Coir – from Sri Lanka to Peshastin
All of our plants are grown in containers (as opposed to in the ground) so we need growing media (e.g. soilless substrate or potting mix)…
Spring beauty in the salad
A welcome sight each spring as we walk up the hill behind the house are the masses of spring beauties (Claytonia lanceolata) that…
Derby Canyon Natives opens for 2013
The snow has melted away, the greenhouses are covered and seedlings are pushing up, so it’s time to get the growing season underway! …
What’s in a name? Or, who keeps changing these scientific names?!
The binomial (Genus + species) used for identifying all species, including plants, is very useful and clear. Each species can have only one scientific…
Preparing for 2013
We packed the plants away this past week for the winter, covering and insulating many of them in windrows to protect them from…