Gardening Turned Up to Eleven

One of the front garden's major features in the spring is the various colors of Lampranthus spectabilis, or Trailing Ice Plant. I curren...

This is what the light in my garden looks like at 6am in the morning: I went on a trip this weekend, so I took the picture a day early,...

This week in the front garden: That clump of mexican feather grass in the middle is starting to look really strange. I think it's sp...

Sometimes I wonder how the big box stores stock their plants. A few weekends ago, I found a pretty agave stuffed in the back of the bottom s...

I never thought I would get this excited about 6 flowers... but my Clematis 'Jackmanii' is finally blooming! I planted this (from a ...

In addition to doing a front garden update, I want to show some plants in the back garden! I'm so excited the vegetables are actually gr...

I'm almost caught up! After Wednesday, I'll just post pictures on Wednesday, and post something else on Mondays. Hopefully it will a...

Hello! I know I always like reading a little bit about the blogger behind the blog, so I figured I should put some information out there t...

Now we're in the middle of June: See that white flower on the left? It's one of the lily blooms - blooming for the first time e...

The wind continues.... The front garden on 06/08/2012 I'm not sure why the Mexican Feather grass clump in the middle of the bed dec...

Part 1 here:  Part 1 - Starting Point Part 2: Design One of the most fun parts of the backyard garden re-do was figuring out a planting...

The first week of June! Week of 06/02/2012 It was very windy this week. Getting a picture of the Mexican Feathergrass (Stipa tenui...

This week, the weather turned a little strange for Zone 11 at this time of year... It was windy! See the S. tenuissima? Oh wait, crazy ...

Following my first ever Bloom Day, it's my first ever Foliage Follow up! To see more amazing foliage, go see Pam at Digging  and all ...