Comments on: the new spring

By: tina

tina — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:14:52 +0000

Hello there and good morning! All the garden pictures caught my eye and it is for sure we here in Tennessee are getting ready to put our gardens to bed. You get to start on where you live in Southern California? How cool is that. I have never ever been to California, though my son lived in San Diego for two years. He said it is warm for sure. Good luck with all your seeds. You have a lovely blog.

I REALLY love the ‘forest’ of rebar. It does look like bamboo and at first that was what I thought it was.

By: lostlandscape

lostlandscape — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:14:22 +0000

Eek! 25 degrees in San Diego would do away with all life forms as we know them!

Now Jenny, don’t you go gloating over the fact that at least you don’t have to mow. I don’t mow either! John does that—as long as he wants to have his little patch of grass, he’ll have to maintain it!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:47:09 +0000

It was 75F here on Saturday and then ZAP!, 25F last night. Not much blooming here any more.

Although, on the bright side, we don’t have to mow for 6 months.

By: lostlandscape

lostlandscape — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:49:05 +0000

Lona and MM,
Welcome to San Diego! Of course not everything here was brown all summer—just add water and you can believe that you’re sharing a climate with most of the rest of the world. And our cool winter growing season is now suddenly on pause as we get hot winds stirring up fires everywhere. But every place has the good with the bad, don’t they?

By: Midwest Mom

Midwest Mom — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:49:13 +0000

It is amazing to me to see your coreopsis leafless in the summer. Here in Illinois, summer is characterized by profuse blooming; it is our most colorful season.

I am interested in your small-plot gardening methods. I have limited space and am exploring ways to plant more efficiently — both for ornamentals and produce gardening.

I will certainly be back to learn more. Thanks for the good work.

Best, MM

By: Lona

Lona — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:57:33 +0000

We in the Northern cold climate areas are jealous about now.When we are hating to say goodbye to our beautiful gardens and flowers your is just starting again.I think we do not realize that your hot dry gardens go into an almost dormant time.