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Apples, figs, squash and melons. Yum. Lost several new trees planted in the Fall/Winter. They just couldn't make it through heat or maybe I over watered trying to keep them going. I guess I still have the brown touch.

Amazing news! Sunday is often a big day away from home. While we were gone to our Sunday meeting and later Costco, someone brought our Pepito back.. We came home to find him in our grass all nice and clean and appeared in good health. When he saw me he walked right to his hibernation area. His bed was not returned, but Pepito went right back to the door of his home and waited for me to open it. He crawled in and is happily back to bed for a few weeks more.

We went around the neighborhoo… Continue

So you may recall that while we were growing giant pumpkins, we went away for a short vacation. When we returned, all but one of our pumpkins were gone - the vine all torn up. Someone appeared to have messed with our pool equipment - spa ws drained and the watefall appeared to be on but drained. The drinks out of our minifrdige were drunk with cans on the floor.

Well, this time when we went away, our desert tortoise turned up missing. At first we thought maybe he found a way to get past the two… Continue

We lost one large tree in last wind storm and nearly a second. However, yesterday, we planted three new trees. This time we chose edibles - Desert Gold peach, Anna apple and a Bonanza Miniature peach. We even tore up some of our grass to plant one of the trees. I'd love to tear the rest out and put in a net-patterned orchard.

We are anxious for them to grow large and fill in some of the empty spaces left by our larger, mature tree. We still have the whole ugly south wall to add to. I'm thinking… Continue

Okay, I found some very nice looking crowns over at Baker Nursery and I'm going to give it a shot. I've prepared a nice 18"x 28"L x 12"W trench and built up some mounds for a few of the asparagus crowns. I plan to put a couple more in another area and we'll see which area does best. Now I need to work out where to plant the rhubarb. We are thinking a round raised planter between our fig and orange trees for afternoon shade. Gotta dig out some roots and lay down fabric then fill in the soil and t… Continue