not more wind!

So today is somewhat calm, however, yesterday was not! Man oh man did it get windy. Darn near blew off all the navel tree blossoms! The wind is not my friend, lol.

Cauliflower flowering in the garden - March 2011

Take a look at the cauliflower flowering in our organic raised garden bed!

This photo was taken during March, 2011

Snap pea's growing like crazy in the raised garden

This photo was taken a few weeks back. These snap  peas grow so fast! The more you pick, the more thisplant produces. Pick them when the are about 2" in length and eat right from the garden.

Check out this cool green bee I found in the yard

Found this little guy hanging onto his last bit of life in the yard the other day.

Any idea on what type of bee or insect this is?

Warm weather is here!

With the temps hitting near 90 already, the hard freeze seems like a distant memory now. Everything is starting to bloom and the new seedlings of all the wild flowers we've thrown are starting to emerge like a filed of grass...we may have thrown toomuch seed, lol, but you can never have too many wild flowers!

The rain

The rain hit us really hard right at 10pm! Currently it's bright blue skies outside and cold. I was hoping the rain would continue into today, but it seems like all the fun rain comes at night when were asleep :(

The garden and the entire yard for that matter got a good soaking, which means I shouldn't have to run my drip irrigation for the next couple of weeks if we stay under the 80 degree mark.

Garden update

Well it feels like it has been a long time since I've posted anythign on thegarden blog...I've been really busy expanding the side garden where I used to only have grapevines and pepper plants. Now the entire length of the grape and pepper areaisone  large garden! I have everything in there from onions, potatoes, herns, shallots, garlic and so much more! I will post some pictures soon, but in the meantime I hope to upload some more youttube videos of the garden and the various things starting to come  into season right now.

On another topic, the wild flowers we threw out from seed are starting to show everywhere! I most likely threw way too much seed so I'm betting were going to be living in a jungle pretty fast :)

Get ready for more rain tonight

A big storm is headed our way according to the local news reports. It should hit us with a lot of rain and wind sometime after 7pm.

I think I will cover my citrus trees with some frost cloth Sunday night since they are just now starting to burst with new growth. The new growth is what will burn really easily with a freeze. I think everything we have in the garden should be ok without covering. The broccoli and cauliflower are getting HUGE!

The Whitfill Gardening Hour Radio show for 2-26-11

So here it is...the Whitfill Nursery Garden Hour radio show for Saturday Feb. 26th, 2011.

Whitfill Gardening Hour 2-26-11

The Whitfill Gardening Hour Radio show for 2-12-2011

So here is your link to listen to the great garden talk show called "The Whitfill Nursery Gardening Hour, with Brian Whitfill".

Click on the following link to listen to the entire show without commercials:

Whitfill Gardening Hour

2-12-2011

Brian Whitfill answers your garden and landscape questions!

Still cold in the mornings in the garden

The mornings in the garden have been reallt cold still, however, the daytime highs are very nice hitting around 73-75. It's a little breezy today as well which always make things feel colder.

Anyway, the Whitfill garden hour radio show was on today so I look forward to posting the link to the recording once the radio station adds it to their website.

Broccoli has started to show in the raised garden

The broccoli is growing in very nice in the smaller of the two raised gardens. Pictures to follow as soon as the weather warms up, lol

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Making worm tea

Here is the irrigation line and emitters I will use to add air into the mixture.

Clip the airhose to the pantyhose with the clothespins.

Add in the pantyhose filled with worm castings.

Air pump.

Keep the air  pump above the water line so it will back flow into the  air pump.

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Notice the large amount of bubbles, which indicate that the emitters work well at allowing air to ass through.

Let this sit for 2-4 days and then use as a foliar feed as well as pouring it on the garden and plants.

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