by angela@diggingbliss | Mar 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Just saw the Bee headline, Sacramento City council may OK ‘cash for grass’ program. “Cash for Grass” incentives are an intriguing idea, but they have to be well thought out. You’ll give me money if I rip out my lawn and plant… what? Veggies?...
by angela@diggingbliss | Mar 1, 2014 | botanical garden, golden gate park, san francisco, winter garden
get thee to a botanical garden. San Francisco Botanical Garden...
by angela@diggingbliss | Mar 1, 2014 | bulbs, tulips, winter garden
Warming temps, miraculous rainfall, and a healthy dose of E.B. Stone organic fertilizer caused these babies to shoot up out of the ground. This is the official bud watch. I’ll report back when there’s...
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Look what I unearthed from under a pile of leaves today! Tulips! Since we seem to be getting farther and farther away from freezing temps and finally had a decent rain after a record-breakingly dry winter, suddenly there’s life in the garden! Within just a few...
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 5, 2014 | houseplants, orchids, winter garden
They re-bloom, with minimal care. All you need to provide is bright filtered light and occasional water. Buy some orchid food if you’re feeling...
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
So cool! You know those prolific, inedible sour Seville oranges growing at Capitol Park? Seville oranges can be used to make marmalade! Corti Brothers is selling marmalade made from the fruit of local trees! I had stopped by Corti’s the other day looking for...
by angela@diggingbliss | Jan 19, 2014 | air plants, orchids, winter garden
Frigid winter temperatures have induced dormancy in the landscape and my desire to garden. All I want to do is occasionally water my air plants and admire my reblooming orchids … from the sofa… with a warm mug in hand. Winter is the time for comfort, for...
by angela@diggingbliss | Dec 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Except for throwing frost cloth over my little lemon tree, herbs, veggies, and succulents, I haven’t done diddly in the garden since I planted my bulbs. We have also shifted gears and are more focused on figuring out what we are doing to the inside of our house....
by angela@diggingbliss | Nov 25, 2013 | bulbs, fall, flowers, landscaping, pansies, tulips
I finally dragged my lazy ass out front to plant my tulips. They’d been chilling in the fridge since arriving from Colorblends several weeks ago. Had they been in there for the full six weeks? I don’t know. All I know is, we got a break in the rain and...
by angela@diggingbliss | Nov 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
The first time I went out to plant daffodils with my nifty bulb auger, the soil was too dry to drill easily. Yes, our irrigation system is on the fritz. Again. So I soaked parts of the front flowerbed with a garden hose, drilled a couple random test holes in the more...
