Spring Native Plant Sales
April 5, 2013
Spring plant sales offer an opportunity to add natives to your backyard that are attractive in the landscape, drought-resistant and useful for gourmet food and effective home medicine. I’ve been busy looking through my garden for empty spots where I can add more native gems and making my list of what beautiful plants I hope […]
Restore Habitat, Remove Scotch Broom
Every spring, the yellow flowers of invasive Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius, pea family) line local roadways and trails. Although pretty when in bloom, each plant can produce up to 60,000 seeds that can survive in the ground through drought and fire. Stands of Scotch Broom disrupt local streams and overtake native plants and wildflowers that […]
March: Weeds I Love
April 4, 2013
March: This blog is part of my goal to use wild, native ingredients daily and is a monthly record of my family’s wild food adventures. 1 Collected Watercress (fresh); Processed (dried) Manzanita Berries: tried grinding in commercial grain grinder but due to moisture which must have collected, the berries gummed up the machine. I’m back […]
Douglas Fir Treats
March 6, 2013
Celebrate Spring with Douglas Fir Filled with Vitamin C in early spring, Douglas Fir tips offer an abundance of choices for creating delicious and healthy treats. Here are some of my favorites. Send me yours if you come up with a recipe you love! Douglas Fir Treats TEA: The most basic way to enjoy fir tips […]
Western Redbud
March 5, 2013
Western Redbud -gardening blog by Darlene Ward At the end of winter, our landscape is clothed in a subdued green of pines and a ghostly grey of dormant branches, grounded with the refreshing green of grasses started by winter rain. Gradually a purplish haze covers shrubs here and there, and then suddenly there is an […]
