by Greg Alder | Jun 3, 2023 | Weather |
My grandma is sick of the gloom. She’s ready to go somewhere to find the sun. She has lived her entire life in the Los Angeles area, and she wondered aloud the other day, “Can you remember a year that was this gloomy for so long?” “Funny you...
by Greg Alder | May 5, 2023 | Vegetables |
Though they are pretty and bees love them, I’d rather my onions not make flowers. Why? Because the flower stalk ruins the core of the bulb. An onion that has flowered, sliced in half. Once the onion plant sends up a flower stalk there is nothing you can do...
by Greg Alder | Mar 24, 2023 | Weather |
As I was thinking about how rainy and cold this winter has been for Southern California (and almost every other corner of California, especially Central California), I recalled that the National Weather Service issues “climate outlooks” at the start of...
by Greg Alder | Jan 27, 2023 | Misc |
For several years, I have recorded which flowers I see bees feeding on in my yard and elsewhere in Southern California, as well as the dates I see them. For example, this month I noted that there are many bees visiting the flowers of my bolted greens (above). Below is...
by Greg Alder | Nov 25, 2022 | Misc |
A couple more days and it’s March, in which starts spring. But before we move on, I’ve pulled three lessons from the past winter. 1. Consequences of 28 degrees The coldest night of this 2021-2022 winter in Southern California just passed, on February 23-24. My yard’s...
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