Tuesday, March 31, 2015

At the End of the Falls

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This hanging basket of tomatoes is called 'cherry falls.' It didn't do real well it's first year but I left it alone and ano...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Deep Sixing the Seedlings

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OK, 4 weeks in the nursery is enough. Time for you kids to go out and earn your keep. At two weeks, they were poking their tiny, little shoo...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Blessed Are The Pollinators

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Ah, the sweetest smell of spring. I'm talking about citrus flowers, or orange blossoms if you will. Nothing smells like it and it's ...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

How To Train Your Dragon

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Our dragonfruit plants grow like crazy. I've given over this corner of the yard to them, where they intertwine with our aloe plants. We ...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME: An Ode to a Politically Incorrect Bag

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It's quickly becoming extinct here in California and, as California goes so does the rest of the country, look for a plastic bag ban ...

Trying to Give the Babies Some Room To Grow

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A couple of weeks ago, I spread out a leftover bag of grass seed on the lawn. While from afar, it doesn't look to bad, up close, you can...
Monday, March 16, 2015

THE HEART OF CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST: San Luis Obispo

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There’s too many to count, really. Maybe millions. Whenever I bring it up, I’m met with either shuddering disgust or local pride. ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

The Weekly View

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It's springtime in Southern California. Last year we had nothing you could call winter at all. This year, well, maybe a couple of weeks....

ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME: Exploring Without a Car

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  While we had fun in Baja, the bumpy dirt roads to the beach weren't to kind to our wheelchair lift.  Not long after we returned h...
Monday, March 9, 2015

Evicting Unwelcome Visitors

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Kind of slow gardening weekend. Not much to report, except for hand-pulling weeds, like this oak tree seedling that popped up between a came...