by StephCat | Apr 30, 2007 | Yard & Garden
The garden tour was wonderful! I worked Saturday til 1 pm but managed to visit two gardens in Santa Monica, one in Mar Vista, and one in Westchester. All were very lovely and inspiring. The Mar Vista house especially gave me hope, as they had planted in March and...
by StephCat | Apr 25, 2007 | Yard & Garden
Okay, here’s the list of what we planted this weekend: Verbena lilacina (from Baja) “Blue Mist” manzanita (ground-coverish) 2 x Heuchera “Rosada” for the shadier side yard Heuchara maxima for the shadier side yard Galvezia...
by StephCat | Apr 24, 2007 | Triathlon, Yard & Garden
I’ve been posting my workouts on www.workoutlog.com and have thus been neglecting this blog. Wildflower in two weeks! I feel both better prepared than last year but maybe not as prepared as I’d like to be. Since I’ve had my coach I’ve been much...
by StephCat | Apr 24, 2007 | Yard & Garden
We dug up some of the grass (same as we did the trees) and will be doing that throughout the yard still in hope of avoiding the use of RoundUp. We had a soft rain as we finished the planting and watering….it’s been really dry here and any rain is...
by StephCat | Apr 21, 2007 | Yard & Garden
Spring Break, the Napa wine trip and a week of work later and here’s a quick update. All the fruit trees are doing something. The Beverly Hills apple is the slowpoke of the bunch, just started to leaf out now, which I suppose (or at least am hoping) makes sense...
by StephCat | Mar 28, 2007 | Yard & Garden
our native plants awaiting planting Originally uploaded by stephannie_t. Last weekend we put in the gravel, decomposed granite, mulch and plants. We were exhausted. It took about 15 hours total (not including lunch breaks). We had to miss our duathlon, our first race...
