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Ivory-billed Woodpecker search

by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 25, 2006 | Uncategorized

Ed Pandolfino, SacramentoGardening.com’s bird expert, has been selected by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to help search the Arkansas bayous this March for the newly rediscovered Ivory-billed woodpecker. The search began in October and ends in late April....

KVIE Backyard Living Show Airing Soon

by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 21, 2006 | Uncategorized

I wanted to let folks know a locally-produced TV pilot called Grassroots Guide to Backyard Living is airing for the first time on KVIE’s ViewFinder on February 1st at 7pm and the following Sunday, February 5th, at 6pm. Yours truly talked a little gardening in...

Fab Tree Hab

by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 21, 2006 | Uncategorized

Now that’s a tree house! The Fab Tree Hab was designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Team H.E.D. [Human Ecology Design]– Mitchell Joachim, Ph.D., Lara Greden, Ph.D. and Javier Arbona,...

A message from Dan and Annie

by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 18, 2006 | Uncategorized

Please make it stop raining. We are getting very stir-crazy. We are trying to be good but we are starting to feel the urge to chew furniture… the cookbook bindings and that dollar bill held us off for awhile, but we don’t know how much longer we can take...

Sunset Western Landscaping Book

by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 16, 2006 | Uncategorized

The new edition of Sunset Western Landscaping is out now! Jan. 23 update: Got my copy from amazon.com a few days ago. I give it 5 /5 stars. Sunset certainly didn’t skimp on glossy color photos, plant palettes are inspiring and reflect regional differences, and...

Vegiforms

by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 14, 2006 | Uncategorized

Ever since I saw the story about square watermelons being marketed in Japan, I’ve wanted to mold my own produce. Now I can with Vegiforms. Available shapes include: the Garden Elf, Pickle Pusses, Ear of Corn, Heart and Diamond. Will a Frankentomato be as tasty...

Saucer Magnolia Envy

by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 4, 2006 | Uncategorized

In Berkeley the other day, I felt compelled to announce to our hostess that her neighbor’s saucer magnolias were blooming. In January. She seemed to take this remarkable news in stride. I guess when you live in a clime of perpetual springtime, it ain’t no...