California Native plants

Low water and low maintenance, California Friendly gardens strive to conserve our resources and keep our waterways clean. These gardens have it all: bold forms and also strong on color and texture.

Yarrow and arnica tinctures and oils are great mountain medicine remedies to add to your first aid kit. Knowing how to use them is incredibly empowering!

Milkweed plant produces 4 different edible products, and all are delicious. It was a regular food item for Native American tribes within its broad range.

An interesting summer spin to the classic sangria using Hangar One Rosé Vodka. Perfect for daytime drinking with friends. Visit Hangar One to get the recipe.

Pineapple weed - range and identification, uses for food and medicine, wildlife use of pineapple weed. Herbal Blog hop.

Buckwheat is a fabulous addition to your garden, and not even just for eating. It's been surprisingly good at creating lots of unexpected benefits in my vegetable garden. PLUS, it's super easy to grow!

Copper Canyon daisy (Tagetes lemmonii) grows wild in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and northern Mexico, but it goes very well with native-Texas plants in Hill Country gardens.

Editor's note: Crunchy Mama's wild food adventures continues. For those unfamiliar with this feral food, it has so many other virtues. Not only is it edible, it makes great cordage, stomach tonic, and candle wicks. “A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson DISCLAIMER: This information is offered for educational…

Growing buckwheat: It's surprisingly good at creating lots of unexpected benefits in a vegetable garden. PLUS, it's super easy to grow.

There are so many reasons to start growing buckwheat. Here are 9 reasons to start growing your own buckwheat today!

Growing buckwheat: It's surprisingly good at creating lots of unexpected benefits in a vegetable garden. PLUS, it's super easy to grow.

7 NATIVE PLANTS YOU CAN EAT BUT DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD Whether you are hopping on the foraging trend or want to plant these native plants in your garden, here are a few native plants that are also tasty and filled with nutrients. #foragingfood #nativeplants

A blue norther blew in last night, chasing away yesterday’s 80-degree F high. The glow of the copper canyon daisies (Tagetes lemmonii) out front was just as warm as the temperature yesterday, and I couldn’t resist snapping a few pictures. I’m glad I did since it’s too shivery cold to go out today. Butterflies and bees were enjoying the flowers too. I wonder if they’re safely hunkered down today. This is such a carefree garden bed, and most of these plants look good year-round, especially…

Golden Currant (Ribes Aureum) is a native food and drought-tolerant, multi-stemmed shrub with clusters of fragrant, edible yellow flowers and juicy sweet-tart berries - great in jams!

Golden Currant (Ribes Aureum) is a native food and drought-tolerant, multi-stemmed shrub with clusters of fragrant, edible yellow flowers and juicy sweet-tart berries - great in jams!