Kicking It in the garden

Moving to this area for the birth of my husband’s first grandson was the first of our many adjustments between Central and Southern California.

The second was the difference in landscaping. Lodi has a lush growing season with deep fertile soil, allowing one to stick anything in the ground and wait for it to sprout.

Preparing to redesign our half-acre yard, we spent several years exploring the Fallbrook Garden Club’s annual Home Garden Tour. The beautiful homes surrounding town are indeed worthy of praise and inspired us to develop a desert landscape coupled with years of drought.

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