by Greg Alder | Apr 16, 2021 | Misc |
During a presentation I attended by Roberto Ramirez — owner of one of the few mushroom farms left in Southern California, Mountain Meadow Mushrooms in Escondido — he mentioned that they had started selling kits. You could buy one and grow your own...
by Greg Alder | Jan 15, 2021 | Misc |
Take it easy if you want. No pressure. But also be aware of seasonal opportunities that only occur once a year. Here are some things you can do in the food garden in the winter — that is January, February, and March. VEGETABLES Sow and plant beets, brassicas...
by Greg Alder | Nov 26, 2020 | Misc |
My garden’s contribution to this year’s Thanksgiving meal: a head of ‘Snow Crown’ cauliflower. The kids helped harvest. They had fun. To family, food, and gratitude . . . Happy Thanksgiving! ShareClick to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
by Greg Alder | Nov 13, 2020 | Misc |
The new calendars are on their way! Last year, I decided to print and sell the gardening calendars that I’d been making for myself for years. This year, I’m in the process of having a 2021 version printed, which will have all new photos, a few tweaks to...
by Greg Alder | Sep 18, 2020 | Misc |
I stayed up late last night sowing seeds into module trays in my garage. It’s the dawn of the new season — fall — yet I’m afraid of time passing me by. You want to get certain vegetables growing by now, on the cusp of the fall equinox: brassicas, lettuces,...
by Greg Alder | Sep 9, 2020 | Misc |
Join me as I join the California Rare Fruit Growers, North County San Diego chapter, to talk about “Avocados: Varieties and Heat” on Friday, September 11 at 7 PM via Zoom, meaning from the comfort of your own computer or phone. The presentation will take...
by Greg Alder | Aug 7, 2020 | Misc |
I bet you’re harvesting a lot from your garden here in midsummer. Let’s celebrate that, and let’s remember how we got here. Midsummer harvest First, what to celebrate? Here are some items we are harvesting in early August from our yard. For vegetables, there are...
by Greg Alder | Jul 10, 2020 | Misc |
Sunflowers are on my mind these days, in part because these sunflowers almost bonk me on the head every time I walk down the path in the photo above. Bees get scared as I get close, and they jump off the flowers to buzz around me. But I just can’t get myself to cut...
by Greg Alder | Jul 3, 2020 | Misc |
After collecting the branches I’d pruned from my Valencia orange tree, I knew just what I would do with them. I could have sent them away in a trash can. I could have stacked them in a brush pile in a far corner of the yard. I could have chopped them into small pieces...
by Greg Alder | Apr 17, 2020 | Misc |
I continue to learn more about bees. Last week, for example, I attended a webinar presented by two UC Riverside entomologists, Quinn McFrederick and Boris Baer, about native bees and honey bees and their current health status. You can watch it here; it has been given...
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