Maybelline's Garden

Red Flam Grapes - 2019 The best/most productive crop in the garden for 2019 has been the Red Flame grapes. The quantity & quality ha...

What the heck?!  Blogging sure has dwindled down to a small trickle just like the flow of the good ol' Kern River.  Even though the drou...

 Here's what's going on in the garden after some nice rain before we head into a scorcher of a week. Several lavender plants are ...

This year, the Blenheim apricot won the bloom off competition in the garden. The apricot buds broke on Valentine's Day.  Each year the S...

It's June 1st and, just like calendar work, the plums are ripening.  We enjoyed sharing the 1st juicy goodness for dessert a couple of n...

Seems like the split leaf philodendron bloom is a bit early this year; but maybe not.  It seems to have opened in years past between now...

  The garden orchard isn't big at all.  All the deciduous trees are espalier pruned to shadow the garden fence line.  (The citrus gro...

A few edibles have bolted.  The mustard and broccoli are certainly attracting the bees in the neighborhood.  Those items will remain in plac...

Today, Farmer MacGregor and I attended a pruning seminar at a local nursery.  My intent was to glean information to correct some improper pr...

The Blenheim Apricot has some borer damage that was discovered during recent dormant spraying. I've sent out photos to several local nur...

 Blenheim Apricot The apricot harvest is moving along nicely. Bird netting is keeping the pesky birds away in frustration with no sign...

The apricots are coming along nicely.  All the stone fruit in the garden are espalier pruned.  The two most vigorous trees are the Santa Ros...

Before the temperatures plummeted and the wind picked up this evening, all the fruit trees were groomed (espalier).  Some of the trees are m...