Spill the Beans

By Cindy Kerson Stage 1: In April of 2020, we laid kurapia Lippia nodiflora sod. We wanted to have a grassy area that would be good for the environment and look elegant. Kurapia is a low water user, a pollinizer, and is very low maintenance you don't have to mow it.

by Melody Kendall Last year about this time I was sending in regular reports on our in ground pool removal and subsequent new landscape install. This narrative was concluded in November 2020 with the note that we would install a pergola and drip irrigation in early 2021.

by Cynthia Kerson I've been attacked by boxelder bugs (Boisea or Leptocoris [depending on the website] trivittata). There are thousands of them throughout my property.

by Dianne Weyna My experience with buying ginger root from the grocery store is that I use a small piece from the large piece I buy, and the rest either starts to grow or goes bad.

by Dianne Weyna During the lockdown is probably how many stories will start these days. With all that time on my hands I have done a few experiments of tropical plantings. Like millions before me I started a couple avocados seeds.