Gardening With a Wild Heart - Judith Lowry's Blog
California's Native Clovers and more!
"In former times we gathered clover."-Carolina Welmas (Cupeno Indian), 1973 Once so common as to be an important food source for the indigenous Californians, the native clovers of California are...
California's Native Clovers and more!
"In former times we gathered clover."-Carolina Welmas (Cupeno Indian), 1973 Once so common as to be an important food source for the indigenous Californians, the native clovers of California are...
Much, Much More about Poppies
More, Much More about Poppies There is much to say about the California poppy. One botanist from UC Berkeley found 70 different subspecies in different parts of California, each varying...
Much, Much More about Poppies
More, Much More about Poppies There is much to say about the California poppy. One botanist from UC Berkeley found 70 different subspecies in different parts of California, each varying...
Clarkias; The Useful and the Beautiful
Which clarkias will you plant this year? Clarkias as much as any native California genus lend themselves to horticultural frivolity and play. Sturdy and tough, easy to grow, they are...
Clarkias; The Useful and the Beautiful
Which clarkias will you plant this year? Clarkias as much as any native California genus lend themselves to horticultural frivolity and play. Sturdy and tough, easy to grow, they are...
Wandering thru Wildflowers
As I roam the wildflower fields in the spring, I speculate that humans have an actual biochemical response to this phenomenon. I fancy that these beautiful flowers stimulate powerful bursts...
Wandering thru Wildflowers
As I roam the wildflower fields in the spring, I speculate that humans have an actual biochemical response to this phenomenon. I fancy that these beautiful flowers stimulate powerful bursts...
Wildflowers as Medicine; Baby-Blue-Eyes
To paraphrase a poem that my brother used to recite, breathes there anybody with soul so dead as not to love baby-blue-eyes, Nemophila menziesii? It's getting to be time to sow the...
Wildflowers as Medicine; Baby-Blue-Eyes
To paraphrase a poem that my brother used to recite, breathes there anybody with soul so dead as not to love baby-blue-eyes, Nemophila menziesii? It's getting to be time to sow the...
Gathering the Seed Harvest, 2015
This year brought an abundant harvest of the annual wildflower hayfield tarweed, Hemizonia congesta ssp. lutescens, growing in such pure and extensive masses that we were able to gather it...
Gathering the Seed Harvest, 2015
This year brought an abundant harvest of the annual wildflower hayfield tarweed, Hemizonia congesta ssp. lutescens, growing in such pure and extensive masses that we were able to gather it...