Humboldt County Gardening

Singing Tree Gardens Nursery is having their Mother’s Day Sale this week. A free plant for every mother on Mother’s Day, and discounts on a number of plants. This is a great time to visit the nursery because so many Rhodies are blooming and looking great. The gardens are full of blooms and very fun [...]

This just in from Carol Ralph, President of the North Coast Chapter of the California Native Plant Society: SPRING WILDFLOWER SHOW AND NATIVE PLANT SALE. APRIL 30, MAY 1, MAY 2, 2010 The 27th annual Spring Wildflower Show, a celebration of  wild California plants, convenes at the Manila Community Center (1611 Peninsula Dr., just off [...]

My friend Michele Dulas, who used to run a business teaching people how to grow their own food crops, has begun a new project called the Living Green Gazette. It’s all about empowering people to live with a lighter carbon footprint, and it’s an eclectic mix of food gardening information, a celebration of local food, [...]

If you’ve considered raising your own backyard chickens (I highly recommend it, they make great pets, eat your snails, and make fantastic eggs!), then head on over to Garden Rant to read local writer Amy Stewart’s Chicken Chronicles. She starts out at Week One and brings you through her journey of raising chicks from cheeping [...]