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Landscape Design With Vegetables
Once in a while it's nice to let things go to seed and see what happens. Here's spring's carrots flowering among summer's vegetables in the keyhole garden.
Video: Herc at Work in the Garden
Hercules is our four month old dachshund. He is adorable and a certified yard terrorist. Anything that looks like it needs a little digging gets thoroughly dug
Photo: Last Sunset of Spring 2024
Last night was the final sunset of Spring 2024. Here's a photo from the deck looking west over the Pacific. The first full moon (strawberry) of summer tomorrow.
Ugly Carrots Still Taste Good
My carrots will never make the cover of a magazine (unless the magazine is all about ugly vegetables). But at least they're colorful and still taste good.
Happy Memorial Day
Thank you to all who gave their lives for our nation.
What’s on the Other Side of That Gate?
Using the terrain, landscaping and a few structures, it's easy to create cool garden "rooms" that feel like you're in a secret, and a tad magical, place.
This Chicken Ranges a Little Too Freely
When your chickens feel free to come in the house and wander around, they've taken "free range" too far. Remmy the Rhodey is a perfect example of a hen too far.
April Showers Do Bring May Flowers
I tried to displace invasive mustard with native wildflowers. The birds ate most of seeds and the mustard came back, but there's 1 little patch of spring color.
I Think We’re Being Watched
Two of our hens have figured out that if they stare through the sliding glass door by the living room long enough, my wife will throw them snacks. Bad chickens!
Mini Panther Sighting in the Garden
Shortcutting through the upper yard yesterday I happened upon a miniature black panther crouching under a sage bush.