by Greg Alder | Nov 15, 2019 | Chickens |
Our yard feels boring right now. For the first time in a few years there are no chickens running around. Should we get a new batch of chicks soon? Would you like to add chickens to your own yard? Let’s take a pros and cons approach. What do you get out of having...
by Greg Alder | Oct 25, 2019 | Weather |
Santa Anas cause many things. They mess up your hair, they put dust into your eyes, they make your lips crack and your throat feel dry, they make the power company shut off your electricity, and of course, they make fires run wild. Santa Anas also make for good...
by Greg Alder | Oct 11, 2019 | Vegetables, Watering |
I wish that I could water all of my vegetables by hand all the time, but as my family has grown so necessarily has my vegetable garden, and I’ve decided to accept the costs and wastes of watering with sprinklers and driplines in order to save time. During a Southern...
by Greg Alder | Sep 6, 2019 | Watering |
How often do you adjust your irrigation timer? How do you estimate how much to water your fruit trees or vegetables? The local evapotranspiration rate is a great guide in answering both of these questions. What is the evapotranspiration rate? Evapo-transpiration is a...
by Greg Alder | Aug 16, 2019 | Fruit, Vegetables, Watering |
I haven’t watered this lime tree for three years now and yet it still gives us more limes than we can handle — and limes of high quality. I don’t know for certain why it no longer needs my irrigation, but I have a suspicion. Step back and take a look at the...
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