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Trimming Up and Removing Dead Trees Our little community sits on hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean. What really makes this seaside cluster of homes unique, is that the houses in Cambria are built in the middle of a Monterey Pine forest which I find to be both beautiful and terrifying at the same time. [...] Layered Worm Bins for Worm Composting I finally got around to harvesting worm compost from my worm bins on this beautiful sunny day. I’ve begun spring planting and I need this magical compost to enrich my soil. Harvesting worm compost is a bit of a chore. One has to separate the worms from the [...] Not pretty but it's water! We’ve gotten some blessed rain in California this year, thanks to El Nino conditions, and it looks like we may break a four-year drought. This doesn’t mean that we can suspend the practice of water conservation. Our little community depends on rain to fill its aquifers which means that [...] Hens are big birds. I’ve been working on setting up another website on chickens. I don’t want to tell you the domain name yet as I’m not proud of its structure. Oh, alright. It’s Backyard Hencam. You guessed it, it has a hencam in it. I’ve never been someone who can do something half-way. I’m [...] Artichokes before harvesting. I planted seeds of artichokes last winter in tiny six-packs. I really never expected them to sprout because most gardeners feel it is best to start them from rootstock purchased from nurseries. In retrospect, I should have given some of the seeds away. What does one do with 36 small artichoke [...] |
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