So I’ve been snooping around the countless garden blogs that are out there and saw one about Xeriscaping—a term I thought had died about 20 years ago. Xeri—Greek word root meaning dry (same for Xerox, ‘cause they use dry toner to print). The article took the usual “10 tips” approach, and one had to do with “helping your soil.” Readers were encouraged to dump lots and lots of organic material into their beds to create a rich medium for their [...]
The best thing that can happen to your garden sounds a little like a zombie movie. I’m talking about little babies eating grown-ups. As they say in Hollywood, here’s the story treatment. Here in Santa Barbara, CA we’re so close to Hollywood, I’ll give it my best shot. And with the writers’ strike, maybe I can hone my craft…
Just before dawn, as an waning moon sets over the gnarled and twisted trees, a barely visible white oval, perched on a [...]
How many of you watered your lawn this week? Come on, raise your hands, don’t be shy. Good.
Bearing in mind that I’m writing from southern California, here’s your next question. If the average annual rainfall in Santa Barbara is between 18 and 21 inches, and we only received 6 this year, and a chicken gets on a train in Miami heading north at 60 mph into a 6 mph headwind, how long will it take to water your lawn [...]
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