... or at least mid-August did. It is folly to hope for rain between June 15 and August 15 here. The forest goes hot and dry as a tinder box, and we all hold our breath until we can reasonably expect rain. Most years, there are forest fires that break out, and of course many …
Author: Garden Correspondent
Gardener, mom, reader, and all round messy person.
Steamrollered
The week started off full of promise and ticked merrily along. We went marketing on Monday and I found some nice green Summer apples (or at least that's what they're called here). On Tuesday I juiced them with the steam juicer, thinking I would make them into jelly the following day, but I had forgotten …
Morning ramble
Ali and I sat on the porch for a moment this morning, enjoying the cool of the morning. "We would be watering now," he said. I can't recall if he bothered trying not sounding smug. After watering our potted plants and the greenhouse this morning, I went down to the bottom terrace of the garden …
Not too hot for some
It's hot! Today it is 106 F in the shade (41 C) and it's paralyzing. We have all been drenching ourselves with the hose or in the tub in the garden. Any amount of heat is bearable to me when I'm soaking wet. (For additional tips on dealing with the heat without AC, Celi at …
Who’s that in the cabbage?
I was weeding in the keyhole beds when I noticed someone in the Savoy cabbage. Actually, I am surprised that the cabbages haven't bolted yet in this heat, but just to be sure we've been eating them up. This is one of the last ones left. I'm sure this little fellow is going to miss …
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