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Gardening at the San Diego Fair

This morning, as I’ve been doing every other day since Wednesday, June 5, and as I’ll be doing every other day until July 4, I went to the fair (but only to water). For the past seven years, I’ve agreed to do the watering of the San Diego Rose Society’s demonstration rose garden at the fair. This […]

June 18, 2013 / No Comment / Read More

Gardening Tips for May – “Xhose” & African Violets

May 28, 2013 No Comment

I’d like to tell you today about something new and something old. The something new is a hose. Yes, I know, a HOSE?? Maybe you’ve seen commercials for this hose on TV; I hadn’t, I was introduced to the Xhose by a friend who raved about it. Regarding hoses. . .they are sooooo irritating, especially if you use a long […]

In and About the Garden. . .

April 30, 2013 No Comment

Hello, gardening friends, I hope you’ve answered your garden’s call to come outside and play in the dirt this month. I have finally begun to emerge from gardening hibernation and have been planting, tidying up and fertilizing. I spent a productive afternoon last week at the Walter Andersen’s Nursery in Poway (12755 Danielson Court Poway, […]

April in Garden: Variety is the Spice of Life

April 2, 2013 No Comment

April is one of the two best months of the year for planting in the garden (October is the other one). Now is the time to be thinking ahead for summer. If you like to plant seeds, beans, beets, carrots, chard, corn, cucumbers, edamame, eggplants, herbs, leaf lettuce, melons, peppers and chilies, potatoes, radishes, summer squash, sunflowers, […]

March in the Garden

March 19, 2013 No Comment

March, for me, is a month for garden preparation. I feed my soil with compost and fertilize my plants with organics like alfalfa pellets, bone meal, blood meal, Epsom salts, and anything else I have lying around from the previous year. I put it all together in my wagon, mix it up and portion it out to […]

Gardening Tips: February 2013

February 25, 2013 No Comment

My name is Stevie Hall. I am a new contributor to The Carmel Valley Life and will be writing about gardening in the Carmel Valley area. I will share seasonal gardening suggestions and will tell you about local garden and nursery resources. February is still a good month for planting cool season vegetables and annuals […]

“Gardeners 92130” – Uniting Gardening Enthusiasts

January 28, 2013 No Comment

“Gardeners 92130” – Uniting Gardening Enthusiasts in 92130 Carmel Valley has a new garden club and I would like to tell you about it. My name is Stevie Hall; I am president of Gardeners92130. In December of 2011, I sent a letter to the editor of the Carmel Valley News saying I wanted to […]