Is not like January in other places. You can go to the beach in January in California. And not all bundled up to walk the damp sand watching the storm-whipped waves and thinking gray thoughts. (That’s January on the beach in Washington.) No, here you can go to the beach to sit in the sand [...]
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January in California…
Posted in california, garden, seasons on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Monster Chard!
Posted in garden, vegetables, tagged bolt, cilantro, heat wave, mutants, onions, peas, seed, swiss chard, tomatoes on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, still catching up on the past but I can’t help myself. The monster chard is too bizarre to resist. And if I want to stick with the garden theme at least marginally I damn well better post about the garden, right? Upon my return from Mexico, I found some freaky things happening in the [...]
Stewing.
Posted in garden, vegetables, tagged bell peppers, broccoli, bugs, crochet, russian mafia, sweet peas, tattoos on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wow, a big weekend. Met someone new, which is FABULOUS. We’ll see where it goes, if anywhere. A girl can dream. What else is new? Well, I guess we could start with the garden, since that’s the ostensible reason why this blog even exists. First, the bell peppers. I’ve been growing these lovely bell peppers [...]
The best things in life
Posted in garden, tagged balcony, basil, broccoli, container, dill, garden, lavender, petunia, scallions on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been wanting to expand my garden. But before we get into that, maybe I should give the tour of the garden that I’d promised, so you will have the context to understand the need to expand. I live in an apartment with no yard, grass, or even dirt. But I wanted to garden, and [...]
Squash Flower
Posted in garden, vegetables, tagged blossom, container, squach, zucchini on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This morning when I went out to check on my garden, I discovered a lovely new blossom on my zucchini plant! Squash flowers are a wonderful thing. The color is such a rich shade of yellow, and the blossoms are huge. Unfortunately as the day gets hotter here the flowers tend to wilt. And I [...]
