Lazy Gardening

Two of the gaudy xeriscaping plants, my rose bush and the neighbor's cactus. I am tempted to sneak over to his yard and steal a few pads...

Happy birthday to my buffalo grass lawn! It was one year old on Sunday, and a long way from the sea of mud we had last year. This coming ye...

After a very rainy, almost freeze-free winter, it's warming up. The low temperatures have been mostly in the 50s and the highs in the mi...

Look at the picture, taken January 23, 2010. Those are tomatoes I picked from my garden in the middle of  winter. The fine print: They...

The grass is now mostly khaki, not green. We had a 1-night cold spell and the temperature dropped to just below freezing. Apparently that...

As the title says, I'm still waiting for the grass to go dormant. Daytime temperatures have been in the 70s and nights about 50 for the ...

One of the burning garden controversies of the 1840s was using okra seeds for coffee. The proponents were proclaiming it as the best thing s...

The mystery rodent of late August has been identified. R.I.P. Rattus rattus , who was found floating in the swimming pool today, dead. This...

Six months into this experiment, I'm happy with the buffalo grass's performance. So are the quail. There are still some questions ab...

I saw a 6-pack of locally grown Early Girl tomato seedlings at the big box nursery yesterday, which reminded me to remind you: We get anoth...