A Yardscapes Year: Ideas and Plants for Bay Area Gardeners

I'd been searching for a gardening book that laid out gardening by season. This is it if you live in northern california and enjoy a warm, well-written journal style of writing. It's beautifully written and amazingly informative and candid. (The author disagrees and mildly chides Sunset's Western Garden Book!) It was suppposed to be an Xmas gift, but i'm keeping it. It's a great read on cold wet Wednesday morning. Make sure have the Sunset book on the bed with you too.