Terre Verte

While gardening can be a solitary experience it also offers opportunities for building relationships through garden clubs, Master Gardener programs, and interacting with neighbors, as well as strengthening ties with family members. I have met many people in my neighborhood while [...]

Sunday evening my son RJ showed up at my door for dinner (his wife is out of town) and he was carrying some beautiful produce that a sweet older gentleman gave him earlier that day when he was in Bakersfield. [...]

A few years back my brother got me a t-shirt that said “Loves to play in the dirt”. It’s so true! The act of digging, amending, planting and tending the garden has always been a joy for me. As a [...]

Even in December there are some surprises in the garden! Today I found some beautiful flowers in full bloom here in my Tehachapi garden:  One is a lovely, easy to grow annual simply called Mallow. The botanical name is Malva [...]

One day, just a couple of weeks back, My granddaughter came to visit me.We took a walk through the garden and picked the last of the roses and Michaelmas Daisy (Aster novi-belgii). We brought them in the house and made [...]