June 21, 2011 And Now There Are Four…….. I’ve been engaged in what they call “flock management”. Flock management is one of the responsibilities of having a flock of chickens. It sometimes…
June 17, 2011 Tulip is Back With Flock Tulip is soooooo much better. We’ve put her back with her flock for a few hours each day. Today she laid her first egg…
June 13, 2011 Tendergreen and Japanese Purple Mustard Growing My Komatsuna tendergreen and Japanese Purple Mustard is growing. It has been kind of limping along because our weather has been so cool. I’ve thinned…
June 13, 2011 Ameraucana Hen Doing Well Thought you’d like to know that Tulip is doing well in her cage in the garden shed. She was so depressed when she was…
June 11, 2011 Ameraucana Hen “Tulip” is Sick Our gentle Tulip, the Ameraucana hen, is sick. Several days ago, I noticed that some of the feathers on her back had been picked…
June 7, 2011 Growing and Harvesting Artichokes We got a real “mother load” of artichokes this year. Maybe it was all the rain. Maybe it was a fact that these plants…
May 26, 2011 A Visit to Duke Gardens-Across the U.S. I’ve spent a few hours a day in the garden this week. Partly because it was neglected due to our trip across the U.S….
May 24, 2011 Planting Mustard Seeds-Japanese Purple & Tendergreen Finally, I’ve gotten started with planting my vegetable boxes. I’m late this year in getting my seeds in the ground, but I don’t think…
May 22, 2011 Buff Orpington Gets “Broody” I’ve written about “broody” hens before. But Daisy has never been broody before. “Broody or setting” means the hen’s instincts tell her to hatch…
May 8, 2011 Happy Mother’s Day This has been around a while but it makes me smile every time I see it! Love to all on Mother’s Day. Thank you…
April 29, 2011 The Hens are Laying Daily – Or Almost A few of our hens are laying nearly every day now. The best layers are the Buff Orpington and the Barred Rock. The hens…
April 26, 2011 Pride of Madiera-Pride of Coastal Garden Pride of Madiera (Echuim candicans) is displaying its magnificent blue spires around my garden. The garden hums with honey bees, bumble bees, and the…
April 20, 2011 April Gardening on the Central Coast I first wrote this article for the SLO Master Gardeners “Question and Answer” column for The Tribune. I don’t make up this information and because…
April 10, 2011 Cowpea Weevil-Bugs on Dried Peas I’ve not started planting seeds this spring. What is stopping me? Everything. First of all we are still getting light frost some nights. Secondly,…
March 31, 2011 Hearst Castle Greenhouse Restoration What a lucky bunch of gardeners we are! Fifteen of the San Luis Obispo Master Gardeners were taken by van to “Camp Hill”, hilltop…
