Yard Oct 07

Yard Oct 07 Originally uploaded by stephannie_t. Quick update: We went to the plant sales this past weekend. Bought lots. I also reviewed what made it, what didn’t make it, and diagrammed the different sections of our yard for easy reference (not that I’m...

Native Plants Round 2

Most of our native plants did make it through the summer. We’re still harvesting tomatoes and zucchini. And apparently we didn’t dig up the old roses as well as we thought, because some are coming up (I figure if they make it without water and fertilizer...

Worm Bin

The worm bin is set up! They got their first meal today (strawberry tops, lemons, eggshells, overripe apricots). The May Pride peach tree has multiple small fuzzy peaches that smell really, really good & peachy. The Black Jack fig actually has a couple little figs...

Monkey flower

Monkey flower Originally uploaded by stephannie_t. Okay, visit the Flickr page for more yard pics! I took a few pics (finally) of some of our plants. As you can see, we’re having a heck of a time with the grass. We’ve finally resorted to using Round Up....

Theodore Payne Garden Tour

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...