Be safe while gardening in the heat! Heat illness can be serious, so please take steps to prevent danger to your health while working in the garden or outdoors. Plus, an update from the organic garden in summer and the inter-planted vegetable beds–with deer netting! California garden blogs
Category Archives: climate change
Grow Shade for Heatwaves–a review of the hardiest trees in our garden
Shade trees are a great relief during a heatwave. Plant a shade tree to cool the air around your house or city. Learn the benefits of trees to you, your community and the environment. Plus, which trees are the hardiest in my Sonoma County, California garden. They support wildlife, help stop climate change, relieve stress, and recharge groundwater. American gardening bloggers | Edible gardens.
A Soggy Slog of a Blog–testing my resiliency (I give myself a C minus)
Ah the joys and challenges of rural life. I wasn’t overly worried when they said another atmospheric river was headed our way here in California a few weeks ago. Yeah, yeah, I thought. Been there. It’s just hype. Charge up the home power station batteries and get some firewood ready. Challenging My Resiliency And sure,Continue reading “A Soggy Slog of a Blog–testing my resiliency (I give myself a C minus)”
Why Going Peat-free In the Garden Is So Important
Gardeners—did you know that the peat moss we are using in our soil amendments comes from peatlands which, when undisturbed, store twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests?! Join the peat-free garden movement and help preserve the unique, diverse, and important carbon-storing peatlands around the world.
‘Tis the Season for The Olive Harvest, Persimmons and Winter Warmth Without Fossil Fuel
In our garden here in Sonoma County, California, the holiday season also marks festive activities like harvesting the olives for milling into oil, picking persimmons and feijoas and admiring the fall color of the parrotia persica. Winter pruning, wildflower seed scattering, tree planting, and a reflection on going carbon neutral are on the winter garden tasks list.
Of Butterflies and Bidets
You wouldn’t think those two things had anything in common, but as it happens, both presented new and delightful arrivals in my life since my last post. Let’s start in the garden…. Two New Butterfly Sightings Having been captivated by an unknown pair of wings in the garden recently, and standing in mesmerized stillness withContinue reading “Of Butterflies and Bidets”
The Heat Is On–in the garden and on the planet
Today is a toasty 92°F (33°C) but that is normal for this time of year for us. We’ve actually had an unusually cool summer so far and our tomatoes and zucchini are only just starting to ripen. I’m grateful that our area has been spared the intense heatwaves so many areas of the world haveContinue reading “The Heat Is On–in the garden and on the planet”