Hello everyone,

Please welcome your new moderator, serenejournal. She's been an active member of this community for a while and is a pro at moderating and maintaining communities and listserves. Please welcome here.

Thanks, serenejournal, for stepping up to the plate!

...what have you planted so far?

(Today, I added beets and marigolds to the garden, along with stringing my twine and pulling some weeds.)

Hello,

I keep seeing these flowers along the road, either as border plants in front of people's yards, or along the freeway. It's some kind of ground cover that is blanketed by tiny magenta flowers. From my vantage point (usually driving by), it looks like a blanket of flowers. I'd really like to plant some of these, but I don't know what I'm ( Read more... )

[posted to my personal journal, norcalgardening, gardensnotgas, sq_ft_garden, and sq_ft_gardening. My apologies if you see it five times.]

So far, no garden pics (I haven't been in a picture-taking mood lately), but there's lots of garden joy this week. Last Friday, choirboypuppy came by to help me with some weed removal and planting, and to keep the garden cat company ( Read more... )

norcalgardening needs a new moderator, as I am moving to New York State at the end of the month ( Read more... )

I'm not quite sure why Gurneys sent me twelve Nanking Bush Cherries, but they did. I've been trying to find more information on both Nanking and Hansen varieties, but most of the hits are for really cold weather areas like Canada and Minnesota ( Read more... )

Hey, I'm really hoping to start a permaculture garden when I have the time to do the actual gardening part. (some renovation projects have to take priority) but I was reading about bamboo fences. I like the sound of it from a green living POV. Dya think its so non-indigenous its counterproductive? And since as I understand it, the permaculture ( Read more... )

The bourgainvillea, that is.  After that nasty January, I was sure our bourgainvilla was done for, despite my attempts to save it.  We hava a lot of shade on that side of the house, and there was ice on the lawn and even the pathway after I watered the area.  But fortunately, the clothes dryer vent is on that side of the house, so I tried to dry ( Read more... )

(x-posted from albionwood)
Can't believe how much joy this little patch of dirt gave me over the last year. It's warming up and drying out and ready to start the whole cycle over again.
( Photos of Garden )

Hi everyone ( Read more... )