Photo of the Day: Ice Cream Bananas
After two years of growth, the ice cream banana has finally produced fruit!
A Tropical Sunset
The one upside to monsoon season is the absolutely spectacular sunsets. This one is looking over the San Luis Rey river valley toward the Pacific.
Time to fly the nest buddy
The woodpeckers that occupy one of the giant agave stalks out front have been trying to get their chick out of the nest for at least a week. Actually, it's not really a "chick" anymore since its as large as its parents. It's more like a 26 year-old millenial that won't move out and expects mom to keep the fridge stocked. He's probably got an XBox in that nest.
High summer corn pr0n
It's mid-summer and the second round of sweet corn is coming in nicely. This variety is Incredible, an F1 Hybrid SE variety. At 84 days it's a little longer to maturity than the Honey Select we harvested back at the beginning of the month, but it's well-worth the wait.
Grow your own all natural luffa sponges
Forget those $6 all natural luffa sponges from the store. It's super easy to grow a whole bathtub's worth for less than $2 (they're even edible!). Here's how:
Oh How the Garden Grows (Time Lapse Edition)
Let's back up to March Back in mid-March I set up a camera to record our cleaning out of the winter garden in preparation of spring planting. What I ended up with was about 9 hours of super boring video of my daughter and I (along with an occasional visit from a dog and my wife) wandering around pulling, weeding and cleaning. So I dumped the video into a folder on my computer and pretty much forgot about it. Fast forward to yesterday. I was standing in the vegetable garden noting how grown and lush everything was and thinking "wouldn't [keep reading...]
Build a Simple Garden Bench With 2×4 Lumber
It's easy to make a sturdy, simple and attractive bench for your yard or garden using 2x4s and a few simple tools. Here is how to do it (with photos).
Lazy Garden Tip: Golden Poppies are Super Easy to Grow
Golden poppies that blew in and made themselves comfortable Its pretty hard to find a plant that's easier to grow than one that turn up at random and proceed to takeover. Bonus points when it's not an invasive weed but a native flower you actually. Last year we had a few golden poppies blow in here from who knows where and put on a nice early spring display before disappearing again. This past rainy season (basically November to March) however, we got a lot of rain and, holy cow, more than a few golden poppies. They're everywhere this [keep reading...]
The vegetable garden is off to a great start
Basil, Peas, loose leaf lettuces, cucumbers and some ball cabbage transplanted April rolled in and we've got plants in the beds. Of the stuff we planted back in March, here's what went in the ground this weekend: Oregon Sugar Pod Peas Genovese Basil (pesto) Danish Ball Head Cabbage Loose Leaf Lettuce Mix National Pickling Cucumber The tomatoes broccoli and cauliflower aren't ready to go quite yet, but hopefully they will be in a week or so. It's warm and there's no rain in sight (at least for the next 10 days), so I went ahead and planted bush [keep reading...]
The Fig Says it’s Spring
That's what it looks like to me anyway
Photo of the Day: Ice Cream Bananas
After two years of growth, the ice cream banana has finally produced fruit!
A Tropical Sunset
The one upside to monsoon season is the absolutely spectacular sunsets. This one is looking over the San Luis Rey river valley toward the Pacific.
Time to fly the nest buddy
The woodpeckers that occupy one of the giant agave stalks out front have been trying to get their chick out of the nest for at least a week. Actually, it's not really a "chick" anymore since its as large as its parents. It's more like a 26 year-old millenial that won't move out and expects mom to keep the fridge stocked. He's probably got an XBox in that nest.
High summer corn pr0n
It's mid-summer and the second round of sweet corn is coming in nicely. This variety is Incredible, an F1 Hybrid SE variety. At 84 days it's a little longer to maturity than the Honey Select we harvested back at the beginning of the month, but it's well-worth the wait.
Grow your own all natural luffa sponges
Forget those $6 all natural luffa sponges from the store. It's super easy to grow a whole bathtub's worth for less than $2 (they're even edible!). Here's how:
Oh How the Garden Grows (Time Lapse Edition)
Let's back up to March Back in mid-March I set up a camera to record our cleaning out of the winter garden in preparation of spring planting. What I ended up with was about 9 hours of super boring video of my daughter and I (along with an occasional visit from a dog and my wife) wandering around pulling, weeding and cleaning. So I dumped the video into a folder on my computer and pretty much forgot about it. Fast forward to yesterday. I was standing in the vegetable garden noting how grown and lush everything was and thinking "wouldn't [keep reading...]
Build a Simple Garden Bench With 2×4 Lumber
It's easy to make a sturdy, simple and attractive bench for your yard or garden using 2x4s and a few simple tools. Here is how to do it (with photos).
Lazy Garden Tip: Golden Poppies are Super Easy to Grow
Golden poppies that blew in and made themselves comfortable Its pretty hard to find a plant that's easier to grow than one that turn up at random and proceed to takeover. Bonus points when it's not an invasive weed but a native flower you actually. Last year we had a few golden poppies blow in here from who knows where and put on a nice early spring display before disappearing again. This past rainy season (basically November to March) however, we got a lot of rain and, holy cow, more than a few golden poppies. They're everywhere this [keep reading...]
The vegetable garden is off to a great start
Basil, Peas, loose leaf lettuces, cucumbers and some ball cabbage transplanted April rolled in and we've got plants in the beds. Of the stuff we planted back in March, here's what went in the ground this weekend: Oregon Sugar Pod Peas Genovese Basil (pesto) Danish Ball Head Cabbage Loose Leaf Lettuce Mix National Pickling Cucumber The tomatoes broccoli and cauliflower aren't ready to go quite yet, but hopefully they will be in a week or so. It's warm and there's no rain in sight (at least for the next 10 days), so I went ahead and planted bush [keep reading...]
The Fig Says it’s Spring
That's what it looks like to me anyway