This winter and spring we've had the good fortune to have an average amount of precipitation, about...

Don't forget: if you want to try growing some California native plants that can be difficult to...

You never can tell from one year to the next which wildflowers will benefit most from that winter's...

Bob Parker, 56, was a big-hearted Tehachapi rock and roller who passed away on March 20, 2012...

As many of us can attest, the Tehachapi Mountains can be a difficult place to get plants to thrive....

On a misty Tehachapi night, following rain earlier in the day, a small creature emerges from a...

Rosemary is an attractive, hardy little shrub that many people associate with the Simon and...

A life-giving spring produces clean, clear water every day, filling a couple of small ponds that...

This loveable plant, like so many others, is known by several different names, including Apricot...

I have a variety of antique items handed down from my Tehachapi family, but one of my favorites is o...

We lost a born leader of a man and a tireless supporter of the Tehachapi Mountains with the recent...

"I was born in a tent – people called them 'canvas cabins' back there – in 1916 in Henrietta, Okl...

“I drove the Grapevine (now Interstate 5) through the Tehachapi Mountains in 1925, hauling f...

“It’s easy to be brave from a distance.” – Lakota Sioux saying...

“Why value the present hour less than some future hour?” – Anna Comstock...

“I’ve lived in a lot of places, and you can find something wrong with all of them. The Teh...

"I don't smoke, I don't drink except a beer now and then, and I don't chase around. I spent about...

“What’s the best way to star gaze in the Tehachapi Mountains? That’s easy: while sitting in a hot t...

With winter officially starting on December 21, the season of potentially low temperatures and snow...

It's fun to grow ornamental plants that both thrive in your garden and can be harvested from time...

“Women say they want a guy who’s smart and funny, but then they end up laughing at whatever stu...

"Corn should be a foot high by the Fourth of July." – Country Gardening Saying...

"In 1876 the Debating Society of Tehachapi was organized with Charles McVicar, the President, and...

“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.” – John Bright...

"She's descended from a long line her mother listened to." – Gypsy Rose Lee...