by angela@diggingbliss | Sep 28, 2005 | Uncategorized
Took a trip to Capital (Sunrise) and Windmill on Sunday… In addition to pea seeds and lettuce, I scored some fun color.
Gaillardia ‘Summer Kiss’ (interesting shade of orangey yellow)
‘Sunsatia Raspberry’ Nemesia (hot pink and orange)
‘Soprano Purple’ Osteospermum (dark bluish purple, not reddish like in the linked photo)
‘Sweet Caroline Bronze’ Sweet potato vine (Ipomoea)
‘Mango Meadowbrite’ Echinacea (a fabulous mango color)
‘Double Azalea Pink’ Snapdragon (too fun to resist)
‘George Davidson’ Crocosmia (canary yellow)
etc.
by angela@diggingbliss | Sep 18, 2005 | Uncategorized
Spray painting garden accessories is addicting!
It all started with an innocent looking can of Apple Green. Apple green quickly became the gateway to red and purple. Now I’m feeling the urge for yellow, pink and lavender… and perhaps periwinkle. I know I can quit any time I want, so there’s really not a problem, right?
by angela@diggingbliss | Sep 17, 2005 | Uncategorized
I always said if I won the lottery, I’d use the money to buy Sacramento a friggin’ world class botanical garden. Looks like I’ll be able to spend my winnings all on myself now.
Plans taking shape for site envisioned as tourist draw
http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle
/home_garden/story/13567661p-14408104c.html
by angela@diggingbliss | Sep 17, 2005 | Uncategorized
A letter in today’s Sacramento Bee Home and Garden section…
“To avoid confusion for your readers, and let’s be honest now, shouldn’t the “Home and Garden” section be the “Home and, oh yeah, Garden” section?” – Richard Alcauskas, Davis
http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/home_garden/story/13567670p-14408091c.html
by angela@diggingbliss | Sep 6, 2005 | Uncategorized
Check out The Gardener, a creative piece by Alexander of Alexander’s Videos in the U.K. Fun stuff!
Requires Quicktime Player–
Download Quicktime for Windows: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html
Download Quicktime for Mac: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/mac.html
by angela@diggingbliss | Sep 5, 2005 | Uncategorized
A can of Apple Green paint and a few new plants adds new life to my chair planter.
Creeping Jenny planter
I decided to nest these apple green pots from Home Depot.
Found this super-cool wavy trellis at Lowe’s… and painted it green. I’ll give it another coat before planting a vine on it.
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 31, 2005 | Uncategorized
Turns out Peabody, mother to Sweetpea, is called a peahen, not a peacock. In my defense, Wikipedia states that “In common English usage, however, “peacock” is used to mean any peafowl.”
Doesn’t this beg the question, why the rather masculine-sounding “Peabody”? Why not “Penelope”, “Petunia” or “Prudence”?
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 30, 2005 | Uncategorized
My friend Cheryl’s peacock (let me make it clear that she did not go out and buy a peacock… it just appeared in her yard one day because things like this happen in Carmichael) is raising one of her almost-breakfast eggs from one of her chickens! It’s so cute to watch the little “furry golf ball”, as Cheryl put it, running behind it’s “mama”.
I tried to catch this adorable family on video, but who knew poultry (are peacocks poultry?) could run so fast? Bad videography aside, it’s still pretty cute.
Click the photo or this link to watch video.
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 29, 2005 | Uncategorized
If I seem a little behind in weekly updates to SacramentoGardening.com, it’s because I’m in the process of switching computers and moving my new computer from “Command Central”, a location sandwiched between my kitchen and family room, to a corner of an upstairs guest room. Hey, it ain’t much, but it’ll afford me the quiet and privacy (and ability to focus) I’ve been so desperately craving.
On the garden front… I’m looking forward to putting in some fall color. I still get really excited when I see pansies showing up in nurseries after a long, hot summer. Along with pansies, I’m eagerly anticipating nursery displays of Japanese anemones, mums, pumpkins and more!
In a garden bed that will one day be home to closely-planted fruit shrubs, I planted pumpkins and lemon cucumbers. The pumpkin is ‘Big Max’, a typically 18-inch pumpkin, but with my minimal care the largest pumpkin is only about 14 inches in diameter. Still, it’s a really cool pumpkin which is already developing a nice orange tint! Here, let me show you.
by angela@diggingbliss | Aug 17, 2005 | Uncategorized
I never did find the driftwood thingy I was looking for, but did manage to go to North Star Nursery (across from the Mendo. Bot. Gardens in Fort Bragg) and pick up some fun plants. I let intuition be my guide and came home with a bit o’ this and a bit o’ that.
Some of the new plants ended up in my cobalt pot from Berkeley Hort.
Plants include: Gaillardia ‘Fanfare’, Mimulus Calypso Mix, Nemesia ‘Sunsation Peach’, and ‘Raspberry Ruffles’ coleus.
