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Category Archives: Vegetables and Fruit
Yours Truly in the LA Times!
You know you’ve “made it” when the LA Times prints your picture and an article about you! Wow! So for those of you who missed this past Saturday’s Home Section, here’s the link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2010/07/tomato-pruning-techniques.html I’m getting a lot of calls … Continue reading
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LA Times Article July 31, 2010
There’s nothing quite like getting your name and picture in the paper. The hits on my website suddenly multiplied 24 fold! So for those of you who don’t read the LA Times, here’s the link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2010/07/tomato-pruning-techniques.html I’m holding a seed … Continue reading
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Judy consults!
Hi lovers of homegrown foods! I’ve been away from the blog, but not the garden. I have too many potential customers, and always more people asking to belong to my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) though I don’t have enough produce … Continue reading
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Time to thin fruit
The peaches and nectarines are coming in fast and furious now. They need to be thinned, or all that fruit will end up small and dry or just plain small.
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New moon seeds
I plant seeds at new moon, which happens to be tonight. The cycles of the moon are important for gardening: at new moon, the roots work extra hard, and at full moon the leaves are still photosynthesizing from the light … Continue reading
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Gloria the Glorious!
Meet Gloria, future Master Gardener and present helper extraordinaire! Gloria’s been helping me on Saturday mornings for the past month, and she’s amazing. She has the special “touch” the plants like, and everything she’s planted is growing well. My farmette … Continue reading
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I’m not an alcoholic; I swear!
I’ve launched a full-scale war against snails and slugs, finally! I’m using beer traps and they actually WORK! I pour flat beer into shallow containers, the yeast attracts the snails and slug, they slide in for a drink and drown! … Continue reading
It’s stinky, but oh so good!
I sprayed a mixture of fish emulsion and kelp this morning on the entire garden. It smells pretty foul, but it has everything the plants need. The nutrients get taken up by the leaves and the roots, and it’s got … Continue reading
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Want to pick a peach?
This Saturday, October 24th at 11:00 am, Russ Parsons, the LA Times Food Editor will be on hand at the Peninsula Library at 701 Silver Spur to give a lively talk and sign his books called How to Pick a … Continue reading
Eggplant Parmesan
There’s only two things I’m still harvesting in quantity at the “farm”: tomatoes and eggplant. I’d never made Eggplant Parm before, but you’d never know it: the recipe I found off the internet was excellent, and OMG, the results were … Continue reading
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