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Nope. I'm out in the burbs of Los Angeles. Not too far south of the big commercial strawberry fields in Oxnard. We are just inland of the Santa Monica mountains that divide the San Fernando Valley from the coast. Before the San Fernando was developed it was citrus orchards and sheep...

I also have to content myself with whatever ripens every few days. But the VERY BEST intentions to hand water would get you nowhere in SoCal in very short order. As my husband delights to point out, we are living in what essentially is a landscaped desert. Oh, and I checked on our zones...

You know, now that you mention it, Mary, I have a spot where nothing is growing along a sunny wall. I'd have to get some proper irrigation for them but to have fresh raspberries it would be worth it! Thanks for the inspiration! How long did it take to get a reasonable number of berries to...

Don't you have to put up a permanent support for them and have room to pick from both sides? And then give them room so that you're not impaled on them when you're casually passing by? When we lived in Vancouver the blackberries grew wild. Well, they actually took over anything that didn't...

Couldn't she just find out what the breeder recommended that brand for and put that in the food she gave the dog? I find preparing my dog's food easy and very reasonably affordable. I must have missed what you recommend, NYboy. I gather you run a kennel? Oh, BTW, I don't think I mentioned...

I am in probably zone 9. I forgot our Sunset microclimate zone. I've sure there are raspberries that would grow here. I just don't have enough space for them.

How much is too much? What can benefit from it? I've got an inflamed hamstring and I'm soaking it a few times a day in an epsom salt soak. I've emptied the pot onto some of my roses. I've got a few more before they've all had a dose. But I'm going to be dumping this stuff for days. What...

That is too funny and, it seems, really effective for medicating hassle-free! I love it!

I think all the same stuff is here, it's just arranged differently. I don't know why there's all set up differently. They just are. Look on the right margin for the links. They're at the end of the content not in the footer of the page. Personally, I like the Backyard Chicken's format but...

Yup! The dimensions of the materials will petty much define what you end up with. I used 8' boards and Gardeners' Supply's channelled corners. Two foot widths meant no waste. One 8' board per container and stacked for the width. Is there a reason to use hay bales instead of straw for...

I would soooo love to have raspberries!

I've been composting and working on my adobe clay soil for 15 years. I think I'm ready to garden now!

Very nice! I bet you'll love raised bed gardening. I put in 3 that are 8' x 2' x 3' high last year. Filling them was an issue but I was also constructing a berm in the lawn at that time and I needed a truckload of soil for that too so it wasn't that much more. In any case, it's pretty much...

Our dog (a mostly yellow lab rescue dog) got very fussy in her old age. She now gets Trader Joe's kibble mixed with cottage cheese for breakfast and a mixture of chicken drumsticks, brown rice, sweet potato and butternut squash for dinner. It's not too bad to make her food. I put the...

We don't get mud season in SoCal. We don't have seasons at all. Just drought. Good thing too! When our adobe clay gets wet it turns the whole backyard into a Slip n Slide.

That was meant to be "succulents that will grow in the SHADE without getting leggy". I don't know why I'm not allowed to edit my own posts.....

I will certainly not rely on those stout-hearted plants that are doing fine on their own but they are really encouraging. In fact, if it weren't for volunteers I probably would have given up gardening many many years ago. But when something wants so much to grow, I've just got to get out there...

So I just found another tomato that overwintered. I was cleaning out a thicket of nasturtium to see where I wanted to put a new compost pile and there it was! I can remember putting it in as a late season replacement for another one that was attacked by spider mites, but I can't remember...

YAY for all of you! You are just going to LOVE being a grandpa. It's sooo much more fun than being a parent. There just isn't the anxiety and so all you're left with is the time to have fun with them.

They look like they could disappear pretty quickly. Meanwhile, I don't see myself out there doing much staking and tying this year when they already have 360˚ support.