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The love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies

~ Gertrude Jekyll

Anna's Hummingbird

This past Sunday, during an impromptu trip to the garden center, we picked up a half dozen Mexican Bush Sage plants (Salvia leucantha).  This is a popular semi-evergreen plant in this part of California, blooming late in summer and early autumn, when many garden flowers are finished blooming for the season.  We’ll plant this outside [...]

Native Brush Rabbit

As I was getting ready to take the dogs out for their early morning excursion, I looked out the front door, and was met with this view.  I immediately muttered “It’s YOU!” and went zipping down the hallway to grab the camera off my desk.  Usually this maneuver results in me dashing back for a [...]

California Honeysuckle

Working on the hillside slope yesterday, just above where our orchard will be planted, some striking red berries caught my eye dangling about 20 feet over my head from the top of a small oak tree.  We’ve seen evidence of this vine on the hillside before, but hadn’t noticed the fruit until this year.  The [...]

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