We interrupt this brief series of looks at Dallas for a quick glance around my garden back home in San Diego. Actually I’ve been home from Texas for a while now, but I wanted to make a little better sense… Read More »the garden back home
A trip to Dallas gives you the opportunity to visit the Sixth Floor Museum, an institution that “chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy; interprets the Dealey Plaza National Historical Landmark District and the John F. Kennedy… Read More »not a grassy knoll
An annual work conference takes me to various cities around the country. Some cities have been amazingly cool centers of human civilization, but most others are places that had never been high on my bucket list. Really, I’m going for… Read More »lostlandscape does dallas
Some people think that conversation has run dry when you start talking about the weather. They’re obviously not gardeners–or even golfers or joggers or construction workers. Weather matters. And I can’t think of many things nearly as fascinating. Here in… Read More »talk about it
Happy January Bloom Day, folks! Lots of pictures this month. Okay I cheated, with some multiples of the same plant mixed in. But a big dose of perky orange in the dead of winter seemed morally acceptable. I guess it’s… Read More »january bloomday
A couple folks asked about whether that tshirt with my dudleya photo would be available via mail order. The answer is YES, but our local native plant society isn’t set up up for any fancy online transactions and things will… Read More »gift idea
I’ve been posting on the progress on the Fallen Star piece that Do ho Suh has designed for the Stuart Collection at UC San Diego. November 15 was the big day for it to get hoisted from the ground, where… Read More »the big install
In this photo Lt. John Pike of the police force of the University of California, Davis demonstrates the proper way to apply pesticides and fungicides in your garden. The lieutenant’s top tips: Wear gloves! The stuff is gross. Keep it… Read More »proper pesticide application
Things have slowed down. It’s November for godsakes. But stuff keeps happening in the garden. Probably the most remarkable thing blooming is this, a variegated mutation of Salvia divinorum. I noticed the variegation a few months ago and will try… Read More »not for sale to minors (november bloom day)
Here a few random construction photos that show the development of part of Do Ho Suh’s Fallen Star installation that I posted on a few weeks ago [ here ]. I’m sure there are practical reasons for building the little… Read More »there was a crooked house