The Mecca of California Native Gardens
Today, I visited the garden with largest collection of California native plants in the world. It’s called the Rancho Santa…
Digging for Outdoor Living Ideas and Adventures
Today, I visited the garden with largest collection of California native plants in the world. It’s called the Rancho Santa…
You wouldn’t think we would get Spring fever here in Southern California, especially after a non-existent winter of 60- and…
I bought my firstSunset Western Garden Bookat a garage sale shortly after buying our first home, a tiny, hundred-year-old house in…
This flower was propagated by Russian scientists from a 32, sildenafil 000-year-old seed stored away by a squirrel in the…
My last post was about Sam Maloof, the amazing mid-century craftsman whose home and garden we toured out in Rancho…
Yesterday afternoon, my husband and I hung out down at one of our favorite local beachs, Crystal Cove State Park just…
I started a winter vegetable garden in early November, and blogged about how I built the raised bed on top…
I’ve seen different types of rain catchers, but these are as fanciful and dynamic as a fountain. If you are…
Untitled (#885), 2003, by Roy DowellCourtesy of Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles. The gorgeous cactus…
As much as I’m trying to ignore it, we are closing in on the holidaze. And if your season includes…
My friend, Laura, has been an enthusiastic supporter of Laguna Dirt since I started this blog about a year ago….
I know this is an old story, but I couldn’t help myself and wanted to tell it again with these…
You know what’s coming, right? On the 15th of every month, a lot of garden-related bloggers have a tradition now…
After spending a couple weeks among the verdant landscape of New England, stuff especially as the trees started displaying their…
I had always dreamed of taking a vacation to the Swiss Alps where you can go alpine hiking from hut…
While visiting southern New Hampshire this fall, my mother-in-law suggested we visit The Fells as a half-hour side trip from…
If I lived in New England year-round, I’m pretty sure this would be a new obsession. Mushrooming. Or Mycology. My…
My husband and I arrived in New Hampshire a couple days ago. His family has a couple modest cabins on…
I was sitting in my home office the other day, and I spotted a giant Monarch butterfly floating over my…