Oh Deer, Oh Deer
This weekend we had plans to finish up the construction of some of the raised vegetable garden boxes so that we could transplant out our seedlings. However, our plans for working on that project were thwarted on two fronts. The first issue was the weather, which...
Dutch Master Daffodil
The skies are dreary and grey again, and rain is imminent, but yesterday was a perfect spring day. The sun was shining, and our daffodils are starting to bloom. Last fall we were confronted with the newly denuded hillside that is to become the orchard. Not wishing...
Seeds and Sprouts 2010
It rained again yesterday, and it seems our weather is likely to be unsettled for at least the next week or so. I’m sure nature is conspiring against us. Every time we make plans in the garden…whoosh! More rain. Oh well, it’s not slowing us down...
Signs of Spring
It’s still January, and the recent storms have caused numerous springs and small waterfalls to appear all over our hillsides. However, a number of our plants seem completely unphased by the unstable winter weather, and are marching steadfastly toward spring....
Deer Fence – Part II
There’s actually a little snow in the Santa Cruz Mountains this morning, though not here at Curbstone Valley. We did receive an inch of rain overnight though, not bad, but not as much as we were initially expecting. The current storm was expected to have the...
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