Dealing with Weeds
As a gardener, weeds are a fact of life. Some weeds are worse than others. My current battle is with burclover in the front lawn. It has a velcro spiral seed following the pretty tiny yellow flowers. At first glance the foliage looks like other clovers, until it sets seeds. My next door neighbor has a lawn full of it, so I continually find it sprouting in mine in spots. Some of the weeds found in my yard: dandelion Taraxacum…
Brooding our Little Flock of Chicks
Brooding Our Little Flock My family and I are suburban backyard chicken keepers that can only have a few hens at time. We do not plan to be hatching chicks frequently throughout the year, so we needed something cheap and easy to brood our chicks in. I looked around for anything that could be either recycled, re-purposed, or collapsible. There really aren’t any construction photos of my brooder set ups, since it was mainly a matter of getting the things…
Mid Winter-The Monarchs are in Southern California
Mid Winter January 1st, 2010 Not much is flowering currently, but it appears Spring is just around the corner for coastal Southern California. Some of the perennials are starting to emerge through the soil. It inspired me to go out and clean up a bit today. According to the nearby U.C. Davis’ weather station, we have already had 217 chill hours. That is great news for the fruit trees in the yard, since most of ours need about 250 or…
Saint Francis and Lawns
For many years, I have kept a little statue of Saint Francis in the backyard to remind me to be thankful for what we have in our little home and yard. We have been generously blessed by our Lord in so many things. The feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi is October 4th, so I thought it was appropriate to post about this today. His feast day is often celebrated with the blessing of the Animals in many Christian…