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Last week, morning walk: mist rising off the playing fields, frost on peaked roofs. Winter here starts in December, cold mornings and rain if we're lucky. Since then, we are indeed lucky: nearly two inches of rain, as measured by the backyard gauge. It's been slow and steady, the best kind for sinking in. Green … Continue reading first frost
One of the misters I'm aiming to replace. Last week, a headline ran in the local newspaper: storm coming! More rain than we've had all year! It netted out to about half an inch. It was probably the last real rain we'll see till October. Usually I turn off the sprinklers & drip system in winter, but a … Continue reading This month, the garden
A friend of mine who moved to California from the east coast and Texas said this was the first year she'd understood her Californian friends' obsession with winter. The world isn't dormant and brown here; it's the deep jewel-green of citrus leaves, luminescent paler green on hillsides, sparkling waterfalls, hazy blue skies, fiery sunrises after … Continue reading January 2022 – Garden update
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