So ends the summer of 2009
It’s been a little slow here at the ranch as of late. Late summer’s heat and dryness really don’t make for a good gardening atmosphere, so I’ve been laying low waiting for the seasons to change and the heat to go.
Last night was the last sunset of the summer of 2009 and autumn begins today [...]
Life of a sunflower patch
Labor Day has come and gone and there’s only two weeks left of summer. I can tell.
The sun, still bright and yellow, is no longer directly overhead at mid-day. Most of the perennials need a good pruning and many of the summer annuals are spent. The garden looks tired in general.
For the next couple of [...]
Of Dead Ducks and Passing Days
Over the weekend I went down to the tack shed to get feed for the birds and found Elroy dead next to the horse trough that serves as the duck’s pond.
Finding dead poultry isn’t all that unusual — with 20 or so birds at any one time — one tends to die every so often [...]
Ground Squirrel Control
Ground squirrels are a huge pest, but there are steps you can take to control them. I’ve been battling an invading hoard of ground squirrels for the past year or so, and here’s how I learned to live with them.
If you don’t have ground squirrels where you live, count yourself among the lucky.
I don’t care [...]
Top garden blogs for a Mid-summer’s day
Today is midsummer’s day. We are exactly 46.5 days — take an hour or two based on where you are — through this year’s 93 day long season. (It’s also a full moon and penumbral lunar eclipse.)
For those of us in San Diego living west of the of the mountains that means a lot of [...]
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