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Mystery Plant!

This plant, somewhere between a vine and bush, gets pretty bluish flowers which become tasty/refreshing little mini melon/cucumberish fruits – but I don’t know what they are!  Scrumptious though, I’m guessing in the cucumber family. Mystery plant with its flowers and lower … Continue reading

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Amazing Window Surfing Birds Visiting my house daily!

Amazing bird video of birds in my garden surfing on my window! Anyone know what kind of birds these are?  Even my Bourke parakeet (parrot) is fascinated and mystified by these oddly behaving birds!  They literally surf down the window!  … Continue reading

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Mystery Birds even Mystify our Bourke – What are these Surfing Birds?

Amazing bird video of birds in my garden surfing on my window! Even our Bourke watches these birds with fascination!  Anyone know what kind of birds these are? http://ping.fm/Vhsy9

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Crop Report April 1, 2010

Today I planted the remining plants from the BioDome – mostly tomatoes, peppers, eggplants – so now the veggie garden is failry well planted – with brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, leek, beets, carrots, radishes, onions, kale, swiss chard, corn, sugar … Continue reading

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Casper the Cockatoo

“Casper the Cockatoo” is a fun black and white line drawing by M. Nicole van Dam, inspired by wonderful Casper at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. Available in Limited Edition prints, greeting cards and more, available at Create.bz.

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We have Sprouts!

We have sprouts!  Within just a few days, the first biodome we planted had sprouts – now all 3 day.  The radishes came up first, but the corn and sunflowers are growing unbelievably fast, with the kale not far behind!  … Continue reading

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Seedlings, at a least a few of them, in seed starter boxes!

All week long seeds and seeds and seeds have arrived from various catalogs – but no seed starter to plant them in yet!  Then yesterday, f.i.n.a.l.l.y, the first seed starter box arrived.  So far I like it – time will … Continue reading

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A little poem about living green…

Flying Green It is time to be green Toss the toxic benzene Past is oil’s hour We don’t need crude, sweet or sour Make way for solar power Or if not by sun, then by wind or grain Let’s explore … Continue reading

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Poem and Artwork About Taking Care of our Environment – Being Green

Flying Green It is time to be green Toss the toxic benzene Past is oil’s hour We don’t need crude, sweet or sour Make way for solar power Or if not by sun, then by wind or grain Let’s explore … Continue reading

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BIG Garden Plans for EMPTY BEDS!

I spent so much time researching the web for info on Ojai vegetable gardening – what to plant, when to plant, etc.  I found a great source of info on http://www.gardening-coaches.com/whentoplantveggies.php which helped a lot, and led me to three … Continue reading

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About the Artist Family Garden..Pets…and Cooking Fiascos!

About the Artist Family Garden..Pets…and Cooking Fiascos! Here are last year’s vegetable beds… Mr. Squirrel, do you have reservations? With last year’s harvest, I tried more carrot recipes than one would think possible – carrot breads, carrot muffins, carrot quiche, carrot … Continue reading

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