Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Shock Treatment

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I have an extra volunteer zucchini plant that must have sprouted from one of last years seeds.  I transplanted it to a sunnier spot. Here it...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Recipes for a Cheapskate: Stuffed Pasilla Chiles

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First harvest of 2015! These two chiles came from this plant that I gave up on two years ago. It's a survivor, though, and it starting t...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME: Battle of the Drug Store Loyalty Programs

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Here in sunny, Southern California, we have three major drug store chains...CVS, Rite Aid, and Walgreen's.  We used to have a couple ...

Mid Season Adjustments to the Team

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Like a baseball team, we make adjustments to our lineup and batting order in our garden. Luckily, this year seems like it will just take a l...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

A Painful Crown for a King

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My wife has a collection of Euphorbia, specifically, the Crown of Thorns plant.  As you can see, it really lives up to it's name. Legend...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Hotel Hunters: Bakersfield

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The Musick family frequently visits Bakersfield, California. Their usual hotel has been the Springhill Suites, where they'd get a roo...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Water and Food...Well, Food, Anyway

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My son asked how we were supposed to reduce our water usage 25% to meet our new rationing targets. I pointed to the lawn (pictured above) an...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Organic Gardening on a Cloven Hoof

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Branching out a bit from my little patch of paradise to about a mile away. Here, under the high voltage transmission towers of our local uti...
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Monday, June 15, 2015

Keeping up Appearances

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Checking into the status of the garden. First, in this era a megadroughts, how about a look at water usage? It's raining today, that...