5 days ago by GiddyStuff

Well, this weekend's snow has shown how useful knitting can be, as me and my daughter have been out and about clad in hand-knitted gloves, mittens and hats! Thankfully I managed to block my Escargot hat at the start of the week so it kept my head lovely and warm! And i've weighed the leftover yarn, ...

8 days ago by sageaccpacdownload!!

Sage – How to Garden and Landscape With Xeriscape Plants Hi friends. Today, I learned about Sage – How to Garden and Landscape With Xeriscape Plants. Which is very helpful in my experience therefore you. Do you know – How to Garden and Landscape With Xeriscape Plants Xeriscape translates to dry land ...

15 days ago by LAH

Last week I was complaining about catalogs full of tempting, desirable plants that simply will not grow here in Colorado. Today I want to introduce you to a catalog full of tempting, desirable plants that love it here. Most experienced local gardeners already know about High Country Gardens, but if ...

23 days ago by Cynthia Walker Pickens

The weather has been nice on the hill, and when thathappens, a gardener’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of new gardens (apologiesto Alfred, Lord Tennyson). Several projects are on my list of 2012 objectives.The plan is to publish this list and thereby apply pressure to achieve saidobjectives. The ...

27 days ago

All drought-tolerant. A gorgeous example of xeriscape in a Mediterranean climate.

46 days ago by greggo

As I was leaving to visit relatives on Christmas Eve morning, I couldn't resist snapping a few cool temperature photos. Miscanthus and Rudebeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum' Panicum Dewey Blue background, Schizachyrium scoparium-Little Bluestem and Achillea 'Coronation Gold'. Same combination as previous ph ...

66 days ago by Pat Hayward

Last night around 10:00, the outside temperatures hit 7 degrees F below zero – our first subzero reading of the winter. And today, the desk in my office seems to benefit from a natural ventilation pattern that has settled around my keyboard. I suppose … Continue reading →

67 days ago by Deb

The month of December has started with warm, sunny skies during the day and a sky filled with bright stars at night, the evening skies have been so clear it seems as though you could reach out and touch the stars. We did get a rain last week though not too much but enough so I didn't have to water t ...

81 days ago by Kay Smith

15x11 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press paper, Daniel Smith paints. This was drawn from a scene I photographed in Phoenix, Arizona and is painted both wet in wet and wet on dry.

86 days ago by Cynthia Walker Pickens

The woolly butterflybush ( Buddleja marrubiifolia) is a Texas native, according to the Wildflower Research Center. This cool plant survived the summer in my hottest bed without supplemental water. It grows 3 to 6 feet tall (mine is about 3) and attracts butterflies, as its name implies. As per usual ...