Last week I was about to throw in the trowel in frustration over my Southern California (Santa Barbara) garden. Then over the past several days all the rough edges smoothed out and knit together. It's astounding.

I love your writing - it's the first blog I check every morning.

I agree with Terry, this is my favorite garden blog.

thank you thank you. I sometimes wonder why I'm still blabbling this stuff - it's nice to be reminded it's still a conversation