Now that a real rainy season has returned to Humboldt County, it’s time to think about the new gardening year. Winter is nearly here, and while the days can be gray and dreary, there’s still plenty of color to admire in the landscape. As I drive around town, I notice the trees that still have […]
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Cleaning Up the Garden
Even though we live in a temperate climate, I’ve been noticing some subtle changes in the weather and critters here on the coast. I’ve been seeing wooly banded bears — a caterpillar that has some bizarre obsession with crossing roads, at least down in my neck of the woods. Their fuzzy black and orange presence […]
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Winter Garden Checklist
The Pennsylvania rodent has decreed that we’ll have another five weeks of winter and in the Midwest, South and Northeast, I’m sure they believe this to be true. Meanwhile, out here on the North Coast, our promised rain seems to have disappeared. But that doesn’t mean it’s time to abandon the garden because there’s a […]