Amy, My friend, Erin-from-Napa, sent me the link to your articles AND what a great discovery. Love this one in anticipation of Sunset coming to photograph your winter garden. Funny, full of great advice for planting, as well as getting one's mind into the worry-free state. I love my garden here in downtown Sonoma (put in a water-wise, mini-Petanque court 2 years ago which seems to help pull things together.) Love your idea of the tall grass with a "crisp walkway" running through it! I'd like to read anything you've written about choosing grasses. (January Sunset mentions creeping red fescue as being very care-free??)
Re: “The Straw Bale Affair”
The bale garden technique sounds like an adventure I'd like to try BUT I'd like to see a photo of what one actually looks like. Thought I had it pictured as 4 bales shoved together to form a square but then you said you left a hole big enough in the center to grow potatoes and I got confused. Is there a link where I can see this process?