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Happy New Year one and all! The year is starting with much water, floods, mud and earthquake. Thus far Californians' have died, water conservation is needed to prevent overwhelming water systems, and flooding has required evacuations. Additionally, there has been the on again, off again electricity.
Every year, I look forward to having red ball ornaments in our front yard in the form of pomegranates. This year was no disappointment. Our 10-year-old pomegranate (Punica granatum L.'Wonderful') has been giving us loads of fruit year after year.
Recipes From the Garden: A TasteWinter soups can warm up the chilliest of nights. Think of these as bowls of comfort; guaranteed to keep your family filled up and cozy.
Having fresh herbs at hand can make you one happy cook and gardener! There is nothing that better enhances even the simplest culinary efforts than adding a bit of your own herbs fresh out of the garden. Nothing purchased in a bottle can come even close.
When it seems that winter will never bid us goodbye, gardeners are busy anticipating spring with planning and scheming of ways to make their gardens even more beautiful and productive than ever before! Whether you are planting a vegetable garden, growing fruit trees, or you just love watching pollin...
WEED: Creeping spurge, Chamaesyce serpens. Creeping spurge is a summer annual broadleaf plant. It is found in the Central Valley, southern South Coast Ranges, and southwestern region.
PERENNIAL: Sedum: Autumn Joy' (Hylotelephium telephium 'Herbstfreude') is a popular upright sedum. It is a hybrid plant created by crossing a species of sedum (Sedum telephium) with a species of ice plant (Hylotelephium spectabile). The plant features gray-green, rounded, succulent-like leaves.
