A small aside from fiber….

I’m sure we’re considered the neighborhood wackos in our town for ripping out our grass and putting in native plants (and even doing the vast majority of the work ourselves, including all the maintenance, planting and hardscaping). However, the yard is...

Tree of Life Nursery

Yesterday we stopped at Tree of Life nursery, near San Juan Capistrano, and of course bought more plants: a Baja miniature rose (okay, one of the few plants I’ve bought just because it is SO DAMNED CUTE — one had a rose bud and I’m not kidding, it...

Plants planted.

007 Originally uploaded by stephannie_t. We’ve planted most of the new plants that we got this weekend. In the foreground is one of the new ones, an Indian Mallow. It’s in our ‘dry wash’ section, which includes some other plants that want good...

More plants! More! More!

Dave and I did another jaunt to Theodore Payne yesterday. We came home with more Heuchara, various sages, sagebrushes, and more. Hopefully we’ll get them in the ground today. The native plant garden tour is April 12/13 of next year. I’m hoping (more hope!)...

Native shade garden

Our shade garden is located on the north side of the house, contained by the dining alcove wall, the east wall of the garage, the oleanders that line the north edge of the space, and the stairs to the front porch. We have an unidentified pine tree, two camellias, and...