“Rainy Day” Green Tips
Can You Spot the Rain Barrel? Here in Southern California our average rainfall is twelve inches. With the looming cloud over of us whispering “water rationing” it is wise to take advantage of our...
View ArticlePrep Your Garden Tools For Spring
Garden Tools Ready For Spring Last year my husband, John, and I were featured in an article called “Grow Greener” highlighting our flower/vegetable gardens, and organic practices in, Nature’s Garden...
View ArticleHow To Compost In Your Backyard
Compost Bin And Ready Compost Would you like to do something great for your garden, rewarding for you, and green for planet earth? It is called composting. It is very easy to get started. One, you...
View ArticleGo Green With Gophers
Blooming Paperwhites Dancing In The Sunlight I can’t say enough about the effectiveness of combating gophers “the green way” with bulbs. I owe my good friends at Easy To Grow Bulbs for the “aha”...
View ArticleTen Ways Compost Benefits Your Soil
The Many Surprising Benefits of Compost As gardeners we all know without healthy soil, there will be no beautiful healthy garden. It’s just that simple. What better way to ensure healthy soil then...
View ArticleThe Green Way to Lose a Lawn
Photo Courtesy, Janet Loughrey When I saw this piece recently highlighted on the witty garden blog, Garden Rant, who in turn, saw it originally on Sunset’s fabulous garden blog, Fresh Dirt, it was...
View ArticleGarden Spider Art
Spider Web Framed by the Vineyard It is Sunday morning and I’m cleaning out our chicken coop. Life just might be returning to normal after our remodel. On the way to our chicken coop I couldn’t help...
View ArticleLocal Gardener Receives Royal Treatment
Shane Connolly Gathering Flowers in Lani Freymiller's Garden This past spring, the Village Garden Club of La Jolla brought Englishman Shane Connolly to San Diego for it’s fifth “Meet the Masters 2012”...
View ArticleSeed Sprouting Success
Chances are you have everything at your finger tips for creating perfect seed sprouting success. Sprouting seeds yourself is economical and expands your ability to grow many more varieties. Materials...
View ArticleBoxwood Bonus
We all know how beautiful boxwood can be clipped in a formal garden, but have you thought about using boxwood as literally a very “green” oasis for your floral arrangements? I have a dear friend who...
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