A Gardener's Notebook with Douglas E. Welch
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Country & Rural Garden News (13)Newspapers (6)Other Gardening News (A-J) (29)Other Gardening News (K-Z) (30)Join me in my garden! 6 Nov 09 Fall Color - Liquidambar Fall Color - Liquidambar - 1Originally uploaded by dewelchFound along my walk yesterday, this Liquidambar styraciflua was bursting into color. This is one of the few trees that give us any sense of Fall here in southern California... 5 Nov 09 What I'm (e)Reading...Robin's Nesting Place Robin's Nesting Place is one of the many gardening blogs I follow. It is filled with some tremendous photography, like the post below. Like many blogs, Robin's Nesting Place is highlighting the changes that Winter brings to the garden... 3 Nov 09 Elsewhere: LADWP offers FREE Landscape classes Found at Blogging.la...LADWP offers FREE Landscape classes:"LADWP is offering its customers free landscape classes focused on using ideal vegetation for our climate. The California Friendly Landscape Workshop will show you how to choose the right plants and conserve water in Southern California... 29 Oct 09 Wind damage in my area These pictures are a good reminder that if you don't prune the dead wood out of your trees, a good wind is liable to do it for you. We had a strong, cold Santa Ana Wind this week and any tree that had a bit of deadwood, or weak limbs, quickly shed them into streets, yards and even on top of a couple of houses... 29 Oct 09 Get A Gardener's Notebook via Email You can receive A Gardener's Notebook content directly in your email box. Use the form or link below to subscribe via email.Enter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurnerSubscribe to A Gardener's Notebook with Douglas E... 28 Oct 09 Patio Bed Cleanup and Division Complete After almost a week of being down with a bad cold, I HAD to get out into the garden today. Since it was garbage day, it was also a good idea to fill our green bin while we had the chance.About 2 weeks ago I cleaned out half of this bed, dividing a large clump of agapanthus and replanted the divisions... 26 Oct 09 Cooper's Hawk in my garden this morning ... 18 Oct 09 The 10-minute (or more) Gardener - Cleanup and Dividing the Agapanthus Today has been a productive day in many regards, so after accomplishing stuff at my desk and computer, there was some time (and motivation) to do a bit in the garden, too.I know I make everyone north of me jealous, instead of planting bulbs this time of year, ours are starting to grow... 10 Oct 09 Garden Cleanup - "Up on the roof" Over the last week or so the temperatures have been cooling down and the mornings are grey and sometimes foggy. It is heard to believe after so many dry months, but the rains are coming. According to my records, the earliest rain I have recorded here in my garden was October 23, 2004... 23 Sep 09 Tree Rounds for Your Garden from Theodore Payne Foundation I saw this in today's newsletter from the Theodore Payne Foundation and thought LA locals might find it interesting and useful. My tree rounds seem to act as homes to many valley carpenter bees as well as providing some extra seating for the garden... 19 Sep 09 The 10-minute gardener - Sept. 19, 2009 Image by dewelch via FlickrOur temperatures are supposed to rise into the triple digit again this week, so I took some time this morning to do a little cleanup in the front garden. There is a lot of work to do there, including pruning the large azalea beds, but today was more cleanup than anything else... 14 Sep 09 Elsewhere Online: Tilling is one chore you might be able to skip Image via WikipediaI thought I was just being lazy by not doing a lot of tilling in my garden. (SMILE) This article from Fine Gardening magazine gives several other reasons, though.Tilling is one chore you might be able to skipTurning the soil over each year is a millennium-old tradition that has been challenged only in the last half century... 3 Sep 09 Noted: Who Knew? 75 Things You Can Compost Who Knew? 75 Things You Can Compost"We have been composting kitchen scraps and garden clippings for awhile now, but Planet Green's recent list of '75 Things You Can Compost, But Thought You Couldn't,' opened our eyes to a whole new world of compost possibilities ... 31 Aug 09 What I'm eReading...Down on the Allotment Down on the AllotmentAnother UK-based garden blog that is regularly updated with great information and wonderful pictures."I was born 20 yards from our allotment. My parents used to 'dig for victory' and never got out of the habit... 26 Aug 09 What I'm eReading...My Tiny Plot My Tiny Plot is one of the many gardening blogs I have in my Google Reader subscriptions. I have now idea how I first discovered it, but I love the garden diary and excellent pictures. This is also one of the many UK blogs I follow... 25 Aug 09 Brick and river rock path IMG_0823Originally uploaded by dewelchI liked this nicely designed brick path bordered by river rock at a client's house the other day. I think river rock looks very refined and the grey is a nice color offset to the red brick and green grass... 19 Aug 09 Crape Myrtles in bloom IMG_0821Originally uploaded by dewelchWalking around the neighborhood this evening I see the crape myrtles are blooming.These are very popular streetside trees in the San Fernando Valley and with their restrained habit and colorful blooms they make a nice addition to any yard or garden... 16 Aug 09 FREE CLASS! TPF Kids: Art & Science of Native Plants, with Pamela Burgess and Lisa Novick Image via WikipediaThis looks like a great free class at the Theodore Payne Native Plant Foundation. You can find complete information on the calendar at TPF Web Site. FREE CLASS! TPF Kids: Art & Science of Native Plants, with Pamela Burgess and Lisa Novick Saturday, August 22, 9 - 11 a... 12 Aug 09 The Shed is gone Our job is complete, mostly. We are heading to the dump soon and then a little gardening cleanup remains. I never would have believed we could dismantle the entire thin on about 6 hours, but we did. Many hands make light work... 12 Aug 09 Tearing down the garden shed Out friend, Duke, helps us to tear down our garden shed. ... 24 Jul 09 Los Angeles Watering Restrictions Update: (July 25, 2009): "Councilman Greig Smith introduced a motion Friday, July 24 seeking to change the Department of Water and Power's (DWP) two-day-per-week lawn watering restrictions to three days a week in an effort to help homeowners save their lawns and save additional water... 14 Jul 09 Concrete Bag Retaining Walls from Dirt du Jour I came across this great idea in the Dirt du Jour gardening blog and newsletter. This reminds me of a similar idea for creating resilient paths in your garden by combining decomposed granite (DG) and concrete powder and then wetting it in place... 27 May 09 Green beans from the garden picked today Green beans from the garden picked todayOriginally uploaded by dewelchI got a hand full of of green beans out of our driveway bed yesterday. This will be our biggest success this year as the lettuce and spinach bolted on us after a hot spell a few weeks ago... 23 May 09 Review: TB57 Lithium Ion Battery Cordless String Trimmer / Weed Trimmer A few weeks ago, Troy-Bilt was nice enough to send me their new TB57 Lithium Ion Battery Cordless String Trimmer / Weed Trimmer. Like most other products I review, I was unsure exactly how useful this would be in my urban garden, but after a trial run it seems that this will find a solid place among all my other tools... 29 Apr 09 Malibu Garden Club - May Meeting Image by Tie Guy II via FlickrYou may have heard about the Malibu Garden Club recently in this LA Times story, Malibu Garden Club trowels for new members.Link: Malibu Garden Club Web SiteWhen I read this story, I immediately thought that there might be some ways to use New Media to gain visibility (and hopefully, new members) for the group... 28 Dec 08 Links for 2008-12-27 [del.icio.us] Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | Recipe: Quick and Easy Black Bean Soup ... 2 Dec 08 Links for 2008-12-01 [del.icio.us] Howstuffworks "How to Draw Buildings" ... 9 Aug 08 Links for 2008-08-08 [del.icio.us] The Objection To Being Stepped On by Robert Frost at Old Poetry ... 17 Jul 08 Links for 2008-07-16 [del.icio.us] Foldable Greenhouse by Daniel Schipper ... 9 Jul 08 Links for 2008-07-08 [del.icio.us] Word Clouds. Tag clouds for text, RSS, web ... 2 Jul 08 Links for 2008-07-01 [del.icio.us] Trommel+Compost+Sifter ... 1 Jul 08 Links for 2008-06-30 [del.icio.us] IT Conversations | Jon Udell's Interviews with Innovators | Janis Dickinson Janis Dickinson Janis Dickinson directs the citizen science program at Cornell's Laboratory of Ornithology. On this edition of Interviews with Innovators with Jon Udell she discusses the lab's various projects...
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