Category: Ecology/Agriculture/Education

California Poppy Spectacle Closes Traffic

Afar.com posted photos from Shutterstock of the remarkable yearly Poppy Show at Walker Canyon, Lake Elsinore, Ca. because this year the amount of auto and foot traffic from spectators “was unbearable”. What is more unbearable is the disregard of posted signs to not pick or trample the poppies due to ecological damage  left behind. The… Continue reading California Poppy Spectacle Closes Traffic

My favorite “Farm Fresh to You” Recipe

FARM FRESH TO YOU is my go-to Organic CSA (Community Sustainable Agriculture) supplier of fine organic fruits and vegetable to my door. Take a look at their website for easy to customize deliveries of local goods of all kinds, including farm fresh organic eggs, jams, honey, baby food, cereals, etc. etc. etc.–remarkable variety and quality.… Continue reading My favorite “Farm Fresh to You” Recipe

Where have all my flowers gone?

That’s it deer. Feast upon the summer bounty of delectable flowers, tasty shrubs and tempting trees. This year, the resident deer in the neighborhood are more than tame, coming as close as my outstretched hand, but yet to nibble from it. Several seasons ago, mama dropped her newborn in the corner of our front porch.… Continue reading Where have all my flowers gone?

9 Garden Results That Taught Me a Lesson in Winter

                                                                                                             … Continue reading 9 Garden Results That Taught Me a Lesson in Winter

GOING NUTS!

Approximately 4,000 California walnut growers produce over 600,000 short tons of walnuts annually.  Right here in El Dorado County, 205 walnut trees on 10 acres at Perry Creek Walnut Farm are budding out that delicious fruit at a steady pace.  A rainy season promises a bumper crop of organic English walnuts for the farm in… Continue reading GOING NUTS!

Digging the Dirt with UCCE Master Gardeners

I recently had the pleasure of attending Secrets of the Soil, a workshop, http://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/Secrets_of_Soil/         with the likes of: Chuck Ingels, Farm and Horticulture Advisor with UC Cooperative Extension in Sacramento County since 1996 and overseer of the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center. His topic:            Physical Characteristics of Soil, Plant Roots and the Rhizosphere Amanda Hodson, Ph.D… Continue reading Digging the Dirt with UCCE Master Gardeners