Getting Dirty in October ~ Garden Calendar
It has been a magical Fall season for seed collecting here on our property in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Every year I get drawn to a special focus in my garden and this year it was appreciating the diversity and possibility of the seed. I have always found seeds to be simply amazing and I Read more…
Getting Dirty in August ~ Summer Planting Guide
It’s August, a late summer sleepy bask in the sun time of year. This is the feeling you get when you allow yourself to sleep in. A little bit indulgent —you want it to last but you know it really won’t. That feeling is your spirit saying ‘enjoy the slow delicacies life offers’. Relax on Read more…
Putting Your Volunteers to Work
Yippee! That is how I feel when I find a volunteer. Volunteers are everywhere but I’m not talking about the kind you need to solicit for your kid’s school event. I’m talking about the kind of volunteers that arrive each Spring, little baby plant sprouts that poke up in the most unexpected places in the Read more…


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