Essential Woody Mulch in Truckee / Tahoe Landscapes 2024A brief missive on the reasons that mulching over our poor mineral soils in this very dry Mediterranean climate, in the rain-shadow of the Sierras is so...
Tree Winterizing PDF: Tree Winterizing 2022 •) Improving the odds – It is often little things we do in our gardens that slightly (or greatly) increase the odds of our plants surviving and thriving. Know that, in nature, on the dry side of the Sierras, one in a...
We desperately need fuels reduction work throughout and all around our community. USFS and Tahoe Donner have been doing some terrific projects in quite a few outlying, surrounding locations but we need a great deal IN town, especially open spaces and public lands....
What a year, weather-wise. It finally stopped snowing in late June and we had snow and lows in the single digits by early September. November was largely kind of nice, for a winter month. When we received snows they were very cold. Unless you turned your irrigation...
Q. How do I maximize growth and vigor of all the plants in my High-Sierra, mountain garden? This was a recent question… wow. there is really no short answer. I might say: “Plant very well, fertilize like crazy, mulch like crazy, water like crazy and prune...
We’ve mentioned so frequently that our native soils are not so great. Our “topsoil” is what most other gardeners or farmers would consider poor mineral subsoil. The 100 or so local soil tests I’ve seen or had done over the decades have all...
