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  • May is Wildflower Month May 17, 2012
      May is underway, the month that is the bridge between Spring & Summer.  In the Santa Monica Mountains, it is a month of vibrant color.  The hillsides are bejeweled in blooms of yellow, orange, pink, white, purple & blue.  Flowers are strewn from here to there, seemingly at random, as if at the whim […]
    Kathy Vilim
  • The Wildlife Pond at Mount Cuba Center May 16, 2012
    I was thrilled to be invited to visit Mount Cuba Center last week, to interview some of the staff, and spend several delightful hours wandering around with my camera collecting images of this beautiful place, which is devoted to preserving the native plants of the Piedmont region. Mount Cuba Center is a 600 acre preserve […]
    Carole Sevilla Brown
  • My Garden’s Carbon Footprint May 15, 2012
    “It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.” ~Seneca   With spring we turn our attention in earnest to our gardens.  And this year as Earth Day loomed, I also turned my attention to what I was doing to be more environmentally conscious and earth friendly […]
    Donna Donabella
  • Build-A-Wetland May 14, 2012
    So I had my driveway re-done a few weeks ago, as I believe I mentioned, and as I was planting in the newly cleared space, it chanced to rain. And I discovered that while most of the area was pretty much exactly as it had been, there was a large section that now, as soon […]
    Ursula Vernon
  • A Tale of Quail May 11, 2012
    Just when I think I’ve run out of critters that will come to visit, someone new shows up. Wednesday we had some much-needed rain and the storm was ending. I glanced out the window that overlooks the backyard and I spotted a bird taking shelter under a wax myrtle. At first glance I thought it […]
    Loret T. Setters

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Moving Day

A quick look at the seeds tonight made it clear that a move was in order. The mesclun, okra, radicchio, basil, spinach and lettuce seedlings need cooler temperatures now. The tomatoes, peppers, red onions and eggplant have yet to germinate and still need evenly warm soil. Sharing the same tray doesn’t work anymore.

So I moved [...]

November 8th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Day 3: Sprouts!

“Plants cry their gratitude for the sun in green joy.”
~Astrid Alauda

Oh the possibilities in a seedling’s small beginnings! The indoor garden has sprouts already. The mesclun mix and basils showed through the soil yesterday, and this morning’s check revealed okra sprouts as well . The need for light is crucial now in order [...]

November 7th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Great Beginnings

“Nourish beginnings. Let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blessed, but the seeds of all things are blessed. The blessing is in the seed.” M. Rukeyser

Condensation forming soon after planting.

It’s Day 1 of seed checking for the indoor garden. The tray is nice and warm under a towel and [...]

November 6th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Uncategorized | One comment
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