The Dish Garden Rule of Three

by | Jul 19, 2014 | Blog

Artists know all about the magic number three when composing their work, the idea of grouping things in odd numbers rather than even, and three seems to be the most popular uneven number to work with. That works when arranging a dish garden as well. Not only do three...

When It Finally Rains, It Pours

by | Jun 19, 2014 | Cactus Care

  Or, “How to Drown Your Cactus!’’ Keep in mind that we have been in a severe drought for, what, about six years? But today, June 18, the bottom fell out of a cloud, not once, but twice, serving up a quintessential example of the classic gully-washer/turd...

Cactus and Rain

by | Jun 9, 2014 | Cactus Care

  Cactus, being drought-tolerant plants, don’t like rain, right? Select ones may not, but it has been my experience that while cactus and succulents certainly survive without water, they thrive with it. In moderate amounts, of course. Give them a good rain shower...

A Toad in the Dish Garden

by | Jun 2, 2014 | Blog

I was checking on a little cactus that was not looking too perky and had this feeling that I was being watched. And I was! Hunkered down in the gray-blue gravel, this mid-sized toad was quietly watching me,  no doubt hoping I would overlook him in his comfy...

Another Reason I Like Cactus

by | May 24, 2014 | Blog

I walked out to the cactus bed while the sun was shining just right on this echinocereus, a claret cup hedgehog. The sun’s rays gave the blooms a lovely shine and iridescence. It almost looked surreal. I grabbed the camera and tried to capture the glow, but was not as...