Harvest!
There is nothing like picking your food fresh from the garden. And this is the time of year when so much can be grown and harvested. On...
pears
Aren't pears just lovely... Beautiful to look at, such as these red Bartlett pears, and delicious to eat. You should poach pears using my...
Future blueberries
We've had so much rain this winter that some of the Sunshine blueberry blossoms were so soggy that they simply fell off the bushes in...
Future blueberries
Even after our move, the flowers on the blueberry shrub seem to be doing well. I was so worried that they would fall off, so we took...
It's fig season
We can gauge the seasons of the year by the fig tree. In the winter it is completely bare, its grey branches hanging down. Then in the...
Plum season!
We are in the midst of plum season. Many branches of our neighbors' plum tree hang over the fence and are laden with fruit. Fortunately,...
Organic farmer David Mas Masumoto documentary on PBS!
If you ever see Masumoto farm fruit in your grocery store, you MUST buy some! I bought some of their nectarines last week, and they were...
The towhee and the blueberry shrubs
We observe California towhees all year round in the garden, but this is the time of year when they monitor our backyard several times a...
First apricots of the season!
Yesterday there were apricots at our local Farmers' Market, the first of the season. We always go to the Frog Hollow stand to check the...
Future blueberries!
After another rain storm I walked around the backyard, and much to my delight, discovered that both Sunshine blueberry bushes are full of...
