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 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 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 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 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 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…
February 10, 2010 Storing Rainwater for Summer Gardening 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….
February 3, 2010 Artichokes Harvested 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…
January 15, 2010 Chicks Need a Brooder Brooders can be exotic or as simple as you want, and chicks are not particular if you keep in mind their basic needs.
January 9, 2010 Gardening by Phases of the Moon I planted five pounds of rye grass seeds around the apple trees just before the first rains came. Not one seedling sprouted! Mind you,…
December 28, 2009 Snails & Slugs Coming Your Way Snail photo on Flickr by Randy Son of Robert If you have not found evidence of slugs and snails in your garden by now,…
December 12, 2009 A Gardener's New Year's Resolutions Gardeners are dreamers. They spend much of their time visualizing the shape and colors that are sure to come. They plan, sketch, list, shop,…
December 9, 2009 Resolutions For A More Sustainable Garden I spend a lot of time staring into space this time of year. I may look as if I have nothing on my mind,…
