Everyday as we tend the bees; fill sugar water, jelly, pollen and birdseed feeders; and retrieve chips from our stealth cameras, we seem to have to deal with all variety of messes created by the critters. . .the most [...]
On the eve of the fall equinox and with the daily and especially overnight temps gradually dipping, the gardens are feeling a regenerating burst of blooming. [...]
Our friend, The Excavator, never ceases to amaze and amuse us as he makes himself right at home. Which one of us doesn’t understand the need to scratch an itch where we can’t reach? [...]
Praise be the temps have calmed a wee bit as fall approaches and everyone in the garden is feeling pretty stinking happy with the cooler days and sublimely chilly nights. Always something new to marvel. [...]
The friend from last year, The Excavator, has apparently found new digs under and around the Honeyshack where the supply of tomatoes is keeping him pretty darned busy. Take a look at a recent picky eater scenario where he [...]
For the last several weeks we have been smacked in the face in the wee hours of the morning with the unmistakable ‘fragrance’ of skunk – oh joy! We have also been greeted with half-eaten tomatoes and rearranged objects [...]
In our continuing effort to regenerate and rejuvenate areas that long ago became overgrown with vinca and wild berries, we decided that roses might be the most perfect longterm choice for these terraces so we began with additional clean [...]
With the monsoons teasing us (FINALLY) as we leave August heat, blossoms continue to grace us. Our much-anticipated and revered zinnias are finally showing themselves, we filled in the vacancies created by the chaparral sage with spirea, and our [...]
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRgh. . .water in Andrea’s office/apartment level is never welcomed and this one truly sneaked in on us. Starting as barely a damp spot on the window sill in the bathroom, within 10 hours we had constant dripping and [...]
What could be better than a tea party, and HIGH TEA ta’boot complete with garden hats, English tea cozy and hand embroidered table linens, in the garden on a splendid summer afternoon? In Andrea’s nearly 28 years here, this [...]
