Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Need Help Picking the Perfect Paint Color?
For Lamorinda residents looking for a way to freshen up their homes, there's no project that gives you more bang for the buck than painting. A fresh new color on the walls can make everything else in the room look better. The problem for most do-it-yourself-ers ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Maya McBride's Rain Garden
In 2003, Maya McBride and her husband made the move east out of Berkeley to Orinda and bought what she describes as the quintessential rancher replete with a backyard shaded by tall cedar and redwood trees and covered with ivy and Bermuda grass. "It was so dark and ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The Good Psychology of Inspections - For Sellers!
For both buyers and sellers, inspections rank as one of the cheapest kinds of insurance a housing consumer can purchase.
Inspections provide protection for both parties when par ...By Ken Ryerson
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| Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Catching the Rain
It is one of Deva Rajan's simple pleasures to collect rainwater from the gutters that have been cleaned by the winter showers, and to make tea with it. "What better use of the rain water can one make?" asks the Canyon resident. At the other end of the scale of rain ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Bringing Back the Natives Annual Garden Tour on May 2nd
In 2006, Lois Reynolds and Terry Mead went on the "Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour." The Orinda couple had always wanted to transform their side and back gardens from concrete and dirt to something more appealing and sustainable; it was not until they visited ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Gardening with Cynthia Brian: Care, Share and Be Fair
The day I became a gardener was the first sunny day in the month of March. My dog, Bullet (yes, named after Roy Roger's and Dale Evan's Hollywood hound) and I went for a stroll in my mother's prized garden with the intent of picking her a beautiful bouquet. Not a great ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Spring Cleaning, a Shared Tradition
It's hard to miss the signs -- spring is almost here! Already sprightly bulbs revive our roadsides, scattered showers mix with bright sun and fruit trees are beginning to bear bunches of blossoms. As the birds sing away in the gardens, we want to open our windows to ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Digging Deep: Scents, Senses, and Aphrodisiacs
In the middle of every dark grey dreary winter, February, the month of love, lovers, and longing shyly signals the forthcoming rebirth of spring as sensuous jonquils stretch their stamens skyward. Amour is in the air and what better place to savor the sensuality than ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian - Read, Plant, Grow!
The barren trees stretch their pale branches to the sky as I gaze out my bedroom window. It's cold, wet, and dreary and the unexpected December snowfall appears to have frozen most succulents and tender plants. Visions of sugarplums and nutcrackers dancing through my ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Season's "Greenings" "It's not easy being green!" Kermit the Frog
December ushers in the shortest and darkest days of the year as we prepare for the chilliness of winter. Thank goodness we have the holidays to bring us good cheer and merriment. Are you suffering from the winter blues? Then consider decorating green!
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| Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian-Rescue Me!
The bobcat carefully wove between the established trees as it scooped load after load of soil. Piles of debris littered the driveway-blocks of shattered wood, chunks of concrete, broken bits of brick. In a corner, shrubs, trees, and a variety of plants lay withering in ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Digging Deep-Gardening with CynthiaTonics, Tricks and Tips in the Garden
A few years ago when I was writing my book, Be the Star You Are!(r)-99 Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, and Learning to Make a Difference, my good friend and fellow author, Dr. Bernie Siegel gave me some very sage advice. "Cynthia," Bernie said, "there is nothing ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Digging Deep-Gardening with CynthiaNaked Ladies and Nasty Non-Natives
"Let's go into the backyard to admire the Naked Ladies," beckoned a male friend of mine. To the non-gardener, this sentence sounds like a racy pick up line, but to the avid gardener, these bulbous lilies in the Amaryllis family (Lycoris squamigera and Amaryllis ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Digging Deep-Gardening with CynthiaLions, Tigers, and Bears...Oh My
As I was wandering through my gardens, I began to count the varieties of wildlife that inhabit my personal Garden of Eden. There were cottontails, a family of deer, including three bucks, quail, hummingbirds, doves, finches, mockingbirds, robins, blue jays, an ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Digging Deep-Gardening with Cynthia Special Edition: SMART SUMMER SOLUTIONS
Beautiful surroundings add pleasure to life. Gardens add the glory of sounds, sights, and fragrances, satisfying and therapeutic. For me, gardening brings deep joy, soulful reflection, and the opportunity to get up close and personal with nature. I truly love digging ...By Cynthia Brian
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