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Mellow Yellow, Garden Gold
Yellow is a happy color. It exudes warmth and cheer. In the garden, it weaves its way through most seasons: striking daffodils in the spring, followed by snapdragons and sunflowers in the summer and...
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Daffodils, Pomegranates and Wordsworth
I was feeling a little blue yesterday, so what better way to bring cheer than flowers. Yellow flowers really brighten a room, especially in the middle of January. Further, nothing says “spring is...
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Daffodil Dance
Shortly after planting my daffodil bulbs, I saw signs of digging everywhere. Little pockmarks appeared in the same random pattern as the naturalized bulbs. Foiled again! I fluffed up the soil and hoped...
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The Winter That Never Was
Spring is technically less than a month away, but the view outside my window is shouting, spring, spring, spring! San Jose, California is more that two-thirds of the way through the winter that never...
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A Little of This and That
I’ve been puttering in the garden here and there over the past week, but I still haven’t put together a plan for the summer. I pruned a hedge and pulled a few weeds but my busy schedule hasn’t allowed...
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Robins and Daffodils and The Case of the Missing Rain
If the Daffodils are up, it must be February. Who needs a calendar when you can look out your front window and see this: I’m amazed year after year that those tiny, brown orbs buried beneath the soil...
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WordPress Needs a Scratch-and-Sniff Feature
Spring: when the birds sing, the flowers bloom and the intoxicating scent of the garden can bring you to your knees. I snapped photos today, with Mouse the Cat at my heals. We’ve been inhaling the...
View ArticleEmerging Bulbs and Weather Woes
The weather forecasters say it’s too early to cry “drought”, but it’s shaping up to be a dry, warm winter. San Jose’s climate is semi-arid averaging a mere 15 inches (38 cm) a year. Most of our rain...
View ArticleAn (Almost Spring) Garden Posy
Ahhhhh… It’s been raining off and on for several weeks, leaving the air fresh and clear. I managed some garden time between storms, pulling together a spring garden posy. I love this time of year. It’s...
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