Producing Floriferous Gardens in San Francisco’s Mediterranean Climate.
August 31, 2018
Week in Mykonos - Travel Buddies Edition
August 24, 2018
August 15, 2018
English Double Border in Small San Francisco Back Yard
This garden was planted in March of 2016. It is barely 2 years 5 months old. Second photo was taken on February 9, 2016. The growth has been phenomenal. Some of the new blossoms this month include Agapanthus, Aster x 2, Gladiolus and ...
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August 13, 2018
Planting a Small Garden Tightly
This garden has three different faces or attitudes and all packed into a small 10 x 20 foot space. The five round Pittosporum 'Golf Ball' really hold the mess together and help differentiate the three views.
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August 12, 2018
What's blooming in August in the Fog?
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August 07, 2018
Yuba River Day
Oh how I've been longing to get out of San Francisco and feel some real summer heat. Yuba River. Emerald water, white granite and some trees. Not too hot, 86. Smokey drive up to Grass Valley. The Central Valley was dense smog. It's what LA was in the 1970's.

August 01, 2018
FOG! The beginning of our second winter....
July is the start of our second winter when this massive blanket of fog engulfs The City. From now through August and sometimes mid-way through September, we surrender to depression and extra coffee. Soup is good too. I use some of this time to travel. The photo below is from my roof deck looking toward Castro showing just the top of Sutro Tower on Twins Peaks. In foreground is the spire for The Mission Delores.
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