This post really speaks to me, and I hope you enjoy it too. Other than the “car” DIY, I’m right there with Andy on his love for gardening… and when I was younger I actually made my own soda pop – never ventured into brewing beer but there’s always tomorrow. 🙂 Thanks Andy for a […]
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MY 2014 GARDENING GOAL: This year, I want to contribute in some small way to those less fortunate than us. I will grow, harvest and distribute (to people other than my immediate family) 100 lbs. of organically grown vegetables from my own backyard garden.
I’m a gardener living in the Zone 9 climate zone in central California. I’ve never had a lot of property so my garden experience is mostly limited to suburban plots. Thank goodness for square-foot gardening. Limited space hasn’t deterred me though, from getting out there and enjoying fresh air and wet dirt. Over the years, I’ve started dozens of vegetable gardens and flower beds and I’ve cultivated hundreds of pounds of vermicompost (that’s worm poop, to the uninitiated). I’ve learned a lot from fellow green-thumbers and I’ve shared what I know. It is in that spirit that I have this page on Runwritedig.
Today marks the end of the “Blogging From A to Z” challenge. Together, we have enjoyed twenty-six consecutive articles (one for each letter of the alphabet) about “garden pests, common problems and ridiculous garden myths.” After reflecting on the incredible fortitude of the animal kingdom- more specifically the insect kingdom- I am resigned to the fact that […]
Often mistaken for bees, the yellow jacket is actually a member of the paper wasp family. Yellow jackets form large colonies, sometimes numbering in the thousands. Mostly, gardeners welcome yellow jackets into the garden as they kill many insects considered to be problematic in your garden. Trouble is, when they colonize in heavily traveled outdoor areas, they can […]
Gotta face facts folks… here in the west, we have some very dry days ahead. With rain and snow pack at 30-40% of normal, a drought is imminent. California hasn’t seen dry conditions like this since the drought of 1975. Greater demand and less available water means the summer 0f 2014 is shaping up to be even worse. Thanks […]
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