Way back on August 30, in “Garden Treasures,” I wrote about chasing a Southern California alligator lizard around the yard and how my husband, Leonel, and I “performed” a great comedy act for the neighbors. Well, we simply cannot resist the “chase the lizard urges” that come upon us when we find one of these [...]
Fat robins are hopping around our yard these days. We’re only a robin haven during these rainy winter months—most of the time we don’t see them hanging around. The only three things in the garden that are growing well right now are the Romaine lettuce, the garlic, and the beets. I’m looking forward to eating [...]
I haven’t posted for a while–due to sheer laziness, oh, and the fact that I’ve become the Healdsburg Community Blogger for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. PD: Healdsburg Community Blogger However, I decided I had to at least post a photo from a recent excursion up (and down) Pine Flat Road on a rainy day. [...]
We went out to Garlock’s Christmas Tree Farm this afternoon for a small tree. I love Christmas tree farms and want to see them continue to be successful. (It’s sustainable farming, unless global warming forces a change from evergreens to palm trees.) Just think of all that carbon sequestered in the ground in the [...]
I just picked the first small, green leaves of our fall/winter Romaine lettuce. I worried that the hard frosts we’ve been having would burn it, but it is much hardier than I expected. We had enough to put in our tacos, tonight. Leonel and I filled five heavy-duty black plastic garbage bags with leaves, [...]
