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Want a cheap thrill?

There’s a funny typo on the Wayside Gardens website. Catch it while you can, because I’m sure someone will correct it soon. Saliva ‘Purple Knockout’ Mmmmm…. I think I’ll take 10 purple Saliva plants. Where should I plant purple...

Homemade Salsa

Delicious. Ingredients 4 medium size tomatoes1 clove garlic2 Anaheim peppers, seeds scraped1 onion… oops, I’m out of onions I’m making another batch today and will add lime juice (from my lime tree!). Should I be adding salt?...

Zucchini Bread, Cooking Light Magazine

I made use of a couple of slightly overgrown ‘Gold Rush’ yellow zucchini. Yum. Ingredients 3 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking powder1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon baking soda1/2 cup egg substitute1/3 cup canola oil1 teaspoon...

Harvest time

‘Anaheim’ pepper, ‘Lemon Boy’, ‘Heatwave’ and ‘Early Girl’ tomatoes, and ‘Gold Rush’ Zucchini Ok, I’ve printed a zucchini bread recipe for my next trip to Raley’s and need to check my blog...

Monrovia: What’s Your Style?

Ok, so I played a fun game on Monrovia’s website called What’s Your Style, where they tell you what kind of garden style you should have based on a brief personality profile. Unfortunately, they got me completely wrong. According to my answers, I would be...

Ok, so I played a fun game on Monrovia’s website where they tell you what kind of garden style you should have based on a brief personality profile. Unfortunately, they got me completely wrong. According to my answers, I would be happiest with a Zen Garden...

Fall Gardening Symposium

Farmer Fred… Lance Walheim… Rosalind Creasy… Robert Kourik… need I say more? http://groups.ucanr.org/sactomg/symposium/ Saturday, October 13, 2007 Program Speakers Location Registration Symposium Brochure Symposium location:Education CenterFair...

Heatwave Tomato Followup

In a previous post, I said I’d report back on ‘Heatwave’ tomato and here’s my conclusion– with this summer’s late fruit onset (was it me? was it the weather?), ‘Heatwave’ was my best producer. Yes, it stood up to...