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What’s Growing Now – June 2023
June has generally been cool and grey. We call it our June gloom that follows the May grey. This time of year it is common to have a marine layer creep over the mountains to keep mornings overcast usually clearing late morning. This June we’ve had quite a few days staying cool and grey into…
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What’s Growing Now – February 2023
February came to a close by delivering a lot of rain for us. We had around 6 inches of rain in 2 days. Considering last season had just over 10 inches for the full year, this was significant! Major snow in our local Southern California Mountains left people snow-bound in 8 feet of snow! The…
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What’s Growing Now – October 2022
Our weather has cooled off with night temperatures into the 40’s (under 10 Celsius) and pleasantly warm days in the 70’s (low 20’s Celsius). Summer vegetables are slowing down and it is time for a transition to cool season winter crops. Harvesting Now Winter Squash has been harvested with about 20 pounds of mostly Kabocha…
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Protecting Pomegranates from Squirrels
Squirrels in the garden can be cute, however the squirrels in our neighborhood think we have opened an all you can eat restaurant. When it comes to pomegranates, last year they ate every single one! We have tried a number of ways to keep them off the pomegranates. We even built a large cage of…
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