Hey, everyone else is doing it, so I oughta do this a little too. I'll obviously be covering news from my garden but also-- my Greyhounds, my family, and living in Kahleefourniya (California for those of you not initiated into the Schwartzenegger way of speaking)
The good news about the recent cold snap is that my citrus appears to have survived!!! That's quite an achievement, as somewhere between 70-85 percent of the statewide trees are toast. I am also relieved because three of my trees are ex-grove trees which have a long and storied history. They are amazingly productive even in their old age. The bad news is that my banaba, guava, and peppers are pretty much goners. Oh well.
Gaura's Garden Tip: Don't dig up broccoli when you've harvested the main head. Leave them go, give them a little extra compost or organic fertilizer, and harvest the side shoots that will come. Believe me when I say that you will harvest at least double and sometimes triple your harvest.
Give it a try. You can keep this going until disease or insects strike or until the heat makes the taste too strong.
And now for the bad news.
Our dear Greyhound Mustang is at the e-vet tonight. She's quite the survivor-- at the age of 12 she survived three weeks of post-hurricane New Orleans, then made it through Lamar-Dixon until finding herself in Grey-safe hands and a GUR out here to California. She has since been suffering from spinal compressions, and incontinence. Today she suffered some sort of injury when we were away getting groceries. The vet couldn't even get her to settle down for x-rays so she is there on a painkiller drip until they can hopefully figure out what might be wrong. They are worried that she has a torn muscle. I worry that she will not be able to survive surgery. Good thoughts/ white light/ prayers appreciated.
