GARDEN WITH A VIEW: Missing My Garden

It is hard to be on vacation when you know your garden is in producing bountiful of food. It is also nice to know that there is someone who will water and look out for your garden when you are away. I love going on vacation but my garden is always in the back of my mind. My Big Rainbow is still not dead. It is coming back after a severe prune because the blight has taken over our community garden this year. The weather has been very cool which means that our harvests will be meager at best. The roses look like they missed tlc while I was away. The deadheading is a laborious job when you have so many. The kale, herbs, and the cucumber are doing extremely well. I saw little cuc's dangling on the wire trellis. Work starts on Monday and I have been watering the school garden every two weeks over the summer to keep all the buddleia bushes alive. It has not been climbing up the to 100 degree mark yet and I fear that in October and November, the weather will be pretty hot. All the plants are acting strange. The O'Neal blueberries are starting to flower and it is still producing big clusters of berries. Such a nice treat.

While on vacation, it was nice to visit a few community gardens. They were all small and full of life. Just being with the trees and nature was enough for me to realize how important green space is regardless of how small it can be. Seeing the coastal redwoods makes you feel insignificant in life because nature rules. Nature is greater than man's will because it will take all that we have in a second. It makes me want to protect it even more and I feel sorry for what man has done to the environment in such a short period of time.

Sunflower Fields

The sunflowers fields were incredible. There different fields of growth. I don't know what the flowers are used for. Maybe feed or for seeds to eat. It was just spectacular I have never seen such a beautiful sight. This trip commemorated my ten year wedding anniversary. We spent our time eating great local food and visiting the state parks. There is a lot to do and see in California. The blackberry picking was a little iffy due to the fact that the best ones were growing amongst poison oak.