by angela@diggingbliss | Nov 16, 2013 | bulbs, container gardening, landscaping, seeds, talini's nursery, vegetables, veggies, winter garden
Even though our yard is in flux since we’re redoing the landscape between now and Spring, I suddenly decided I must have a few winter veggies, exactly one flowering Annie’s sweet pea (there’s a drain pipe crying out its name) and a flat of big, fat,...
by angela@diggingbliss | Nov 14, 2013 | houzz, landscaping
I’ve been collecting ideas on Houzz and saving them to my Idea Book. I’ve also been using Houzz to research local landscape designers/contractors/architects. It’s interesting to me to see who has an online local presence in this realm. I’m sure...
by angela@diggingbliss | Oct 30, 2013 | cambria, central coast, coastal, gardens by gabriel, hearst castle, mediterranean, native, san luis obispo, san simeon, succulents
I had no expectations for our two-night getaway to the Central Coast beyond touring Hearst Castle, but ended up discovering much horticultural splendor, mooned over ocean sunsets and ate great food. The plants I saw along the way made the experience that much richer...
by angela@diggingbliss | Oct 18, 2013 | annuals, flowers, Fredriks, greenhouse, nurseries, nursery, perennials, recycling, vegetables, veggies
Wednesday, I was lucky enough to attend Fredriks Nursery’s “Customer Appreciation Day”. Since Fredriks is a wholesale nursery, its customers are retail nursery owners and employees from all over California. Audrey and Michael and I… who are...
by angela@diggingbliss | Oct 14, 2013 | container gardening, DIG Gardens, hanging plants, moss ball, string gardens, vertical gardening
On Saturday, my nursery pals Michael and Audrey and I headed for Santa Cruz for a String Garden workshop at DIG Gardens. The workshop was conducted by DIG’s garden manager Jen Dumford. By the end of the workshop, we had each created our very own “Moss...
by angela@diggingbliss | Oct 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
I rarely buy “paper books” these days, due to my lack of shelf space and frugalista tendencies. Instead, I use my SFPL and SPL library cards to download digital books. This works especially well for fiction and literature (mostly essays, in my case), but...
by angela@diggingbliss | Oct 1, 2013 | bulbs, landscaping
Being around the house more these days, I now have the time and energy to work a little bulb magic! Living in a tiny house with a small yard on the fringes of East Sacramento’s “Fabulous Forties” can be a little deflating at times. The “Fab...
by angela@diggingbliss | Sep 13, 2013 | landscaping
In the movies, they call it foreshadowing… a visual warning of a future event. In this photo, it’s the bike, resting innocently against a post at middle left. Feeling motivated by the recent removal of a massive, poorly placed sycamore, Kim was cleaning up...
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 26, 2013 | DIG Gardens, nursery, Santa Cruz
I finally made it to DIG Gardens in Santa Cruz! Back in June, I made my maiden voyage to San Francisco’s Flora Grubb, another amazing, amazing nursery. DIG was next on my list of nurseries I wanted to visit in person after getting to know them online. Because...
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Had a great day with the kiddo in beautiful Santa Cruz yesterday. Made my first visit to Dig Gardens! Prepping the photo album, but here’s a tiny...
