Fruit in season
It's that time of year for lots of citrus, apples and persimmons! I was never a big fan of persimmons, but now I like to eat them thinly...
Fig season ending
Alas, the fig season is ending. And what a season it has been! The Mission fig tree was very productive, more than in the previous few...
After the rain
Raindrops reflecting clouds At last, a good dousing of rain! From late Sunday night through Monday morning it rained, leaving all of the...
Crows in the garden
Crow footprints in the driveway There are more American crows in the neighborhood these days, and, as other birds that frequent the...
Mission figs with spring mix salad
We enjoy the figs in a salad, cut into quarters and mixed with arugula or other small salad greens, and bits of Cypress Grove's Humboldt...
The fig tree in the garden
Townsend Warbler on a Mission fig tree branch As the fig tree has been producing figs for the past 2 months, it also is attracting all...
Even a little rain is great!
raindrop on the branch of the lemon tree I couldn't believe my eyes and ears when it started to rain a few evenings ago. A few rainclouds...
Life in the fig tree
Gulf fritillary butterfly on ripening Mission fig Now that the Mission figs are starting to ripen, there is all kind of activity going on...
The promise of fruit
Between our drought conditions and plague of white fly, the poor Lisbon lemon tree is really undergoing a lot of stress. I have been...
