California is known for its weather, and for those who don’t yet know, winter everywhere else is our spring. Here in SoCal flowers have sprouted everywhere, peas are growing strong, brassicas are loving the rain (LOTS of rain!). For gardeners with yards covered in snow, enjoy those seed catalogs by the fire. We’re still tending the soil and harvesting winter crops. Enjoy these shots from our winter garden.
We hope you are enjoying the winter regardless of whether you are actively gardening or planning your spring season. Happy Gardening!
Your garden looks lovely. We are so lucky here in southern Californai!! When do you start seeds in the ground for your warm season crops?
Thanks, Andrea. We are starting seeds for warm season crops in the next two weeks. Typically you count back 6-8 weeks from your “last frost” which we don’t have, and start seeding then. Our winter crops give up the ghost in February, so we plant another round of lettuces and radishes, then start in on the bush beans, then squashes like zucchini and patty pan – direct seeded. By then the tomatoes we seeded in early Feb are ready to go in the ground. If you live in areas where it stays cool a little longer, you can get away with some kale and broccoli now (not from seed at this point, transplants from the nursery). So start seeds for your tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, corn, etc. and you’ll be good to go in 6-8 weeks.
Love your blog!! Can you tell me what kind of chicken that is on the right? The gold one? We have one just like it and haven’t figured out what kind it is – we inherited our 6 ladies from friends who moved to Wisconsin and they couldn’t remember… Trying to figure out which eggs are from which chicken too… quite the challenge! Thanks for all you do,
Tammy
The gold one is Ethel, the Easter Egger. She lays blue eggs. Does that help?