Photo gallery of the organic garden in late summer. Lots of heirloom veggies, sunflowers, cosmos and butterfly plants. Time to get the winter garden started!
Tag Archives: Organic gardening
Hot Gardeners (the literal kind) and Hoof Prints In the Veg Patch—a summer update
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
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.
The Garden Springs to Life–time to get our hands–and seeds–in the dirt!
My kitchen table has become pregnant with potent life forms. All those seed packets I bought over the winter, the leftover ones from recent years and all the packets of my own saved seeds are piled, stacked, organized, disorganized, reorganized, moved, returned, and generally in an active state of flux there. It’s that time ofContinue reading “The Garden Springs to Life–time to get our hands–and seeds–in the dirt!”
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”
April Garden — California Poppies, Veggie Seedlings, Critter Habitat & Prep for Drought & Wildfire
The California poppies and lupines are abloom in Sonoma County, and so are lilacs and foxgloves and columbine. Pipevine swallowtails are mating and tree swallows returning for the summer. Keep up with the wildfire safety and drought preparedness steps taken by organic gardening blog of The Compulsive Gardener.