April 4, 2010 Growing Lemons for Lemon Meringue Pie I wrote an article for The Cambrian published on April 15. It covered the growing of lemons and limes in our cool climate. Oranges…
March 31, 2010 Harvest Tendergreen Mustard Spinach I’ve made a wonderful discovery: Komatsuna-Tendergreen Mustard Spinach. When it comes to organizing my seed collection, I don’t have a good system. I’m much…
March 27, 2010 Roses-Pruning to Blooming In January I did the last of my rose pruning. I had let the shrub roses get too large so I really had to…
March 22, 2010 Planting Snowpeas It’s not too early to plant snowpeas a.k.a. sugarpeas a.k.a edible pea pods. In fact, in some regions, some “early birds” planted snowpeas in…
March 20, 2010 Observing the Pecking Order It has been fun observing the development of our hens, and yes, it appears a pecking order has been established. The one we used…
March 19, 2010 Mustard-A Beautiful Cover Crop Mustard is blooming all over San Luis Obispo County. It’s one of the many cover crops that farmers and ranchers plant to smother weeds…
March 17, 2010 Shamrock is Really White Clover Happy St. Patrick’s Day all! Whether Irish or not, we all know that the shamrock is a symbol for Ireland. The shamrock is really…
March 14, 2010 Plant Wildflower Seeds Now I’ve tried to leave the computer and get outside to plant some wildflower seeds this morning. I’ve had the seeds since last year. It’s…
March 12, 2010 Floor Space for Chicken Coop and Runs People are looking for information on building chicken coops. I know, because, many visitors to this site click on “A Chicken Coop for a…
March 11, 2010 A Terrible Garden Blogger I’m a terrible garden blogger. A good blog (the word comes from the words “web log”) is an account of happenings or thoughts of…
March 5, 2010 Fresh Hard Boiled Eggs-Hard to Peel Peeling a fresh, hard-boiled egg can be a frustrating experience. As most of you know, eggs from farms or backyard hens are exceptionally tasty…
March 1, 2010 March Gardening Along the Central Coast As some of my readers know, I live in a coastal village south of Big Sur and north of San Luis Obispo. I consider…
February 28, 2010 Visit With Hens-Children and Chickens Our youngest granddaughter visited with the hens for the first time this weekend. At 20 months, she’d had no previous experience with chickens and…
February 23, 2010 Monterey Pines-Beautiful and Dangerous Our little community sits on hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean. What really makes this seaside cluster of homes unique, is that the houses in…
February 17, 2010 Harvesting Worm Castings from Bins 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…
