T Rees Garden Diary
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Garden enthusiast, Graphic Artist, recording the evolving mini environment of a backyard and N. CA., mindfulness, peace, outdoors.
80F/27C - It has been unusually cool mid-July. So many thunderstorms have passed overhead; not dropping rain but having a cooling effect. When I first moved to the valley in 1986, there would not be a single cloud from June to Sept.
July 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
80F/27C - It has been unusually cool mid-July. So many thunderstorms have passed overhead; not dropping rain but having a cooling effect. When I first moved to the valley in 1986, there would not be a single cloud from June to Sept.
96F/36C
Overnight 63F/17C
Lots of pollinator activity around the squash flowers. One very frustrated carpenter bee is having trouble reaching the nectar. A face full of pollen was the reward for persistence, but she won’t give up.
Overnight 63F/17C
Lots of pollinator activity around the squash flowers. One very frustrated carpenter bee is having trouble reaching the nectar. A face full of pollen was the reward for persistence, but she won’t give up.
June 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
96F/36C
Overnight 63F/17C
Lots of pollinator activity around the squash flowers. One very frustrated carpenter bee is having trouble reaching the nectar. A face full of pollen was the reward for persistence, but she won’t give up.
Overnight 63F/17C
Lots of pollinator activity around the squash flowers. One very frustrated carpenter bee is having trouble reaching the nectar. A face full of pollen was the reward for persistence, but she won’t give up.
86F/30C - NNW 14mph. Wind hot and dry brings wild fire risk. Warnings to check defensible space for dry leaves. 3 hawks whirl overhead. Marigolds for those lost. Determined but small jumping spider holds fast.
June 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
86F/30C - NNW 14mph. Wind hot and dry brings wild fire risk. Warnings to check defensible space for dry leaves. 3 hawks whirl overhead. Marigolds for those lost. Determined but small jumping spider holds fast.
90F/32C - Salsa day!
5 banana peppers
5 cups tomatoes of various sizes from store or garden
1/2 large yellow onion
1/3 cup large chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
tablespoon white vinegar
4 large cloves chopped garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
How to: boil peppers and tomatoes until the skin splits;
5 banana peppers
5 cups tomatoes of various sizes from store or garden
1/2 large yellow onion
1/3 cup large chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
tablespoon white vinegar
4 large cloves chopped garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
How to: boil peppers and tomatoes until the skin splits;
June 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
90F/32C - Salsa day!
5 banana peppers
5 cups tomatoes of various sizes from store or garden
1/2 large yellow onion
1/3 cup large chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
tablespoon white vinegar
4 large cloves chopped garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
How to: boil peppers and tomatoes until the skin splits;
5 banana peppers
5 cups tomatoes of various sizes from store or garden
1/2 large yellow onion
1/3 cup large chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
tablespoon white vinegar
4 large cloves chopped garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
How to: boil peppers and tomatoes until the skin splits;
83F/30C - May 20, I just planted my tomatoes seedlings after keeping them sheltered from the spring winds. Is it too late for a good summer harvest? Will the squirrels toss the fuzzy leaf babies in a heap? - Just keep swimming through sparkling red bottle brush flowers honey bees.
May 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
83F/30C - May 20, I just planted my tomatoes seedlings after keeping them sheltered from the spring winds. Is it too late for a good summer harvest? Will the squirrels toss the fuzzy leaf babies in a heap? - Just keep swimming through sparkling red bottle brush flowers honey bees.
85F/28C - It has been blustery and unsettled this week. Unusual fast thunderstorms then gone. Red squirrels are enjoying the green nectarines but the tree is large enough that plenty will be left on the outer branches. The discarded fruit will need to be cleaned up before it rots.
May 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
85F/28C - It has been blustery and unsettled this week. Unusual fast thunderstorms then gone. Red squirrels are enjoying the green nectarines but the tree is large enough that plenty will be left on the outer branches. The discarded fruit will need to be cleaned up before it rots.
May 10; 94F/ 33C - Hatchling poults hiding in a curb sprout of grasses pop out at the hen turkeys call. I try to be bird friendly, clean bird bath, acorns, insects, shade for some shelter from the heat, but no commercial corn feed to bring too many species together, since bird flu is in the area.
May 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
May 10; 94F/ 33C - Hatchling poults hiding in a curb sprout of grasses pop out at the hen turkeys call. I try to be bird friendly, clean bird bath, acorns, insects, shade for some shelter from the heat, but no commercial corn feed to bring too many species together, since bird flu is in the area.