Hummingbird nest in salvia karwinskii

A hummingbird nest

So I’m watering a stand of Salvia Karwinskii (Karwin’s Sage*) in the garden the other day and all of a sudden something odd catches my eye…on closer inspection; a Hummingbird’s nest!I am certain that I, with both my hands, could never create something as incredible! Karwin’s Sage is a perennial shrub native to the moist mountain forests of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, typically growing in or near pine or oak forests at 4,000 to 8,000 feet (1,200 to 2,400 m) elevation. It is known as a honey-producing plant in those areas but is rarely seen in private Read more

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Rose infused vodka

Rose-infused Vodka

June is almost at a close.In honor of the flower most often associated with this month, the Rose, I offer you (those who imbibe of adult beverages) one of the easiest ever methods for really enjoying this flower.First, you need a clean jar with a tight-fitting lid (I like mason jars)Second a blossom, or two, of a VERY fragrant rose, (any color but white) pesticide-free of course.Third about a pint of your favorite vodka, (If you use cheap stuff though, it will still taste cheap!)Separate the petals, put them in the jar, cover to almost the top with vodka, seal

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Gardening at the Dragon's Gate

Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World

Wendy Johnson is a Zen Buddhist meditation teacher and pioneer, leader and head gardener for San Francisco’s Green Gulch Farm Center (located in Marin County, northern California), gardens that grew out of fields that “curve like an enormous green dragon between the hills and the ocean”. In this delightful book she shares her experiences and profound knowledge in a manner that leaves one, in the words of Joanna Macy; “…shaken into a fuller, gladder life.” A distillation of her life and work, “Fundamental work that permeates your entire life. It demands your energy and heart, and it gives you back

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Central Coast Rose Manual; Creating a Personal Rose Garden by Joseph Truskot

Whether you have only a few roses, a full on rose garden, or just the desire to create one as a part of your personal garden paradise, then Joseph Truskot’s Central Coast Rose Manual is the must have resource book for you. Truskot is a Master Rosarian of the Monterey Bay Rose Society with many years of practical hands on experience in every aspect of rose growing which he shares throughout his manual, making this work the best book I have ever come across on the topic of rose gardens. The book is laid out in a manner that gives

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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, Robin Wall Kimmerer

“There is an ancient conversation going on between mosses and rocks, poetry to be sure. About light and shadow and the drift of continents. This is what has been called the “dialect of moss on stone – an interface of immensity and minute ness, of past and present, softness and hardness, stillness and vibrancy, yin and yang.”

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