We are also excited about some ornamentals for our garden this year. Nice, short video on planting bougainvillea… Planting Bougainvilleas: Bougainvillea Plant Care | eHow.com.
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We really like the look of redwood, aged and grayed over time. I think we will be going here for our Redwood: they are right down the street, and have extra-wide redwood boards. They say call for availability: 800.435.1236 Redwood Boards – Redwood Lumber & Supply Company. This year, we are heading into a kitchen remodel. So, Christopher will be heavily occupied building cabinets, installing plumbing, etc. Should be fun! My responsibility is the garden. First time actually – Cx is usually in charge, with his deep green thumb. My thumb is only light green, but steadily growing more confident and able. [...] thinking about Asparagus… and what a great, informative article on how to plant and maintain a thriving asparagus bed! Asparagus officinalis UC 157 Asparagus . One of our favorite mail order nurseries – one of several I will be posting. This year, we are excited about our first perennial crops – tree collard, asparagus, blueberries! Raintree Nursery, fruit, nut and berry plants for the American fruit grower. This seems like an awesome local site for chicken feed; we will be checking them out for gardening, etc. About Us – Heirloom, Untreated, Open Pollinated, Vegetable Seeds – Sustainable California Seed Company. Some great advice from a local deck builder – he talks about an important aspect of “building green” is to build it to last – and has some good pointers about how to do that. Redwood Deck Contest Winner, Sonoma County Backyard Deck. Cx and I went shopping several months ago to look for trim, and decided that Doug Fir is beautiful, with a tight vertical grain and a gorgeous reddish color akin to cedar; and it is not as expensive as some other tight grain varieties. It is also, we have discovered, a native of the United [...] I have been reading the Four Seasons Gardening book – by a couple of gardeners who live in Maine, and have been determined to raise fresh food for all four seasons – in Maine! They went to France (same latitude, if you can believe it) and learned how they grown veggies in the winter; they [...] |
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