August 18, 2016
by cablackmar@yahoo.com
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Returning to the garden after two weeks sans irrigation things were looking pretty desperate. It’s been a horrible year for tomatoes– sporadic watering, dry hot conditions, and dust blown up from the adjacent residential neighborhoods ‘mow and blow’ gardening conspired to create … Continue reading
December 2, 2014
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The year has flown, and here we are already on the first day of Advent. I feel like it takes me by surprise every year. I’m not an early adopter of anything, and it’s an annual struggle to transition from … Continue reading
October 6, 2014
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Growing pumpkins and squash in school garden was fun. I missed the beginning of the school year in August when the students ‘experimented’ with the resulting pumpkins–but hope to be there in the coming weeks to help them figure out … Continue reading
November 28, 2013
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Fall isn’t really over until December 21– and a large part of me has never understood why we insist on curtailing this season of orange and gold in favor of green and red. It’s especially hard for me to say … Continue reading
October 28, 2013
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Four months later we’re enjoying the byproducts of the ornamental squash that overran the garden in June. Here’s another one that came out of the mix seed packet–I think it’s called “Orange Ball.” (I would never be able to … Continue reading
July 17, 2013
by cablackmar@yahoo.com
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Every summer garden has it’s moment of maximum beauty–when everything you’ve planted starts to get big and lush, but before certain things become too big and are summarily demolished by pests, fungi, marauding visitors human and otherwise, drought, etc. Here are … Continue reading