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It is Cali winter now but I still miss the fruit from the summer. The pears were especially good, they had this sort of gritty texture,...

So I watched a few too many videos and came across a few explaining how to extract a mango seed. I was 30 years old when I learned that...

The last we nabbed off the nectarine tree, it is now slumbering, well watered and fertilized.

Been a bit so I've quite a backlog, will probably just post these with tidbits until I catch up.

I started taking the Minnesota melon out to harden it, and now I feel like it has blebbed out some lil' flower buds and yearns for the...

Last plum from either of the trees. I promise I wont forget you in the fruit bowl and let you rot and stink up the place. loljk that...

Sinkmann and his lover seem to be having an on again off again affair. The weird little tomato isn't exactly thriving and I have a bad...

The green onions, the mini eggplants and the mini melon are sitting on a window sill over our kitchen sink. I like to think they are...

We have a nectarine tree in the backyard next to the murder shack, and it took it upon itself to go above and beyond. We don't really...

Look at this over achiever. Mooma cracked open a fresh picked lemon, all excited to bake salmon with it, and this guy was already trying...

I was just mulling over how to attack the out of control cactus we have in the side garden, and saw a spiny and angry looking vine. Curse...

Had the pleasure of visiting the Summer Winds Nursery in Palo Alto today. Beautiful plants and very friendly staff. Maybe too friendly....

The tiny melon looks awesome! I transplanted it from the Burpee. Sadly, its sibling didn't make it, so I tried planting another one.

We have two fig trees blebbing out figs in the side garden. I'm not entirely sure what sort of fertilizer it needs, but they seem to be...

The peach tree is sadly suffering from leaf curl. From what I could find online, it is a fungal disease you can treat by topical sulfur...

We had two trees that had been cut back a year ago because they were threatening the utility lines, but this year they grew back in. And...

My dad bought my mom these hanging fuchsias but she has no names for them. Are they even loved? Unclear. I do love the covered porch...

We have been making liberal use of this here fruit pickin' stick and cooking lots of fish flopped on lemon slices. We do worry a bit...

There was this creepy giant tree in the side garden behind the loquat tree, and we never knew what it was. I had to climb up a 6ft pile...

We have been running out of stuff to do with the lemons, but the tree will not let up. Lemons forever! So we make bake/broil a bunch more...