A few wilted leaves on my vegetables prompted me to check on the soil moisture levels. Sure enough, the recent spring-like temperatures and light winds had dried the soil. I can't believe it will last. My gosh, this is still JANUARY!
The weather will probably change so I decided not to tamper with the watering stations. Instead, I had an excuse to go outside, enjoy the sunshine and turn on the hose ...( I just LOVE to handwater - any old excuse will do. )
Picked more golden beets, tomatoes and lettuce this morning. Dug carrots, yesterday. Pulled the last of the radishes and found a few aphis on the leaves. ( No insects on anything else, though.)
All citrus is ripe and gives us more fruit than we can consume. Giving fruit to friends, neighbors and relatives on a " U Pick " basis. The vegetable garden is generous. I went to the produce market the other day and all I needed to buy were a bunch of bananas and two avocados, neither of which likes to grow in Borrego. It's great to save money and better yet to know the food came fron a pesticide-free garden!
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