Gardening with my Grandpa.

My Grandpa and Grandma Fernandez lived in San Fransisco, (off Alamany) in a typical SF style house. Two story, bay windows, giant garage and touching the neighbors house on each side. The back yard...

Pallet Veggie Container – DIY

The past year, I’ve been inundated with wooden pallets. The (awesome) compost company I get my shit from brings a couple of pallets each delivery (Point Reyes Compost Co). Then the bottles I get...

Organic Bath + Beauty

I’m so excited! I’m happy to introduce my new Spring 2013 line to you! Please peruse the pictures below (taken by the fab Rob Co of Icebox Images) and then feel free to check the entire line out to...

Nutmeg

I fell in love with Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) when I was in Belize, last November. On an off-day from researching jungle plants, I found a spice farm north of Punta Gorda. (I know, I know… on an...

Garden Apothecary for Sundance Film Festival!

I am pleased to announce that my little product-line-that-could, Garden Apothecary, was invited to participate in the 2013 Sundance Film Festival! Via the ultra-fabulous and talented Jen Abrams,...

Plantsmen

Accomplished horticulturist, head of the Golden Gate Park Nursery (and recently Conservatory of Flowers), George Vaughan is my favorite plantsmen. We are plant dorks that go way back (via the small...

A late Spring garden in the dead of Winter.

I spent the weekend mostly at the beach then writing then eating ollalieberry pie and finally pruning the roses in my garden. I saved the best for last, as I do every year. I make myself muck out...

New Year’s Resolutions: in the garden.

Ahh, a new year. I was looking through some pictures I took of my garden back in May; the Cerinthe was off the hook! My Roses were going bananas! And I had about 7 different types of Violas and...

Editing.

ed.it tr.v. ed·it·ed, ed·it·ing, ed·its To modify or adapt so as to make suitable or acceptable. For me, a part of the holidays is staying home and spending that much needed down time. I make a big...

Let there be light?

Last year, around this time, I was traveling to Belize and excited to spend Christmas in a tropical place with my Matt. A year before that I was puttering around my garden after dark, mumbling...

Just babies…

It’s been a long few weeks months of juggling this, this and this. I’m pooped tonight, but inspired: Last month, when I got back from Belize, I took my first trip back to HMB Nursery and reveled in...

Is your garden Holiday-Ready?

Ho, ho, ho… er something. Holy baby Zeus this month is busy! Between regular work, the farmers markets on Saturdays and holiday parties with family and friends – who has time for their garden? I...

Took a drive.

I set out for a drive around 9am Tuesday morning, a little past mid-way on my recent trip to Belize. I went out searching for Aurora again, since the day before and proven to be so fruitful and...

Back from the jungle… again.

I’m sitting in my adorable little garden office looking at a couple of hummingbirds who are fighting over a salvia. It’s about 61 degrees here right now and I can’t believe I’m so cold – when just...

Girls – how many girls do you have your garden?

Girls, girls, girls! I stole a few moments this weekend to be really girly. Popped a bottle of pink Champagne, tore through some trashy magazines and watched 4 episodes back to back of – well…...

Sacred Plants: a book documenting sacred plants and the people who grow them.

Hey Y’all! Thanks for taking a sec to check out my new kickstarter project - a book, called Sacred Plants. KS is an all or nothing funding campaign that allows YOU to be a part of the book making...

How much do you love your plants?

Back in the day, I harvested Agave attenuata pups from a HUGE pod of them growing down the street from my house. Since then I’ve potted them up, divided the excess growth, potted again, moved...

Tacca chantrieri

The other week I was at the nursery trolling for some flowering perennials to add to a client’s planting bed. My client is super laid back and wants to me to plant what I see fit – but within this...

It’s a GIRL! (about 10,000 of them…)

My honey bees are finally here! It was a rocky start… the bees didn’t take to their new home right away… But with (the whole day!) a little bee wrangling, they settled into the hive nicely and are...

petal power

Traditionally, cultures throughout the world have used flowers and flower petals for many types of sacred practices. The lotus flower has been an auspicious symbol in Indian culture symbolizing...

I’m so hot for mint right now. Maybe it’s because I’m filthy sick from a cold I’m guessing I got off a plane on the way back from Spain. The man sitting next to me was making love to (no joke) 6...

What are some fun ways you re-use your old seed packets?

glamorous gardening

I’ve been incredibly swamped with work the past few months. Garden consulting is super busy this time of year as you might expect. This mild Spring has really helped with plant growth – and the...

Mother’s Day in the Garden { sunset giveaway }

With Mother’s Day fast approaching, I thought I’d do a little Mother’s Day gift guild. And since I’m addicted to anything dirty I thought I’d do a gardening theme (wow, how random!). I’m guessing...

weekend.

I’ve had a dandy Saturday so far. It has consisted of getting up early to walk around the cemetery for about an hour (there’s an old-ass cemetery right by my house that you can walk around… decent...

Spending time in the garden for Earth Day

Finally, a foggy morning here in Half Moon Bay. Well, I guess it’s not uncommon but we’ve had a week of really hot (to me really hot is 70 degrees) weather and the fog is a nice reprieve to wake up...

another rainy day

I woke up this morning anticipating rain since the forecast for the whole rest of the week calls for a down pour. Out my bedroom window the sky was overcast and there was a typical puddly wet...

out with the old… in with the new.

Celebrate with Sunset {and book giveaway!}

a breakfast to celebrate the new Sunset Garden book Last week was a whirlwind of fabulous garden-y events! The one that topped the list was a brunch for me and a small gaggle of other garden...

I’m going to bed early tonight…

Holy compost – its been busy! Damn its been a busy week! First my pumpkin seeds came in from mail order, the chickens are finally producing eggs at the same time (3 eggs per day), Interior Therapy...