The Science Behind Nature - in Layperson Speak
Even small patches of natives bring pleasant surprises. (See below for Midwest resources and click here for a previous article about favorite Midwest native plants). One of my best walks here in Redlands CA takes me by some mature sections of chaparral and sage scrub that some owners left on their …
Continue Reading about Going Native: Even Small Amounts Bring Benefits
A couple years ago the picture above told us we definitely had a bee problem in the eaves of our house. But we're bee proponents - we plant plants on our property to nourish them year-round and we're concerned about the die-off that's been publicized. So - we were glad to find 'live bee' removal …
Continue Reading about Bees: Consider Live Bee Removal for Hives
I read an article in a small newspaper (Coast News in Encinitas) about spiders and wrote the author thanking her. It quoted her children’s favorite book, Charlotte’s Web, which happens to be my favorite childhood book, and left me a permanent fondness for spiders and pigs. None in the author’s …
When we moved into our Southern California home in September 2008 the grass was dead or dying – a great opportunity to convert most of the lawn to native or drought resistant landscaping, which we also did at our San Diego home. We’re going on three years now after planting, and the landscape is …
Continue Reading about Our Conversion to Low Water Landscaping
