Garden social networking!
A friend of mine told me about a new social networking site that I had to check out. It seems to be pretty new and still in beta mode but has an interesting concept behind it. Trading produce with neighbors…
Keeping fresh basil at hand
Alternative to cut flowers I recently learned a great way to keep fresh basil at your fingertips. I’ve tried growing it in the house with an aerogarden and found that to be too expensive and produced very little – not…
A little evening drama
It started out as a clear hot day today leading into a dramatic evening. Always awe inspiring when nature gets bored.
How to draw a cute ladybug in Photoshop
Step by step When drawing from scratch I usually draw my little cartoons with a combination of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop but I decided to not stick with what was familiar to me and try to do the whole…
A fresh find at the farmers market – chayote leaves!
I had to go to Kaiser Thursday for a followup appointment and was happy to discover that that the local farmers market was taking place in the courtyard and very busy with packed tables of produce and customers. I thought…
Harvested my buttercup squash
I only got two buttercup squash off of my large plant but they were good. I waited to pick them until the stem was shriveled up which seemed to be the right thing to do. It came easily off the…
A couple from fern spring
It was nice to go to Yosemite – a place I go to quite often and discover a little gem I haven’t seen before. It’s just a little spot along the side of the road called Fern Spring that runs…