Wanna enjoy the show? GO ALONE!

OR Better yet.. "Be the only one flowering" spoke my Purple Coneflower Echinacea. It enjoys the concert of November winds paired with 45F in SoCal and nothing will stop the beast. The only one, dancing colorfully and with ease, it made sure to make my life hard from the start. He keeps telling me: Pretty … Continue reading Wanna enjoy the show? GO ALONE!

Can you grow from SEED and bear fruit?

...So can these Pomegranate trees. I am 100 positive you have been spending your days thinking of how my pomegranates were doing this summer. I am here to make your night even better! They were RAD. That Trunk Our potted Pomegranate trees were grown from seeds. It took approx. 5 years of a back-and-forth with … Continue reading Can you grow from SEED and bear fruit?

You think YOU are special?

Think again. I made a friend today. Monti devoured a thick black spider while I was having a conversation with one of the succulents. I heard the crunch. That's how I knew we would become good friends. He knew I was there from the start. I learned a few things. My friend is into posing … Continue reading You think YOU are special?

Let them Fight.

If you choose to have it shipped, fasten your seat belts and do not give up. I received this Cacao Plant (Chocolate Tree) and planted it on August 13 (see update below). All it's leaves were gone within a span of two weeks. Cacao Tree, like most tropical plants, prefers acidic soil. The best thing … Continue reading Let them Fight.

You think YOUR apartment is imperfect?

Try being a cactus for a change. I told him I am not collecting rent... for now, so he is fine.

How much do you appreciate the silence?

This place presented me with the greatest gift of silence and unique alternative beauty only an open space can provide. Soda Lake, Where the toxins dissolve in the heat of summer and thoughts drift away into ... Silence These photographs offer a general feel of the soil texture, native vegetation and the area surrounding the … Continue reading How much do you appreciate the silence?

Honestly, graffiti in NATURE…thoughts.

Whatever you wish to call it, graffiti, tagging...I call it all garbage. Everyone understands the "experience of nature" differently but one remains firm in my mind and I will say it politely: You should not be alive if you spray paint on "Just a rock, just a cliff, (just who cares) mountain side, just a … Continue reading Honestly, graffiti in NATURE…thoughts.

How to set up a small imperfect garden pond.

The best of us call it a Water Feature. But I'll tell you exactly what it is. It's a container (pond container) you buy at your local Home Improvement store, fill the bottom with 3-4in heavy clay soil (you get on a local hike, choose the one where you hike up a mountain, more on … Continue reading How to set up a small imperfect garden pond.

Wanna know what you would look like?

If you only cared about Fig Trees... Happiness is what money can't buy, who do think knows it best?

If You break, keep on flowering.

This plant can do it, so can you Silver Ragwort The creation we are looking at here is a Mediterranean native, patina silverish sage colored plant with deep yellow flowers. That is how I see it. They call it Dusty Miller for whatever reason. The plant that I saved from a local Ralphs grocery store … Continue reading If You break, keep on flowering.