Geno's Garden

Question: Whose root looks like a beet, goes dormant (i.e., looks dead) in summer and produces colorful blooms thru the winter? Answer: It's the plant of the week, Cyclamen! Cyclamens are welcome in the winter garden, bringing a lot of color, especi...

"Clebsch is the Salvia Queen ... If you love salvias, this is the book for you." - Seattle Times I was first introduced to Betsy Clebsch at the Perennial Plant Association annual meeting held in Sacramento in 2004. It was obvious by her reception by this professional group of horticulturists, that she was, “The Salvia...

This September I spent a week at Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Mexico. My sister, Julie, had been there numerous times and always raved about it. I had never been to a spa, I was curious, but somehow had an attitude … it would be a week of self-indulge...

Seems to me, somebody was partying a bit too hard last night ... Yup, it's that time of year to dress up and get ghoulish! Or, if something a bit more sedate is your pleasure, there's a  Fall Festival happening this Saturday from 8 am to 1 pm at t...

A South African native, society garlic is a garden trooper! You probably won't find it on many lists of favorite plants, and yet it looks good and flowers for an incredibly long time! It does have a smell of onion or garlic, but that doesn't deter me ...

I just returned from a wonderful week at Baja Mexico's Rancho La Puerta, which is celebrating it's 70th anniversary this year and was deservedly voted Travel and Liesure Magazine's 2010 "World's Best Destination Spa." They have many activities one can take part in. I'm so glad I took an art class with the wonderful,...

Correct me if I'm wrong (as if!), but all the water providers in our area have a free service in which they'll make a house call and assess your water useage in and out of your house. Since it's the first step to applying for many of the water conse...

What better garden for a California native then a garden of the same. My ancestors arrived here from Ireland 100+ years ago, settling in San Francisco. I think I got my "farmer genes" from my dad's family; my music, dancing, party-girl genes from my mom's. Works for me! Here's the video of yesterday's visit...

  The best laid plans of mice and men, oft go astray Robert Burns Well, as promised, here are the details from today's TV appearance on Channel 10's Sac and Co. These appearances seem to have a life of their own. (and as an aside, did you know the a...

Channel 10 TV appearance tomorrow (Wed.),sometime between 9 & 10 . Streaming live at http://www.sacandco.net/. OK... I have a choice, go to bed and get a good night's sleep,or, stay up and do my blog post on tomorrow's t.v. appearance ... sleep? ... blog post? ... sleep? ... blog post? I'm very excited that I'll be...