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March 31, 2006
Weekend Warrior
Three Projects in the works for this weekend: (1) Finish the blueberry hill. (2) Plant lavenders and tea roses around the courting bench. (3) Fence the compost pile and the El Grande sunflowers.
Posted by Sue at 08:12 PM | Comments (0)
March 30, 2006
I found my thrill...
on blueberry hill.
One of our Misty So. Highbush's is currently producing delicious blueberries. It's mosty spring here now, and this plant produces early. It also survives the blistering San Fernando Valley summer heat with no problem.
Sue's working on a raised bed for them, we have five, and when done, it'll be our own blueberry hill. We'll post photos when's it's done.
Posted by Bob at 04:10 PM | Comments (0)
March 28, 2006
Sunflowers
Just six weeks ago they were little bitty seedlings. Now they're starting their explosive growth.
Posted by Bob at 11:37 PM | Comments (0)
Malo's back and so are we
Things have been frenzied these past several weeks, hence the dearth of posts. However, things have calmed down a bit, plus it's Spring. So, posting will resume now.
Malo emerged from hiberation yesterday. This was his first ever hiberation, and he snoozed for several months.
Posted by Bob at 08:57 AM | Comments (0)
March 14, 2006
Large cactus
Not sure of the species, it came from Sue's Dad, and was moved from place to place from a while. It's happily out of a pot, in the ground, and thriving here in the semi-arid San Fernando Valley area of L.A. It's about 4 feet tall and I'm guessing 15-20 years old.
Posted by Bob at 08:12 PM | Comments (0)
March 06, 2006
Cactus
Recently bought these and just transplanted them. Cactus are amazing, they can tolerate little or no water, and temperature extremes ranging from way below freezing to well over 100.
A cactus expert once told me, you can't water them too much, but you can water them too often.
Posted by Bob at 12:49 PM | Comments (0)
March 05, 2006
White Sage seedlings
As mentioned, last year I tried 500 seedlings and just one made it. This year I found some old seed, tried it, and twelve are sprouting. Here's two of them.
Posted by Bob at 09:43 AM | Comments (0)