Category Archives: Organic Gardening

How to grow a organic garden in the worst soil on earth!

Seed Starting Time!

If you are like me this is an exciting time of the year. I can begin to start my seeds for spring and summer! Yahoo! In Southern California we can grow something all year long, but let’s face it, brassicas and root veggies get a bit boring after a few months. The end of January […]

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Duck House and Run- How we built the Duck area

Hello Friends, I haven’t had raised poultry for a long time, and we have never raised ducks.  I know, I know ducks eat a lot, eat a lot and poo a lot.  I have research raising ducks and have gleaned enough information to limit the mess.  We resourced free palate wood for the floor and […]

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Beating the Heat

  Last weekend (6/46-27) we had record-breaking heat for June. In Southern California June usually brings with it morning fog that burns off mid-day. We used to call it June-gloom… used to that is until our new weather pattern set in (I refuse to say we are having a draught!) for good it seems. Now […]

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The Haps! (in my organic garden & places elsewhere)

  Hello everyone, Long time no blog.  My best friend Ange would start her blog posts with “The Haps.”  Ange passed away from breast cancer three years ago.  I know she is smiling down on us with two thumbs up ;O)  Our organic garden is  progressing well (despite the slow start this year.)  We are […]

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Spring has sprung!… I think?

Well so far all that El Nino has meant for Southern California is an early spring.  We have had temperatures in the mid to upper 80’s, so it feels like early summer.  All winter we have worked on various projects.  Our daughter Rebekah got married so we converted our garage into a studio apartment which […]

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