A Splendid Sunday Sunrise in San Diego
An early January Sunday morning after a rain. The sky is clear, the air is crisp, and the only sounds are a few early birds telling the world the day has begun.
An early January Sunday morning after a rain. The sky is clear, the air is crisp, and the only sounds are a few early birds telling the world the day has begun.
It's the end of the year, so before we get down to planning next year's vegetable garden, it's a good time to review the good and bad of the past year's garden.
The air backlit by the sunset reveals that it's thick with normally invisible insects. No wonder this orb weaver chose to string its web here!
Made one last addition of fresh cayenne peppers for a full gallon to slow ferment. Now we'll cellar it and let the lacto yeast do its magic for a couple months
My neighbor's turkeys escaped and are now standing roadside watching people go by. I'm guessing this is their best Thanksgiving ever.
If you're in USDA zone 8 or above, it's easy to switch your keyhole garden from summer to winter veggies and keep growing. It just takes a few simple steps.
A very pregnant praying mantis preparing to lay her eggs on a fence post in mid-November. If the egg case survives, there will be 100's of babies next spring
I was pleased to discover a large orange cosmos had taken up residence on the west side of the tropical garden. I'm not as happy about the fig some bird planted
Snapped a shot of a colorful San Diego sunset last night only to discover later on that there's a starship shaped hole in the clouds.
Orb weavers are common garden spiders. The females grow quite large - 2 inches or more across, Males only half that. In the autumn they mate. Then she eats him.