I was out pruning on Saturday at the Shinzen Friendship Garden as part of their volunteer work day. For the past couple years I’ve taken care of three red Acer dissectum there, also referred to as “the three red ladies”. They were planted very close together many… Read More
As I’ve mentioned before, I haven’t made it out to my vegetable garden very often this season. I did take a big, BIG bunch of greens up for a dinner with friends in Berkeley a couple weekends back, and snipped some lettuces and arugula here… Read More
Direct from my winter garden, can you believe it?! Red leaf lettuce and arugula, freshly picked and washed in the morning before work, then onto my dinner plate crisp and cold in the evening. Life is good in the Central Valley. Seems like a lot… Read More
I was pruning at the Roque Garden recently where the landscape is very formal up close to the residence. There are layers of plantings starting with low, clipped boxwoods framing the beds, then stunning mature azaleas set off by beautiful tall privet hedges that act… Read More
A couple weeks ago I was honored to give the Fruit Tree Pruning Seminar at Belmont Nursery. Danielle and Lynne were great support in getting me up to speed on their event and all set up on the day. And Jon, the owner, was very… Read More
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