wicked green

Dasylirion wheeleri aka Desert Spoon This is technically a shrub but it definitely has a grassy feel to it though the thin leaves are on the stiff side. It has a great silhouette and a nice, soft green color.  It’s larger size makes i it a great focal plant. Best Feature:  round shape, thin green [...]

Here’s a picture I took at the Cuyamaca Water Conservation Garden. It’s a demonstration garden for low water use plants at Cuyamaca Community College in Rancho San Diego. Definitely worth checking out if you’re in that area. The Euphorbia ‘Sticks on Fire’ and Twin Flowered Agave (detailed info in previous posts) work really well together [...]

I was at Starbucks the other day and noticed that thay had two large bags of free coffee grounds. I almost took one even though we don’t have a use for them just yet. This is a nice, green gesture on their part. Starbucks has some details on how they can be used and the [...]

There are a few very affordable ways to save some water at your house. One of these products is a low flow faucet aerator for your sink(s). The ones that are low flow are under 2.75 gpm (gallons per minute). The first thing to do is to check if you have aerators in your sink [...]

Nassella tenuissima aka Mexican Feather Grass (sometimes sold as Stipa) I am a big fan of grasses. They have so much movement and this one has a really soft look and texture. It’s a nice contrast to stiffer plants, like this image, or succulents, like this image in an older post. Best Feature:  soft texture, [...]

Some may think this is a no-brainer but it is a simple way to save energy. A clothes line would have the same outcome and may give you more hanging area if you have the right space for it. We currently don’t have ample space so we use a rack similar to the pictured one. [...]

We got our first box from Suzie’s Farm! I wrote about joining their CSA in a previous post. Saturday was a big day. It started at the farmer’s market picking up our box along with other goodies and went to Ray at Night later, which is in the last post. We decided to get a [...]

A few of us went to Ray at Night in San Diego last night. It’s an art walk in the North Park neighborhood and it’s on, you guessed it, Ray Street. Actually it spills out onto some surrounding streets and about 40 studios, retail stores and cafes  are open from 7-10pm. It’s on the second [...]

Aeonium arboreum ‘Atropurpureum’ aka Purple Aeonium The green center of these mostly purple plants create interest and contrast when it’s not in bloom and the bright yellow flowers add even more when in bloom. Best Feature:  shiny purple leaves with green center, bright yellow flowers, evergreen, low maintenance, relatively low water From :  Canary Islands [...]

Don’t be alarmed when it looks like a different blog next time you stop by…….just trying to spruce the place up.