I know this might make me the enemy of children everywhere, but this year for Halloween I was trying to come up with good “treats” for the trick-or-treat basket that didn’t involve buying something from Hershey Inc. It was really just good fortune that led me to the concept of melted crayons. I was telling [...]
I have a love/hate relationship with eucalyptus trees. Hate because: -They shade my garden -They drop poisonous herbicidal oils that suppress other, competing plants (my garden, native plants, etc.) from growing -They drop reasonably heavy branches everywhere with very little notice -They make parts of San Diego appear forested Love because: -They grow large and [...]
This year’s tomato crop is just coming to an end (sob). One way I mitigate the sadness of this situation is to save the seeds from the year’s best plants. This has become particularly important lately, since one of my son’s favorite garden activities is shuffling plant labels, so I’m never 100% sure what any [...]
