Maybelline's Garden

Santa Rosa Plum Bud Break - February 12, 2017 It's been a beautifully wet winter in California.  Some moan and whine.  I delight ...

"Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and th...

Frost formed on the Scotch Moss this morning.  Thank goodness.  More freezing weather is good for the fruit trees.  Well, not so good for t...

Mamas’ Day was great.  The morning started early out in the garden finishing the tomato supports.  It was cool and breezy.  It was so cool ...

Brussels Sprouts – Long Island Improved Lemon – Variegated Pink Rose -  Pope John Paul II Pansy - ? Pansy – Mammoth Red ...

After a recent storm, I went out to inspect the garden to survey for damages.  Fortunately, there wasn’t any and everything was freshly wash...

No rain this morning; but evidence of its visit lingers. The broccoli is only leaning slightly to the south…not as bad as I t...

It’s been raining for days around here!  It’s rained so much that my broccoli is starting to fall over.  And I don’t care.  I’ll take the r...

    California finally received some rain.  My part of California received wind and dust.  Yuck.  We were warned that there would be heav...

The radishes are breaking through. I think the peas will follow. Today started out with a gentle, soft rain. I enjoy this as much as possibl...