Month: January 2020

November…. What a lovely fall it’s been so far! Just enough rainy weather to bring voluptuous cumulus clouds whose edges glimmer with light at dawn and sunset, but not enough… Read more »

November 1999… Seems like months ago I was preaching about planting Y2K gardens. I actually took my own advice for a change and my back yard is beautifully boisterous with… Read more »

How quickly this summer is passing! It seems hardly possible that we are almost to the longest day of the year. If you planted a garden this spring, you’ll be… Read more »

Steamy July is later than backyard gardeners usually think of sowing seeds. You look out at all the telescoping lettuce and spinach and yellow broccoli blossoms and promise yourself to… Read more »

San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz Mountains The great storm of ’82 is still very much an active force in our hearts and minds. I find myself daily continuing with thoughts… Read more »

February…. It’s harder than usual to write about gardening, since my soil is actually mud, and rumor has it that we’ll be having rains most of the time until the… Read more »

We’ve certainly taken the plunge into juicy winter. So far it’s come gently. The persimmons still glow on the branches, but the leaves have all dropped off in this slow… Read more »

At my work selling seeds to nurseries and garden centers all over the country, I’ve been getting phone calls from people wanting to stock up on seeds, particularly open-pollinated varieties… Read more »

Well, once the rains finally stopped in mid-June, we did indeed get some summer weather. The kind where you get really careful about opening up all the windows at night… Read more »