In the third week of January, tomato seedlings arrived at our local Lowe's. Less than a month into what passes for winter in Bakersfield, our days were cool, dry, and sunny. I couldn't resist bringing a few plants home to get an extra-early jump on tomato season. I limited my selection to seven smallish plants -- [...]
March 2015
It was a warm winter here in Bakersfield, no doubt due to global warming and the ongoing drought. We had tomatoes and fresh herbs until our first hard frost, a few days before Christmas. As always, I waited until mid to late January to plant my spring bulbs. If I plant them during the autumn [...]
Where has the time gone? And where are all those fabulous blog posts I've been composing in my head each and every day? Am I really that busy, or am I just a restless girl who can't or won't sit still long enough to blog? The truth? I'm more than a little bit of both. Every [...]
