My Adventures in Gardening
I grow vegetables and fruit, wildflowers for pollinators, and I'm learning to make orchids rebloom.
What's Here
Orchids
Learning how to care for orchids and get them to rebloom
Vegetables & Fruit
What I plant each season and whether it worked
Natives & Wildflowers
Drought-tolerant flowers from mixed seed, and which ones are really natives
Local Shops
The small, independent nurseries and florists I shop at
Resources
Gardening help, plant ID apps, and places I learn from
What I've Learned
Mostly mistakes, and what I'd do differently.
What Worked, What Didn't
My experiences growing tomatoes, broccoli, shishito peppers and herbs with permaculture principles.
Wildflowers from Mixed Seed
A wildflower seed mix scattered before the rains starts flowering in the spring. Different seeds germinate, providing a rotation of wildflowers through the seasons.
Flowers Among the Vegetables
I grow flowers around my vegetables to attract pollinators. Cigar plant, monkey flower and magenta salvia bring them in, and my tomatoes produce well.
Bringing an Orchid Back
Someone left a healthy phalaenopsis in a park near me, so I brought it home. I'm still learning how to bring orchids back and get them to flower again.