of fruits and vegetables to 30% of the landscape and four feet in height.”...
by angela@diggingbliss | Apr 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
On the drive to between Sacramento and Mendocino, by way of Hwy 37 –> 128–> 101 N– 1, lupine and California poppies are quite spectacular right now, especially against a startlingly green background. Everything is green, leafing out and beginning to...
by angela@diggingbliss | Mar 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’m just a blogging fool today. That’s because I should be cleaning and running errands and packing before my trip. Here’s what’s blooming in my front yard right now. Had gone out to check the mail and couldn’t resist grabbing my camera....
by angela@diggingbliss | Mar 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Buzz Kill I enjoyed this piece, and it relates to recent news regarding bee die-offs across the country. I’ll be looking for bees when my lavender blooms. I’m pretty convinced my veggie garden productivity last year was aided by the constant buzz around my...
by angela@diggingbliss | Mar 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’m going to Mendo next week. Will check in from Moody’s if there’s anything horticulturally significant to report. Yes, I’m bringing my camera. Not sure what the weather will be like, though. I’m hoping to get in some good bike rides,...
by angela@diggingbliss | Mar 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Another fine offering from University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC...