California Gardening: California winter #2, 1 by SingingWolf

SingingWolf wrote:
Kell, nice photo at Lake Merritt.
My feral mama cat is really kind of small and thin. There is a quality of the air around here that sometimes magnifies things. So it doesn't surprise me that she'd remind you of a lion.
We could still get a freeze happen, but if it does it'll be in Feb. According to my trusty Farmers Almanac, it will be a mild winter for us this year. I guess that means temperatures, not rains. LOL!
My gh can get pretty hot in the summer even with the fans. Which is how we know that hummers pant when they get hot.
It can get pretty cold in the winter, as we don't have any heating in there except solar, and that doesn't work so well when it is raining. I do have a shade cloth over a portion of the top of the gh. Most plants don't mind the heat and humidity, as long as they get enough water.
I'm going to be utterly ruthless tomorrow and prune my roses. It so hard to do when they just started to bloom.
Speaking of blooms, here's a ground orchid, that KC gave me. It's a flood survivor and (gasp!) finally decided to bloom! : - )
Thanks KC. This photo was taken on the 27th, right before my ac laptop cord went zap and the screen went black. I wasn't sure if I'd lost my photos or not. I'm so thrilled I didn't, so I could share this with you! : - )
The irony is that the extended warranty expired the day before the line went pop. : - (
Got a new universal charger cord from Radio Shack.
WIB,
SW

This message was edited Jan 31, 2010 11:40 PM