Feed the Pollinators
And they will help feed you. It's that time of year when we see the lovely and tasty results of a great team effort, ours and the bees'....
When you have a lot of apricots...
This summer I've noticed a lot more apricots in the markets than in previous years. Apricots are delicious to eat just as they are. But...
"Portrait of a Garden" by Rosie Stapel
I just watched this film today and found it very meditative, and informative. To paraphrase Jan Freriks, the 86 year old master pruner, ...
Preserved lemons, Middle Eastern style
What do you do when you have a big Meyer lemon tree in the backyard, producing hundreds of lemons? Of course, you can do the obvious,...
Meyer Lemons bring cheerful color on a gray day.
The Meyer Lemon tree is producing a lot of fruit. It looks like it grew quite a bit since a year ago. The organic fertilizer and the rain...
Sunshine Blueberry Blossoms
The Sunshine Blueberry plants are producing buds again, and there are a lot. When they start to bloom the bees will be visiting a lot. In...
Mockingbird's delight
We are so surprised to see that the figs on our potted Black Jack fig tree are actually ripening now. We bought the tree late Spring of...
Meyer Lemons in the rain
The Meyer Lemon tree in the backyard is thriving in the cool weather. Last Sunday the fruit looked so refreshed in the rain showers,...
Autumnal platter
You can always tell when winter is approaching here by the ripening fruit. On the platter above are Meyer lemons, which grow all year...
Black Jack Figs are ripening
We bought a Black Jack Fig seedling in the Spring of this year. It looked like a stick, about 30 inches high. We transplanted it to a ten...
