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Posted by admin to California, Sasha, Winter, fruit, garden, shrubs, snow, trees on 2007-12-06, 19:43:00

24*, feels like 18*, 69% humidity, S 5 mph wind, cloudy, snow advisory This morning when I let the dog out to eat snow or whatever it is she likes to do so much with snow, I took a brisk stroll around the garden to see how things look. My garden this winter has slightly more winter interest this year then the year before thanks to my rhodie, the new conifer, and a few bare of leaves baby shrubs.

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Posted by admin to California, Winter, animals, chores, girlgonegardening, leaves, snow on 2007-11-26, 19:22:00

37*, feels like 30*, 75% humidity, NW 10 mph wind, cloudy Yesterday while I was at work we had a skiff of snow fall. It stuck around until about noon before the light dusting melted away. I'm still antsy for lots of snow. Believe it or not, snow shoveling has become one of my favorite chores. It ranks right up there with leaf raking in my book. I just love it. I have fun while I do it, throwing

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Posted by admin to Apple, California, Crunch, Its, Kearneysville, Local, Lovers,, Maine, Maryland, Poland, Steve Miller, Tennessee, Time, U.S. Department of Agriculture, United Kingdom, Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia, for on 2007-11-21, 21:00:00

It was a good apple year in England, California and especially Maine, where a sunny spring favored bee activity. Poland's yield, on the other hand, was down because of cold spring weather. An Easter freeze also marred the harvest in much of the U.S. Southeast, especially Tennessee, where the crop was pitiful.

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Posted by admin to Apple, California, Crunch, Its, Kearneysville, Local, Lovers,, Maine, Maryland, Poland, Steve Miller, Tennessee, Time, U.S. Department of Agriculture, United Kingdom, Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia, for on 2007-11-21, 21:00:00

It was a good apple year in England, California and especially Maine, where a sunny spring favored bee activity. Poland's yield, on the other hand, was down because of cold spring weather. An Easter freeze also marred the harvest in much of the U.S. Southeast, especially Tennessee, where the crop was pitiful.

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Posted by admin to Bob Cantisano, California, Farming, Reaps, Rewards, San Juan, United States, organic on 2007-11-14, 21:00:00

I was chatting with my friend Amigo recently. Yes, that sounds redundant, but it's the name he goes by: Amigo Bob Cantisano. Considered by many to be the best organic farming adviser in the United States, he was giving me an eye-opening look at his line of work. For more than 30 years, he has helped growers make the transition from chemical to organic practices. (His Web site is at http://www.askamigo.com.)

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Posted by admin to California, Winter, cactus, houseplants, photos, succulants on 2007-11-13, 09:31:00

In the left hand corner you can see the cactus seedling. It's grown a lot and is VERY spiny. When It gets too tall to keep inside under lights in winter, I'll be shipping it off to a friend in CA where it can live outside year round. I have 2 regular jade plants and a variegated one, a Christmas cactus cutting, and some baby African violets from a friends leaf cuttings. In the far back right

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Posted by admin to Arizona, California, Grow, Native Seeds/SEARCH, New Zealand, Poolville, Robert Kourik, Scarce, Southwest (Washington, DC), Texas, Tucson, Water's, What, When, Willhite Seeds, Willits, to on 2007-10-31, 20:00:00

By East Coast standards, this year's drought is a doozy. Even if fall treats us to a few good gully-washers, it will be a while before the soil's natural cistern is full. Now's the time to take stock of the remedies open to kitchen gardeners, who struggle in dry weather.