Category Archives: Gardening

Garden Overwhelm: 8 Tips to Help You Cope When Garden Tasks Feel Like A Burden

Cutting sunflowers in small flower field

Gardening should be fun, not cause stress. Follow these 8 tips to deal with garden overwhelm and whip your unruly garden into shape!

How to Grow Ranunculus

Ranunculus are one of the most thrilling flowers for a flower grower to grow and harvest. Their unreal rose-like bloom is a thrill in the spring as it opens and fills the garden with color. I was ecstatic when I realized years ago that they could grow and even thrive in my dry, desert zone. […]

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Ellie’s Pumpkin Bread My middle daughter, Ellie, has always loved baking. Years ago, when she was just 11 years old, she learned how to make white bread. She would often take fresh, warm loaves to friends and neighbors. Soon, she was asked to bake bread for our church congregation’s weekly communion. It was something she […]

How to Install a Beligian Trellis

I love vacationing at Disneyland with my family and lately knowing it’s closed makes me miss it even more than normal. Of course I love the rides and the food and the atmosphere, but almost as much as all of that, I love the landscaping and neverending gardens. I gain so much inspiration from the […]

Fall workshop season

Our Fall workshops are now in season! Through the end of November, you can join us for six workshops to learn how to get started growing your garden, growing an Arizona cut flower garden or cottage garden or wreath-making.  The remainder of our Fall workshop schedule is below:  Workshops Beginner’s Cutting Garden Workshop: Thurs, Oct […]

Create a Simple Fall Centerpiece on a Budget

I’ve really been itching for Fall this year. More than usual. I don’t know if it’s because we have had such a long, hot summer or because we have been cooped up due to COVID. Whatever the reason, I found myself looking around my yard to see what I could pull together on the cheap […]