tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65574532024-03-07T13:35:08.389-08:00My California Garden in Zone 23Creating the California Lifestyle in Garden and Kitchen
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In San Juan Capistrano, Zone 23 is one of the two coastal climate zones in Southern California. My blog features vegetable and flower garden photos and thoughts about the honorable hobby of gardening.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger889125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-5587867952678344882017-07-26T11:26:00.001-07:002017-07-26T11:26:35.876-07:00Too Many Tomatoes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What to do with too many cherry tomatoes? Roast them. Amazing.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Floral
Installation designed by artist Rebecca Louise Law to showcase Orange
County native and water-wise plants. This installation incorporates
8000 flowers suspended on copper wire.</span></span><span class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowliftTagList"><span class="fcg"> — at <span class="fbPhotoTagListTag withTagItem tagItem"><a class="taggee" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=211255762239425" href="https://www.facebook.com/casaromanticasc/?ref=stream">Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens</a></span>.</span></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-37620592401845827602017-06-06T11:30:00.001-07:002017-06-06T11:30:14.376-07:00What to Plant for Better Daily Living<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I found this at some point on the internet. I am sorry I did not keep the source. <br />
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I received a garden gift called the Funky Veg Kit. Inside the kit were planting medium, peat containers, seeds for colorful vegetables.<br />
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When spring came, I started some of the seeds. The yellow zucchini is doing a good job growing in the sun. Foot inserted for scale.<br />
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This photo shows the plant in the afternoon sun after the June marine layer burned off. The big problem during June is fighting powdery mildew which loves the moist air mass.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-68310650724764892242017-05-31T10:33:00.002-07:002017-05-31T10:33:55.022-07:00Strawberries from the Garden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sweet and plump strawberries picked from the garden this morning. Best season yet for strawberries.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-65513580211386060942017-05-14T18:37:00.002-07:002017-05-14T18:37:56.895-07:00Hello Cherry Tomatoes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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An early harvest from the garden today. Hand-picked all the ripe tomatoes and made a great ratatouille. </div>
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Thank you Mother Nature for a winter of rain. Plants and shrubs are blooming prolifically this spring.<br />
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The garden called this weekend and it was time to put some tomatoes into the garden. Two beefsteaks (one an heirloom) and San Francisco Fog. <br />
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In doing some prep work, I discovered a very large beet! Here it is root and all. Look at those beautiful greens.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-61800518632214186802016-09-09T21:49:00.000-07:002016-09-09T21:49:14.998-07:00Cherokee Purple Heirloom Tomato<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I only planted one heirloom tomato plant this year: Cherokee Purple Heirloom Tomato<br /> <br />
Visually, they are so beautiful. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-56204705660928764042016-09-08T19:11:00.001-07:002016-09-08T19:11:41.197-07:00Extending the Summer Garden at 32 Degrees<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to cool and freeze. During the winter, this effort pays off by adding a taste of summer to cooking long after the season's end.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-89608778731901266032016-08-28T15:52:00.000-07:002016-08-28T15:52:36.521-07:00Watermelon From the Garden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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First ever watermelon... Sweet with a chance of seeds.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-44330337909995290572016-08-20T15:21:00.001-07:002016-08-20T15:23:12.040-07:00All From the Garden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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All from the garden: Ratatouille.<br />
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Onion, green peppers, zucchini, eggplant, thyme, cherry tomatoes. Final product was topped with finely chopped basil.<br />
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Oh, and a few lima beans on the back burner. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-75202807848529784852016-08-02T20:22:00.001-07:002016-08-02T20:22:45.509-07:00Spiralized Zoodles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Spiralized my zucchini tonight to make "Zoodles." Topped it with freshly made sauce from the tomatoes from the garden. YUMMY!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-76699012502197406322016-07-22T17:34:00.001-07:002016-07-22T17:34:54.476-07:00A Trio of Containers with Welcoming Plants<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Adding curb appeal through great container plants.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-31841862073384618262016-07-20T09:53:00.000-07:002016-07-20T09:53:02.116-07:00Sunflowers Galore<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Enjoying the multiple sunflower heads on this plant. Some critter is binging on the leaves...but that hasn't stopped the robustness of the blooms.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-12657546368471801592016-07-12T08:26:00.002-07:002016-07-12T08:26:46.685-07:00Roma Tomatoes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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First harvest of Roma tomatoes. Planning to freeze these for now.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-62986661618096905192016-07-10T10:25:00.000-07:002016-07-10T10:25:01.249-07:00Lima Bean: Part Deux<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-91379903336713768032016-07-09T15:31:00.001-07:002016-07-09T15:31:57.940-07:00Cosmos Is A Star Plant<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The white cosmos looks so delicate in the sun.</td></tr>
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I had cosmos in my garden years ago. They volunteer so readily. I don't know why I stopped growing...but added them back this year. Good decision.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-3670626622273823482016-07-08T14:34:00.001-07:002016-07-08T14:34:50.724-07:00The Spirit of the Lima Bean<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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First year to grow lima beans in the garden. I am surprised by the toughness of the pod.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-70390620494381884812016-07-03T08:51:00.000-07:002016-07-03T08:51:26.431-07:00Sunny Sunflower <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The sunflower is such a happy flower. I haven't grown any in the garden for years so I am appreciating that the one I planted is sprouting flowers at each stalk/leaf junction. I am going to have sunflower blooms for a long time!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-3029589950727430502016-07-02T16:42:00.001-07:002016-07-02T16:44:13.601-07:00Let's See What Is In The Seed Drawer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The seed drawer hold purchased seed as well as seeds harvested from the garden.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year I had some beans which dried on the vine. As I was cleaning up the garden, I broke away the dried pod and harvested the seeds. When I decided to grow three sisters (beans, zucchini and corn) in my garden this year, I found the container with the yellow bean seeds and planted them about two weeks ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stop back to this post tomorrow to see what happens when you mix dirt, water, seeds and sun!</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-59054722667732188212016-06-30T07:37:00.000-07:002016-06-30T07:45:48.690-07:00Pollinators at Work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The garden was buzzing this morning with three open zucchini flowers. Two were female and one male. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-79381572108323997072016-06-28T10:15:00.000-07:002016-06-28T10:15:43.961-07:00Time for Thyme<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My drip irrigation is really making a difference in the garden this year. This thyme plant has a circular soaker drip at the center of the plant. It really is giving it vigor to spread beautifully.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557453.post-78951506694165313782016-06-27T10:45:00.001-07:002016-06-27T10:46:30.308-07:00Sunflower Ready to Show its Stuff<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sunflower is about ready to explode open. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corn Silks Exposed and Waiting for Pollen to Fertilize the Ear of Corn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tassels Heavy with Pollen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delicate and silky but when magnified, the silks look anything but silky</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I have a total of six stalks of corn growing in the garden this year. I know that hand-pollinating is a must for a crop this small because there's just not enough pollen floating down from the tassels to find the silks which lead to the corn kernels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In searching for instructions to hand-pollinate, I learned a few facts about corn which I did not know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, corn is a member of the <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">plant</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">family</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">Gramineae which has<a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/grass-family" target="_blank"> </a></span><a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/grass-family" target="_blank"><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">petalless</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">flowers</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">borne</span> <span class="oneClick-link">in</span> <span class="oneClick-link">spikelets,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">fruit</span> <span class="oneClick-link">in</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">form</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">seedlike</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">grain. </span></a></span><br />
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<span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available" style="font-size: large;">Second, </span><span class="st" style="font-size: large;">corn is a graass as is rice, wheat, barley, millet, oats, sugar cane, sorghum, rye and bamboo. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When you see these near your tomato plants...beware</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Droppings like the ones in the first photo, usually mean this monster is noshing his way through your favorite tomato plants<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the summer kitchen garden is starting to take shape, be vigilant about looking for droppings on the leaves and ground around your tomato plants. This cleverly camouflaged guys can look like a rolled up leaf on the tomato plant and you'll miss spotting them. If they are left unattended, you will come back to your garden to find entire leaves and stalks missing from your plant. They even can take a few good whacks out of the tomatoes, too. </span></div>
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