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Tag: wildflowers

  • What’s Growing Now – July 2023

    July quickly turned into a hot summer month. The cool weather of June slowed the maturation of summer tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. They are now enjoying the warmer weather of July trying to make up for lost time. Tomatoes did not get ripe until the very end of July, a few weeks later than our…

  • 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…

  • What’s Growing Now – May 2023

    May started off with a warming trend getting into the high 80’s (low 30’s for our metric friends), then dropped to high 60’s (around 20 Celsius) as our May grey settled in. It’s a typical pattern here where May and June get a strong marine layer bringing low clouds and overcast mornings, usually burning off…

  • What’s Growing Now – April 2023

    April warmed up and after a wet March everything is growing! Wildflowers along with other plantings are blooming in abundance. The California poppies and lupines do a great job of spreading themselves around the whole garden. We also encourage the Shirley Poppies in shades of red and pink. Color all around. Walking into our April…