Tag Archive for ‘summer’
SUMMER’S BOUNTY
Blessings from the good earth and the fruits of our labor. It’s been a relatively cool summer so a few of our crops were taking their sweet time to ripen. Usually, we’d be up to our eyeballs in tomatoes, cucumbers …
RIBBET!
Lookie what we spotted in the garden. Never, in our 25 years, seen the likes of a frog, er toad, here before. It’s certainly a long way from the stream in the Arroyo Seco.
APRIL HARVEST TALLY
Wacky weather whiplash pattern continues. Last week it was a scorching 95 degrees then quicker than you can say “summer’s here?” few days later it’s cold, overcast and raining!
RAIN!
It rained over an inch this week. The garden is drinking it the much needed watering after a dry January. There’s still more rain to come. What a blessing!
GREEN BEANS STILL IN THE GARDEN
Green beans in November? What a treat! What summer hold outs do you have in your garden?
URBAN FARMING DILEMMAS
After 25 years of growing food here on our city plot in Pasadena, we’ve had to deal with a whole lot of yard issues. Many of you who have been following our decade old blog know that when moving here and starting our first city farm, we had to deal with lifeless soil and junk!
HARVEST MOON
Though our winters aren’t as harsh, there’s still preparations to be made. As the days grow shorter, there’s a sense of urgency to preserve and plant.
FUTURE FEAR SBS DATELINE
Others are approaching the future differently, believing the biggest threats we’re facing are problems that we’ve caused ourselves. Meet the Dervaes family of so-called ‘urban homesteaders’. They’ve already adapted and are living self-sufficiently and almost entirely off-grid.But are they all being over cautious, or will the rest of us be under prepared?
AUGUST HARVEST TALLY
Now that fall is just around the corner I can honestly say this was the COOLEST summer (ever), well, that I can remember. From June-August there were only two or three “really hot” weeks. So Cal gardeners, how did the cool summer affect your garden? Did you find it an easier or harder growing season?
