A few weeks ago my online boyfriend Ryan and my buddy Harriet and I went to San Francisco to tour a bunch of gardens. One of the many stops we made was to the Sunset Magazine headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
I guess I never really though about how garden magazines get their photos. I always assumed they had a team of photographers that toured all over the place snapping pictures in other peoples gardens. It never occurred to me that Sunset Magazine {or any magazine for that matter} would have their own garden.
Seriously. Not only did they have all sorts of plants, flowers and trees growing at the Sunset Magazine headquarters, but they had fruits and vegetables growing too!. How cool is that?
But if you think you can pick the fruits and vegetables they’ve got growing while on tour, you’d be wrong.
The need them all ripe and juicy so they can take pictures for the magazine. 🙁
Nerd Alert. This is Ryan, pointing out Gammagrass. If you have never gone on a garden tour with a plant geek before, brace yourself. It’s like taking a kid to a candy store.
I mean I like flowers and everything, but I certainly don’t go around calling them by their botanical name. {Okay, so maybe I don’t know their botanical name, but still}.
Hollyhocks! I love these. More brides should use them in their bridal bouquets.
And check out this rusty panel. It’s perfect for cucumbers {or other vining plants} to grow on. Note to self: Find some for next years garden.
And look at this picture perfect head of lettuce growing in a planter. Now why didn’t I think of that? Don’t you think it would make a great hostess gift?
Yep, Sunset Magazine headquarters in Menlo Park, California was an awesome place to visit.
Even if you don’t get to eat the berries.
How about YOU? Have you been anywhere cool lately?
~Mavis
Jodee says
Lowes has the “rusty panels” for around $9.00
Mavis Butterfield says
Nice! Thanks Jodee. 🙂
Laura says
Great blog! I am wondering how many chickens you keep as that is a great production number!
suzanne says
Your looking for cattle panels. They’re 4 x 16 feet and make awesome arches they cost under $14 at our local feed store. Look in the cement area at your local home depot/llowes for smaller similar looking ones.
Brandy @ The Prudent Homemaker says
I was coming to say that it’s called 6″ wire mesh (for concrete). The 6″ refers to the size of the squares.
Lowe’s has it in rolls; it’s 5 feet high. The edges are closed, if you will–no pointy parts. I have some of that. I also have 6 foot mesh that I bought from a steel company that supplies to concrete people. That came in flat sheets and they dumped it in my driveway. The edges are open. I like this more because it’s a foot taller, and for places where you don’t want it rolled, it’s nice to have it flat.
I’ve used both to make tomato cages (mine will get 8 feet tall outside). I also have my entire backyard surrounded in it on all of our cinder block walls. I have grapes, blackberries, cucumbers, and apples (espaliered) growing on it. I have a little extra that I actually hauled out to the front yard early this morning so that I can grow roses, passionfruit, and cucumbers on them in the front yard. I’m going to set them on the diagonal in the front yard.
Linda says
Very cool… I’m jealous!!! I haven’t been anywhere cool except my own backyard!!! Pickin tomatoes and lots of other goodies.