Happy Holidays from everyone at Montecito Landscape. It's been quite a year and I can't believe 2015 is already at an end. The holidays are a good time for both you and your garden to get a bit of a rest.
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With all the talk about water and drought it’s easy to lose sight of why have a garden in the first place. Whether it is filled with succulents, native plants, vegetables, flowers or anything else you can dream up, we have gardens because they give us beauty and pleasure.
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Spring has sprung and no-doubt so have the weeds. Before you attack them with your hoe, you may want go out and talk to them, they could be trying to tell you something.
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What is the essence of a garden? Is it the types of plants? Is it the type of stone or tile used? Is it achievement of perfection? The painter, Claude Monet described it as enchantment, that je ne sais quoi quality that transforms a yard into a garden.
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To me, part of the fun in gardening is discovering the history of plants, how they were used in ancient times and of course how they are regarded in current culture. Since coriander is one of the world’s most frequently-used herbs, let’s start there.
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