by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
Just wanted to let folks know that Jim Cockcroft, who designed and manufactures Plant Defender cages, has refined the design and now has a website offering online ordering. You may remember my snail and slug battles last spring and how thrilled I was to find something...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
Find a moth, win a beer with an entomologistSan Francisco ChronicleRon Sullivan, Joe EatonWednesday, January 17,...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 17, 2007 | grasscycling, habitat, integrated pest management, ipm, organic gardening, pesticides, recycling, river-friendly landscaping, stormwater
There’s an excellent new guide available from the Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership teaching river-friendly landscape practices. River-Friendly Landscape Guidelines goes beyond urging water efficiency by incorporating the following objectives:...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 16, 2007 | Uncategorized
Huge crop loss in state freezeCitrus, avocados, strawberries are hit hard by cold snap in south state, San Joaquin Valley.By Deb Kollars – Bee Staff WriterLast Updated 12:43 am PST Tuesday, January 16, 2007Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A1...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
I had an opportunity for an overnight trip to Santa Cruz and Capitola this week. Made sure to stop at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, since I’d never been there. It was mid day, windy and winter, but I still managed to snap a few pics. I’d like to go back in...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
I don’t live in Sacramento city proper, but used to, have friends and family who do, and very much want to help preserve their right to grow whatever plants they please, be they edible or ornamental. A friend just forwarded this: “… the issue...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
Here’s the skinny from UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County. Applications are currently being accepted for UC Master Gardener Volunteers. The UC Master Gardener Volunteer Program is seeking applicants for the 2007 training program. Do you want to learn...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
In the garden…— I vow to stop leaving clippings all over the damn place. For someone who owns every garden receptacle known to man, I sure have a nasty habit of dropping clippings wherever wind and gravity take them. Maybe these new Garden Pop-Up Bags from...
by angela@diggingbliss | Dec 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
If you don’t feel like crafting something out of your post-Christmas tree, there are plenty of organizations that will take and recycle… treecycle… your tree. This free service usually lasts through the first week of...
by angela@diggingbliss | Dec 13, 2006 | Uncategorized
Here are a few things that caught this gardener’s eye…Stocking Stuffers Oooms Wooden Memory Stick A memory stick that actually is… a stick. In Vitro OrchidTest tube baby orchids… awwwwwww. Under the Tree WMF Expandable Flower Trivet Colorful...
