Since the President isn’t doing much to help the people in Puerto Rico and is blaming them for their plight after hurricane Maria, I have made up 5 shoeboxes of life-sustaining supplies to send to Puerto Rico. I have joined … Continue reading →
This year we celebrated Earth Day in Mariposa by joining in with our town’s “Clean Sweep,” trash pick-up efforts around town. Organizers solicited donations from local businesses, obtained clean-up materials for volunteers, divided the town into reasonable working areas, assigned … Continue reading →
After our fairly successful summer garden abruptly died back during our first heavy frost, I removed many of our summer plants, and Lisa and I replanted some of those spaces with winter vegetables which have been growing steadily since then. … Continue reading →
As summer wanes, our garden is producing more than ever. Our plum tree just finished its biggest crop in 5 years and we have lots of frozen plum puree as well as dried plums that we will use as trail … Continue reading →
Our garden has been producing well all summer except that the tomatoes have been a disappointment. Fortunately, we still have lots of tomatoes in our freezer from last year and have been adding squashes, chopped onions and fresh peppers to … Continue reading →
As warm weather prevailed well into December, we’d been planting “winter vegetables” (bak choi, brussel sprouts, broccoli, lettuces, kohlrabi, mustard greens, cilantro, etc.) that thrived and grew well. During the week of Christmas through New Years however, we were hit … Continue reading →
Announcing the Ever Better Community II Conference on Saturday, March 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds, Bldg. A. This conference is planned around the Open Space Technology idea that the people who show up … Continue reading →
It is now the last week in October, and both the tour season and Lisa’s and my garden are slowing down. In our garden, we’ve been taking out tomato and other plants that are no longer producing. We’re retaining those … Continue reading →
Lisa and my garden has matured and has allowed us to continue to eat most of our meals with our major inputs coming from our garden. We harvest enough vegetables daily to eat delicious meals at least twice a day … Continue reading →
This year, we added 5 recycled tractor tires to our garden. This meant we also needed to add a new irrigation valve so all the plants would get enough water, even with our very efficient, system that directs water to … Continue reading →
