Our two year old almond tree has reacted very well to the removal of the red lava rock and the underlying black plastic by pushing out a promising harvest. Of course, we will have to arm-wrestle the squirrels for these
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Stopping by woods on a snowy evening
Even after a fifteen and a half hour car journey from hell, I have to say that I still think snow is beautiful, especially when you can drive out of it to the warmer weather. Not so the case
Drowning the Shamrock
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh, Ireland. Last year, I posted about who St. Patrick was for the 17th March. Seeing as it’s St. Patricks day this week, and this is a gardening blog, I decided to tell you all about
Get the rock out of here!
I inherited about five tons of red lava rock. It’s everywhere around our back yard. It works great between the raised beds, but when I tried to remove some to make the bulb garden I found a thick layer of
Heaven in a wildflower
I have to admit that enjoying gardening as much as I do has surprised me. Is it an age thing? Wait! I’m not that old. But I don’t remember being as “into’ gardening in my twenties, (though I did garden
Learning from my mistakes
Sure isn’t that what life is all about – learning from your mistakes? I’m a graduate from that school of philosophy, for sure. One thing about doing the Master Gardeners program is that as I sit in lectures, learning how
Kale and hearty in the garden!
I’m going to have to send my homegrown veggies to the Master Gardener classes so that they learn what is expected of them. Most home grown vegetables are annuals. The exceptions include asparagus and artichokes, and in very hot
Happy Birthday Blog – 1 year old today!
On this day last year, I started this blog. I sent the link to all the people in my address book and hoped someone would read it. It was, and still is, such a thrill to get comments and followers.
Not quite a community garden!
From the day we moved to this house, I wanted to tile the back doorstep. It was covered in fraying green plastic that was supposed to resemble grass. It was lifting at the corners and becoming a hazard, so last
Gardening – a great lifestyle choice
It sometimes blows my mind to consider all the paths in my life that have lead me to this place – not just physically here in California – though that is an interesting ponder, but also doing what I do.