CREATIVE IDEAS FOR LANDSCAPE DESIGN & OUTDOOR LIVING
According to the "experts" we may be in for a Godzilla-sized El Nino this winter. We really need the rain, but is your garden ready for "The Big One"? When the rain comes, you want to be sitting by a cozy fire with a cup of cocoa and a good book, not soaking wet in the pouring rain unclogging your drains. Here are three easy ways to ensure you get the hot cocoa option when El Nino comes.
Read MoreWith all the talk about water and drought it’s easy to lose sight of why have a garden in the first place. Whether it is filled with succulents, native plants, vegetables, flowers or anything else you can dream up, we have gardens because they give us beauty and pleasure.
Read MoreIf you are contemplating removing lawn and replacing it with something that needs less water, the good news, it is a chance to have some fun. Here are my Top Five drought tolerant landscape design ideas.
Read MoreAfter over 50 years of landscape design and installation in Montecito, CA we have learned a few things about efficient watering and believe if one applies these simple basic water-wise garden tips you can have a beautiful garden even in dry years.
Read MoreIn California lawns seem be a thing of the past. If so, the real question is can we learn to live without them? and if so, what are some viable lawn alternatives?
Read MoreSpring has sprung and no-doubt so have the weeds. Before you attack them with your hoe, you may want go out and talk to them, they could be trying to tell you something.
Read MoreToday I caught up with Bee Keeper, Nick Wigle of Super Bee Rescue and had a chance to get a few questions answered. I wanted to know how the California Drought was affecting Bee populations. And, I wanted to know what homeowners could do about it.
Read MoreWhat is Curb Appeal? It means making your home look inviting from the street. There’s lots of advice out there on how to get “Curb Appeal” everything from planting “color” to adding window boxes to adding landscape lighting. Though all these suggestions may be valid and should be done, I think it is a bit too narrow a look.
Read MoreSpring is in the air and this morning I awoke to my favorite sound, bird song. Every year, about this time, birds start singing just before dawn, the official heralds of spring.
Read MoreWhat is the essence of a garden? Is it the types of plants? Is it the type of stone or tile used? Is it achievement of perfection? The painter, Claude Monet described it as enchantment, that je ne sais quoi quality that transforms a yard into a garden.
Read MoreTo me, part of the fun in gardening is discovering the history of plants, how they were used in ancient times and of course how they are regarded in current culture. Since coriander is one of the world’s most frequently-used herbs, let’s start there.
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