The Savvy Sage

We gardeners love our gardens for more than just their visual beauty. Gardening provides opportunity to engage with nature, creativity, and purpose. It connects us to the seasons, to the scheme of generation, to time. We cherish the fruits they bear, the bouquets they offer, and still so much more.

Here's something for fun and to do, it can easily convince you that you truly have a green thumb.

The warming weather of spring heralds the sprouting of the garden. And though you may have meticulously planned your vegetable and flower garden, not everything that sprouts will be welcomed. Thus, it is helpful to be able to identify and manage some common weeds found in the home garden.

Every spring, I wish for some bumble bees to come to my garden and hang out around it. This year, finally, my wish came true. I've been seeing some little fuzzy guys hanging out by this Bulbine bulbosa succulent plant that produces yellow flowers.

As March unfolds in Zone 9b, gardeners eagerly embrace the warming temperatures and lengthening days, signaling the start of the growing season.