Quinta Mazatlan offers weekly Garden of Eatin’ tours
McALLEN – many plants and trees in the Rio Grande Valley provide more than just shade. Each week, tour guide Cristela Sifuentez teaches about the medicinal and nutritional values of plants native to the area at the Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center. the Garden of Eatin’ tours are at 10 a.m. each Wednesday from October [...]
Fine Living: Get into holiday spirit with Marin arts fairs
THREE LOCAL GROUPS, gearing up for the holidays, present their popular art events as opportunities to shop locally and give beautifully this season. First up is the Muir Beach Quilters Holiday Arts Fair on the first weekend of December. here, shoppers can find future heirlooms among the painstakingly made quilts and handmade dolls of the [...]
Southern Times Messenger
FELICIA means lucky in Latin. The felicia amelloides, better known as the blue marguerite, has a low spreading shrub which grows about 50cm tall and 1m wide. When planted in full sun it erupts in masses of blue daisies with a yellow centre. This happens around spring time and well into summer. You can invigorate [...]
Pretty in a Pot
Succulents make excellent decorative plants, if you know how to care for them I have not written about one of my favorite plant groups in a while: Succulents, those fascinating plants that always have an artificial, plastic look about them. With their hard outer skin and often wicked spines, they have always appeared indestructible to [...]
Palo Alto Online : Cultivating a personal style with succulents
Too busy or lack confidence in your ability to garden? Growing succulents offers the perfect solution, according to Debra Lee Baldwin. Baldwin discovered succulents 21 years ago when she and her husband were purchasing their first home. “The plants were the best fit for me because they were beautiful and easy to take care of [...]
Shoulder soreness sidelines Rockies’ Cook at least a week
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — this much is known: Rockies right-hander Aaron Cook will not start Saturday as previously scheduled. this much is certain: Cook no longer has a lock on a rotation spot. Inflammation in his right shoulder has left Cook performing strengthening exercises and playing light catch. Manager Jim Tracy said he would like Cook [...]
18″ Artificial Urban Fusion Festive Decorative Succulent Wreath Review
18″ Artificial Urban Fusion Festive Decorative Succulent Wreath Review From the Urban Fusion Collection Item #38461 Artificial wreath is perfect for use as an accent piece in your home. Wreath is covered in green and purple faux succulent plants Comes ready-to-hang and can be decorated for any holiday Recommended for indoor use only, if used [...]
Two councilmembers appointed to serve on national committees – Glendalestar.com: News
Councilmembers Joyce Clark and Phil Lieberman have beenreappointed to serve on policy and advocacy steering committees forthe National League of Cities (NLC). Clark, who represents the city’s Yucca District, was reappointedto the Public Safety and Crime Prevention Committee. The committeeis responsible for policy development in the areas of crimeprevention, corrections, substance abuse, fire policy, juvenilejustice, [...]
Garden: Did your plants survive the bitter cold?
Thankfully the worst of the cold may be over. Many of us still are repairing our pipes and recovering from last week’s storm. I’ve had many calls about gardeners’ plants. the bad news is that there will be many fatalities in our gardens. we all try to push the growing zones, which means we have [...]
Growing Home Community Garden: Skill Share: Vertical Gardening Succulant Pockets
Today at the gardening skill share, we learned how to make vertical garden succulant pockets. the basic steps to create these pockets include: Folding a square of chicken wire in half and wrapping the wires on the sides together so that it makes a pocket. Attaching the wire pocket to the fence with some wire [...]