Category Archives: shop talk
Pep Talk
With the light weakening as lowering sunbeams diffuse through the atmosphere, in my garden that signals the coincident scraping and dragging sounds of pots being moved to find any part of the garden still trapping the precious, goldeny stuff. Or … Continue reading
Sunsleeves
I finally corraled someone (Mitch) into modeling the sunsleeves that were sent to me by Kool Dog. If you email them and inquire as I did, I’m sure they’ll send a sample to you too. The model’s unfortunate choice of … Continue reading
Plant Societies
Why has it taken me so long to check out local plant societies? I’ve been a member of the various conservancies, The Mediterranean Garden Society, but membership was mostly in a passive sense, as a means to attend tours and … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, garden visit, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, shop talk, succulents
Tagged Agave americana var. striata, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, Dominguez Rancho Adobe, Inter-City Cactus Show & Sale, Long Beach Cactus Club, Los Angeles Arboretum, Nazca lines, Peru, The Mediterranean Garden Society, Woody Minnich
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Got Sluggo?
My garden shed is organized with the same efficiency as my clothes closet (as in zero efficiency. Ask my husband. I ‘m a complete slob), but the Sluggo is always the most accessible item in the shed. I was at … Continue reading
Garden Tasks, Dogs & Productivity
I work at home most days of the week and keep this guy fairly close all day. Working alone all day with a dog instead of people has some interesting ramifications. I’m not sure if it makes me any more … Continue reading
Garden Attire From Koreatown
I saw something tangentially related to gardens in the window of a golf shop in Koreatown recently, UV-protective clothing, which gives me the barest of opportunities to write about one of my favorite LA neighborhoods. Los Angeles’ most densely populated … Continue reading
Occasional Daily Weather Report 5/18/11
A late-season storm unexpectedly watered the garden for me the past couple nights. In mid-May, this is a huge help. Such a boost to plants budding up for summer, like this Geranium ‘Dragon Heart.’* For this storm to reach us, … Continue reading
Ambivalent About Holidays
It occurred to me belatedly after Sunday’s post that it wouldn’t have killed me to slip a “Happy Mother’s Day” message at the end of the post. “Ambivalent” is a $2 word for how I feel about holidays. (And pretty … Continue reading
Sudden Mediterranean Plant Collapse Disorder
I made that name up. But it’s true, collapse and then a swift death does come suddenly to mediterranean plants in lusty health mid-summer. Which is why I’m ecstatic that this one cutting of Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca ‘Variegata’ has … Continue reading
Do You Groupon?
Current rainwater catchment system: Desired rainwater catchment system, available now, half-price, through Groupon. We’ve been dithering for some time over how to incorporate into a small lot what have been up to now bulky rainwater collection systems. The size, the … Continue reading