The first day of fall came with an unexpected surprise in Southern California. A torrential rainstorm hit and dropped almost an inch of rain in less than 20 minutes in some
places. I had an impulse that I couldn’t resist.
I drove to my favorite nursery and as I walked from my car to the door, I felt the first drops of rain land on my nose. Time is of the essence, I thought.
Quickly I ordered up four bags of Bumper Crop (an organic soil amendment that includes bag guano, chicken manure, worm castings and a bunch of other great things). One bag for each
raised bed in my community garden plot. …