Please excuse the departure from my garden related news for this important video message. I appreciate the support of my gardening friends in advance. Shirley  Are you ready for a “down to earth” president with dirt under her nails who believes…
5 Comments / 92 View / July 30, 2008
 I’m not trying to be coy with my post title, there is a reason why I worded it that way. My family, along with our best friends, the Hargraves family, attended a luau in Lahaina where the hosts made a…
4 Comments / 1216 View / July 29, 2008
“Aloha” from Maui. The people, places and plants were gorgeous…but I also have some “dirt” on this island paradise! I’m BACK and still adjusting from the jet lag I experienced returning to Los Angeles from Maui last week. My internal…
8 Comments / 445 View / July 22, 2008
I will miss my Mediterranean style garden when I vacation in Maui, Hawaii this week with my family, especially my pepper tree. I’m hoping my tropical destination will help me forget how I am missing my beautiful “stone-ruin garden”…
15 Comments / 891 View / July 9, 2008
I put together this mixed lettuce bouquet from my garden as an unconventional hostess gift. I picked the lettuce 30 minutes before leaving the house to preserve as much freshness as possible. The leaves were washed and rolled in a…
16 Comments / 707 View / July 3, 2008
