Orange flowers are the best flowers, so I’ve been growing marigolds for years. They did great in San Francisco, unlike my tall zinnias. They’re easy to start and these ones all have a lovely fragrance if you rub their leaves. Bees are big fans, too. The picture of the marigolds getting a trim was takenContinue reading “Marigold Magic”
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Friday Garden F*ck Ups: Pocket Gophers & Pest Talk
Friday Garden F*ck Ups: Pocket Gophers & Pest Talk
Friday Garden F*ck Ups: Pampas Grass
FOR SHAME!!!! What the living f*ck was I thinking? I look so proud in front of it with those terrible sunglasses on. This was way back before we took plant ID classes at City College and one of our worst f*ck ups ever. Back then we thought all the plants growing along the highways inContinue reading “Friday Garden F*ck Ups: Pampas Grass”
Friday Garden F*ck Ups: The Agave
Avert your eyes Danger Garden I’m about to talk smack about an Agave. It’s not a bad Agave, just poorly placed. Did we bother to google Agave americana or even “blue agave” before getting one off of craigslist for free? Nope. We may not have had iphones back then, but we did have wifi andContinue reading “Friday Garden F*ck Ups: The Agave”
Friday Garden F*ck Ups
I apologize for my potty mouth post, but folks who have met me in real life know I swear a lot, including the F word. Unfortunately, producing a child did not help me clean up my foul trucker mouth. Way back in the super old days I did some whack shit in the garden thatContinue reading “Friday Garden F*ck Ups”
Sweet, Sweet, Succulent Wagon
It’s hard to believe it’s been over ten years since I first jammed some extra succulent cuttings in a wagon we snagged at a garage sale for super cheap, or maybe even nabbed it off the street I don’t remember. I’m not going to make you look at the boring picture of it with holesContinue reading “Sweet, Sweet, Succulent Wagon”
Driftwood Succulent Centerpieces
Back February 2016 I experimented with chunks of driftwood, succulent cuttings from around the yard and sphagnum moss. Our friends Neal and Tina were going to be getting married that May and we volunteered to do flowers and decorations for their rustic redwoods wedding in Felton. Matti did the tricky work of screwing the driftwood together based onContinue reading “Driftwood Succulent Centerpieces”
Best Indoor Succulents
I’m not one to usually post other people’s stuff, but when Uncommon Goods asked me if I’d post their indoor succulent infographic I checked it out and it’s legit. I’ve also been a huge fan of Uncommon Goods and their cool stuff for many years. Above is a little view of my strange indoor collection that sits on ourContinue reading “Best Indoor Succulents”
Succulents in the Gutter
Originally posted: October 20, 2016Update: the gutters now have carnivores, begonias, oxalis and bromeliads. It’s still a spider web party back there. A few months back I begged Matti to build me gutter gardens, so I could produce mass quantities of strawberries, lettuce and other edibles. As soon as summer (the rain free time here SF)Continue reading “Succulents in the Gutter”
Super Sage: Salvia iodantha
Originally posted November 2016. We sadly lost this poor guy this past summer during one of the heatwaves. My new favorite winter blooming Salvia is S. wagneriana. When we moved back to California after a year in Wisconsin, I added Salvias to the list of plants I collect. Pelargoniums, Euphorbias, Fuchsias and Sansevierias are allContinue reading “Super Sage: Salvia iodantha”
Far Out Flora 