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January 2014–heat and drought are wilting my southern California garden
Southern California is in a record-breaking heat wave and is experiencing horrible drought with precipitation at 20% of normal. This is our rainy season, but it isn’t raining. I don’t think it has...
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What’s in bloom in February 2014 in my southern California garden
I am experimenting. I got a new Nikon D7100 last summer and am still learning how to use it. I have been shooing in JPEG format until now. But I am getting tired of blown out highlights and would like...
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Our yard as seen through a fisheye lens – March 29, 2014
I bought a new Rokinon 8mm fisheye lens for my Nikon D7100. It arrived yesterday and I couldn’t wait to try it out. My favorite photographic subject is my yard and garden. Here is what I shot. Close-up...
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Harvest Monday, March 31, 2014
I haven’t managed to make very many Harvest Monday blog posts this year. Not that I haven’t had harvests. I just seem to have too many others things going on with gardening and photography and other...
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Harvest Monday (on Wednesday, April 21, 2014
A belated HappyEarth Day to you all!I was busy fighting a computer issue all day yesterday. Don’t ask me what happened to Monday, because I don’t remember. i suspect more computer issues then too. And...
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My southern California garden in August
My how time flies. Where has the summer gone? I know where mine went. Bye-bye. My last post was in April. In May, I went to Yellowstone National Park, driving by myself. I was on assignment from Desert...
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A warm Harvest Monday and setting harvest expectations for 2015
The weather here was fairly warm in January. Those 70 degree days and 50 degree nights would seem wonderful on the surface. But as a fruit grower, I know that many of my fruit tree varieties require a...
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Most beautiful spring ever, March 2015
I don’t know what it is, the age of our plantings or the weather, but this has turned into the most beautiful spring ever in our southern California yard and garden. I am utterly enthused about our...
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Progress in the garden despite an extreme drought, August 10, 2015
One of my green activities is saving rainwater to use on my garden and potted plants. That is kind of hard to do when it isn’t raining. And it generally doesn’t rain in southern California from mid...
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A surprisingly unproductive end of August garden, 2015
This summer has been relatively hot and humid for coastal southern California. Temps have climbed into the 80s nearly every day, indoors and out. We don’t have air conditioning. Normally, it isn’t...
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Look What I Built!
My southern California urban garden suffers from lack of space and lack of sunlight. The only place where we get sun all day long is the sloped, concrete driveway. Our next door neighbor built a lovely...
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One month later with my new garden box
Oh my, I do love this garden box from Gardeners Supply Company. It is fabulous. In just one month, it has given me incredible joy and many wonderful meals. Above is what it looked like when I first...
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Naming my new garden box
I like to name my gardens. Next to the driveway, I have a bed that I call the Garden of Perpetual Responsibility, where I grow artichokes and weeds. LOTS of weeds. There is a never-ending parade of...
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Progress in the Garden Box of Endless Fascination
Time marches on, and my little garden in an elevated box is growing. The basil in the left hand front corner is growing like crazy, and it is time to make another pesto, I see. In my last post, I...
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Approaching the Autumnal Equinox
The Autumnal Equinox is next Thursday, September 22. The middle of the month was Sept. 15. Therefore, it is time for fall planting of cool season crops in southern California. It is also time to...
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November 2016 garden and chicken update
Take a gander at this nice basket of pumpkins and butternut squash. All but one of them came from my Garden Box of Joyous Anticipation. The seeds sprouted from the compost that I added and I just let...
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Growing a Garden is Fun!
Every year, I swear that this year’s garden will be my best. Usually that fails to materialize. Rats, squirrels, possums, birds, or the weather usually conspire to thwart my plans. This year, the...
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