Sustainable Farming at Its Best: Compost, Cows, and Cheese The Happy Cows of Pt. Reyes. Don’t they look smug. A couple weeks ago, we took a much needed field trip up north to Point Reyes to visit the hilarious and...

In the Garden: Preparing for a Spectacular Spring Bloom The sun is shining and the birds are singing! Even though much of the country is still blanketed under snow and ice (brrrrr!), we’re pretty lucky here in USDA zone 10...

Or, OMG! We’re in the March/April issue of Fine Gardening Magazine! Even though we now sell just as many perennials as annuals here at “Annie’s,” annuals are where we got our start. Easy-to-grow yet increasingly hard-to-find annuals filled the trays...

Crazy Cabbages of California – Strange and Beautiful Natives It’s a Cabbagey time of year, but not in the way you might expect! Though I do have a soft spot for sauerkraut and odd ornamental kales (last year we celebrated...

Spiky, Stunning, and Totally Drought-Tolerant Check out my super cool shirt! Hi all! It’s Megan blogging at ya from the sign department here at Annie’s. Part of my super cool job as sign-maker is putting new plants online. I’ve also...

It’s Bloom Time! Highlights from Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day Sometime in the last month, Mother Nature hit the “on” button for Spring here in USDA zone 9-10. More sunshine, bees, birdsong and – oh yeah! – longer days to enjoy...