The corn harvest at the Home & Family Show vegetable garden has ended after an extremely hot summer season in Los Angeles. We enjoyed a few juicy cobs and now it's time to dig up the brown, sun-dried corn plants and repurpose them in my autumn wreath!…
2 Comments / 1610 View / September 24, 2014
Luscious Thanksgiving decor using material such as leaves and cuttings from your garden! I dropped in on my client, Jill’s, “gourmet garden” today and in the process saved her about $10 dollars on decor for her Thanksgiving table! I…
9 Comments / 1413 View / November 22, 2011
Many of my container gardens are made from repurposed materials, plant cuttings, anything that strikes my fancy at the moment.
44 Comments / 7612 View / May 25, 2010
It has been raining in Los Angeles through the weekend and the ornamental pear trees, Pyrus kawakami, have never looked more dramatic with their dark black trunks and white blossoms. My "dry creek" is actually running now, having served only…
15 Comments / 13776 View / February 9, 2009
My raised vegetable bed is in germination and growing mode with all my favorite lettuces, heirloom tomatoes, squashes, sugar snap peas, curry, chayote and more! Next to gardening, I love to cook and I can’t wait to see the first…
15 Comments / 462 View / April 21, 2008
