Inn Vermont!
Fall at The Weathersfield Inn in Vermont During our yearly visit back east to spend time at our…
Digging for Outdoor Living Ideas and Adventures
Fall at The Weathersfield Inn in Vermont During our yearly visit back east to spend time at our…
We have had several weeks of stunning sunsets here in Southern California. I live up a hill from my hometown…
For some unexplainable reason, I have never been to the Venice Home and Garden Tour. I’ve always had a…
Sunset Magazine Garden Book Contest! With all the great outdoor living ideas and images floating around the Internet these…
Ever since I started my search for a vintage fiberglass camper, I imagined taking it to our nearby state…
For the last couple years, I have driven past this building off Coast Highway in south Laguna several…
I owe this large bowl of home-grown tomatoes–a personal goal of mine for many years–to one person. Actually, to one…
If you are looking for some creative accents for your garden, Etsy is a great place to start. Chances…
Welcome to garden designer Dustin Gimbel‘s home and garden in Long Beach, California. I was lucky enough to be…
Sunnylands Center and Gardens When I told my friend, Ellen, who writes the amazing literary travel blog, Gold Boat Journeys,…
If you like to take photos, especially of flowers, these garden shows can be a ball. Not only are there…
I know the names of most of these California native plants, and I’m no expert. How about you? I’m…
Happy Earth Day! I have no idea why we are celebrating earth today rather than any other day, but it’s…
For those of you who knew I was in Arkansas visiting my daughter this last weekend (because you never miss…
What the heck do you plant by the swimming pool? We put in our little shallow pool (about 30 by…
Bear. $4K. Garden Boulders. $1.5K (I assume that’s for all five.) Can’t you just picture these just about anywhere in…
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…