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Who wanted horse manure?
Posted by kelpmermaid(10S24)
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shadowsmom(Sunset z24)Updated Anyone in Orange County interested in composted horse manure and wood shavings? I saw this website in craigslist and it looks like the compost may be free of herbicides and pesticides as it is composted horse manure and lumber sha...
What soil amendments - sandstone-like soil?
Posted by jeffeverde
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ccroulet(z9 CA Sunset 18)Updated jeffeverde: If you were to decide to go for native plants, your soil would be ideal as it is. debbysunshine: A huge area of San Diego is built on former marine terraces. The upper surface is Pleistocene age, older than 10,000 year...
Wildflower Spot Surfside in SF Bay Area
Posted by bearstate(9A)
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youreitUpdated Ahhhh, I thought that sounded familiar! Many years ago, DH and I stayed in Davenport above the restaurant you mentioned, Bear (Davenport Roadhouse at the Cash Store). Two of their large rooms have great views with large windows, o...
Shade cloth question
Posted by entwife(NorCal9)
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entwife(NorCal9)Updated Hi Mike, LOL! I have fried my share of plants already this spring. If I had the real bad afternoon sun/heat on the plants, I might go with 50% or more, but it seems that with only midday sun, I should be able to get away with some...
Putting Sprinklers in a narrow bed
Posted by jeffeverde
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CA Kate z9Updated I have much the same situation installed by the former owner. Having the irrigation in the middle of the bed allows you to use side-to-side spray heads and get good coverage ><. i don know why you want to change it.... excep...
orange county fair
Posted by wfield18(z10 CA)
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buzzsaw8Updated Now that you started this thread, I have to bring up the story I read in the OC Register last week. Seems that deep frying foods has been the rage at the fair the past few years - they did oreo cookies, snicker bars, even twinkies...
Japanese Beetles ready to emerge
Posted by californian
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hosenemesisUpdated hoovb, you are scaring me. Thank goodness we don't have those yet! We leave our doors open with the light on at night and when the beetles come in we scoop them up into Tupperware containers to feed to the scrub jays in the am. Ju...
Caterpillars ?
Posted by debbysunshine(san diego)
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ladyslppr(z6 PA)Updated I wouldn't worry about the caterpillars until you start seeing considerable damage to the plants. Most plants can take moderate leaf damage without any reduction in their growth rate, so a fwe caterpillars won't hurt. If the cater...
Flatworms
Posted by melle_sacto(Z9/Sunset 14 CA)
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melle_sacto(Z9/Sunset 14 CA)Updated They are smooth, not segmented like an earthworm. And the anterior end is tapered to a point, not shovel or shield or triangular shaped. Next time I see one I'll take a picture.
How does one know......
Posted by CA Kate z9
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CA Kate z9Updated Thank you all. I will try these methods. I already know about the "taste testers" ruining most of the crop. I already share some barely-pecked fruit... the birds are rarely wrong.
Vegetable gardens
Posted by socalgirl-10
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socalgirl-10Updated Thanks
water efficiency
Posted by firefightrsflame
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firefightrsflameUpdated Thanks everyone. I will be putting some of that in to affect. All great ideas. Much appreciated. -Terra
Getting rid of invasive Nopales
Posted by kristimama
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lisascenic Urban Gardener, Oakland CAUpdated Perhaps you could consider it part of your vegetable garden. The young paddles are delicious!
I can't breathe!
Posted by sautesmom
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kathi_mdgd(92058)Updated My GD lives in Marysville and she said the air quality there is very bad,and it's very smokey outside.She is an asthmatic ,so i worry about her.She went in to the dr's today to get a new inhaler,and she also has a baby and a 3 yea...
Pest & Disease Remedies
Posted by CA Kate z9
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dicotUpdated I've become a big believer in the chamomile tea for seedlings. Now I just set out a 2 gallon glass jar and make sun tea and use it in the watering can or misting bottle. Hydrogen peroxide is good for fighting disease during germin...
math & science tie-ins to gardening?
Posted by lucia_ca(z9 CA)
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davissue_zone9(z9 Sunset 14)Updated My brother who lives in Canada dropped by yesterday with his young teenagers to visit. After dinner, it was cool enough to go out in the yard, to admire the garden. I took the kids over to the "white garden" where we wat...
Mildew!
Posted by steverosen
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Home remedy would be a fungicide combining 2-1/2 tablespoons of horticultural oil (Sunspray Ultra-Fine, Saf-T-Side, etc.) in a gallon of water and adding 4 teaspoons baking soda.
Keeping ceanothus alive and thriving
Posted by bluekitobsessed
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated I have quite a lot of ceanothus here which does OK even in the heat and is never watered. I have noticed that it is very sensitive to herbicides of any kind, and if you get blackberries, poison oak or other shrubby weeds usually b...
sunny slope, need ground cover for certificate of occupancy
Posted by mragle
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated COO's are typically a requirement for final occupancy of any new construction, in this case a new residential subdivision. The city may often make requirements that certain landscape items are completed by the new owner prior to s...
One Eye Open,One Eye Closed
Posted by calpat(zone9ab No.Ca.)
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youreitUpdated We're in a rural area, as well. A lot of consolidated trips for us. In fact, I've been wanting to escape this miserable heat and smoke, but we can't even afford to take a trip to the coast! (Highs in the 60s at Dillon Beach...AHHH...
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