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 / 90 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 / 1210 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 / 440 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 / 878 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 / 695 View / July 3, 2008
Persian cucumbers, green onions and beets from Shirley Bovshow’s garden. I’m not growing my own vegetables to save money, (though its a nice benefit). I’m not growing my own vegetables because I fear the quality of food available in the…
8 Comments / 347 View / June 28, 2008
The Arte Y Pico Blog Award. Pass it on to a blog that you consider artistically inspiring! It’s encouraging to open up your blog dashboard and notice that you have some new link relationships. One that caught my eye the…
10 Comments / 170 View / June 26, 2008
