by Greg Alder | Jun 20, 2025 | June, Months |
June is the lush month. June is the jungle month, particularly toward the end. The days are at their longest and they are warm, so the garden begins to look verdant and tangled in a most wonderful way. Melon vines overtake your walking paths. Corn stalks tower...
by Greg Alder | Jan 1, 2025 | January, Months |
Here it is: our deep winter. In January, we might see frost on our lettuce, and we can enjoy a fire in the fireplace. Appreciate it before it’s warm again for the rest of the year. Have your deciduous fruit trees lost all of their leaves? Enjoy that look while...
by Greg Alder | Dec 27, 2024 | Weather |
Each evening I record weather numbers and observations, along with what I’ve planted and how my vegetables and fruit trees are performing. I’ve done this for ten years straight (off and on for twenty). Occasionally, it feels like a waste of time, but at moments like...
by Greg Alder | Nov 8, 2024 | Months, November |
November is cool. The barometer falls to an average high of 73 this month, in my yard, which is about the same as most yards in Southern California. And the average daily evapotranspiration rate is only 0.08 inches in November, a threefold decrease compared to the...
by Greg Alder | Sep 6, 2024 | Fruit, Pests |
My goal is to see birds as garden teammates — as they eat insects that can be pests, such as aphids — and not as enemies as they peck the fruit on my trees. As far as my experience goes, the best way to accomplish this is to prevent birds from access to...
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