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06 Jan 2013 Leave a Comment
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Last Bloom of 2012 Plumeria
16 Dec 2012 1 Comment
This year has been a minimal garden blogging year for me… but lots of beautiful things still growing, sowing and enjoying. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and blessings to you and your families. Enjoy your garden moments and live each day beautifully! 2013 will be a change to a new garden blog called : Garden and Bliss. We will see what is in store for the new year soon!
Enjoying the Summer
26 Aug 2012 2 Comments
in Garden Fruits, Living Healthy, organic gardening, Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: backyard garden, container gardening, desert king fig, organic gardening, san diego garden
Backyard gardening is the most rewarding in the summer when vine ripe tomatoes and everything else in the garden grows with ease.
Container Gardening with Plumerias in Full Bloom:
Growing extra to share with neighbors and friends is essential.
A gift that is always appreciated and well remembered.
Photo below: Desert King Figs (picked today) stuffed with Goat Cheese.
From Garden to table:
Lemon, Anaheim Peppers, Banana Peppers, Beets, Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes and Apples all grown organically and picked ripe.
* Thank you Jill for the gift of this new wire basket for my vegetable garden!
HAPPY GARDENING
Favorite Garden Moments
02 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Flowers, Garden Design, Garden Fruits, organic gardening, Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: backyard garden, desert king fig, nadia's san diego garden blog, sunflower photo
This is a photo gallery of my favorite garden moments from the last year.
Desert King Figs and Heirloom Yellow Pear Tomatoes
7 foot Sunflower is a smile maker
Strawberries squeezed in anywhere I can find space
Herbs are always so rewarding to grow: Rosemary, Parsley Chives and Oregano
Sugar Baby Watermelon- another first for me in the garden this year- LOVED them
Growing short carrots was fun and great in soups and stews- super tasty
Dahlia flowers that continued to bloom month after month and made a great cutting flower
I planted Zinnia flowers for the first time in a rainbow of colors- very rewarding flower.
Happy New Year 2012
Happy Gardening
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Merry Christmas
25 Dec 2011 1 Comment
in Living Healthy, organic gardening, Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: Gardening, merry christmas, nadia's san diego garden blog
Merry Christmas and Happy Gardening.
Wishing Peace, Joy and Gratitude today to all.
Linus and the True Meaning of Christmas
Charlie Brown: “Isn’t there ANYONE who knows what Christmas is all about?!?!
Linus: “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, ‘Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.’ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.’ ” (Luke 2:8-14)
“You see, Charlie Brown—that’s what Christmas is all about.”
Sugar Baby Watermelon
11 Oct 2011 2 Comments
in Garden Design, Garden Fruits, Living Healthy, organic gardening, Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: nadia knows gardens, organic gardening, raised garden ideas, San Diego garden blog, sugar baby watermelon, watermelon
♥ SUGAR BABY WATERMELON ♥
Watermelon growing in-between planters
These melons were started as small plants vs. seeds in wine barrels with the vine trained to grow over the barrell and on to the ground. If your garden has space limitations then growing the vines on the ground and along pathways may give your vine plants that extra room needed for meandering growth.
Small sized watermelon almost ready to pick
* When a watermelon is ready to be picked it should be ripe and ready for eating. Have you heard that watermelons do not continue to ripen off the vine? This was new information for me so I’m waited to harvest these beauties. Watermelon should have a dull colored rind and a brown dried stem when it is ready to be picked. Watermelon are heavy feeders meaning they need steady watering. The soil needs to be rich and fertile with a healthy amount of calcium in the mix. Trellising is also an option by using small fabric slings to support their weight as they are suspended in the air. Coastal San Diego gets a lot of overcast days with sunny and warm days leading into October creating a late growing season for my melons.
Raised planter: watermelon, rosemary, eggplant, parsley and a few green onions.
Late growing season for watermelon in San Diego. The skin of the melon is a shiny green as it grows, then turns dull when it is ready to be picked.
Super Ripe !
Chula my Chihuahua with a Sugar Baby Watermelon. Watermelon = 7 pounds & Chula = 6.5 pounds
September Planting Guide
01 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
in Flowers, Garden Design, organic gardening, Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: garden flowers, nadia's san diego garden blog, September Garden Guide, Southern California Planting Guide
September Planting Guide for So. CA
*Frostless areas
Herbs ♥ Vegetables ♥ Flowers
The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~H. Rion
FLOWERS: My garden is now a permanent home to flowers. The Zinnia’s and Dahlia’s are coming to their seasonal end with Sweet Pea and Snapdragons waiting to be planted in September. Flowers are a great way to add color to the garden when rotating crops and seasonal vegetables create a sparse landscape.
September Flowers: African Daisy, Bachelor Button, California Poppy, Flax, Foxglove, Marigold, Pansy, Petunia, Snapdragon, Stock, Sweet Pea, Verbena, Viola, Wallflower.
September Herbs: Marjoram, Oregano, Parsley, Rosemary, Thyme
Vegetables: Beans (bush), Brussels sprouts, Carrot, Celery, Fava Beans, Kale, Leeks, Lettuce, Mustard Greens, Onion sets, Radish, Swiss Chard.
* Remember to mulch even in the cooler months ahead.
* Check for feeding (fertilizing). Azaleas, cyclamen, roses and fuchsias this month.
*Plant perennials. Plant sweet peas the first week of September (specifically the early variety: Mammoth, Early Spencer or Multiflora).
*referrences from Pat Welsh’s Southern California Organic Gardening Book- a month by month guide to gardening in Southern California.
* Think good thoughts when gardening and they will grow
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GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS
14 Aug 2011 1 Comment
in Garden Fruits, Living Healthy, organic gardening, Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: create and grow, garden super foods, growing super foods, healthy eating, nadia's san diego garden blog
How many super foods can you grow in your own garden? The super food lists usually boast about 20 beneficial foods to incorporate into your diet. Super foods are high in anti-oxidants, high in fiber, low in fat and overall the most nutritional foods ounce per ounce.
According to resveratrol.com: Super Foods, also known as anti aging foods, are foods high in antioxidants as well as high concentrations of crucial nutrients that have been proven to help prevent and in some cases, reverse the effects of aging.
Peppers growing in a Topsy Turvy Planter
The Super Foods:
- avocado, broccoli, onions, peppers, soy, spinach, and sprouts, hot peppers, leeks, daikon radishes
- açai, apples, blueberries, pomegranates, pumpkin, kiwi, oranges,and tomatoes
- wild salmon, turkey, eggs
- beans, barley, seeds, nuts, lentils, oats, walnuts and buckwheat
- cinnamon, dark chocolates, garlic, honey, extra virgin olive oil (“cold pressed”), sea salt, yogurt & kefir
- sea vegetables, irish moss, umeboshi plums, wheat grass, miso
- red wine, green tea and water were also on this list.
Blueberries for the Southern California Garden
The Orange Highlighted items are super foods I grow year round and can be grown in a Southern California garden very easily. Radishes, Spinach, Blueberries and Peppers I find are the easiest to grow. Dwarf Apple and Citrus trees make even the smallest spaces a gardening possibility. I buy my honey locally and according to homeopathic and allergy specialists, eating honey collected from the area in which you live (local honey)“ helps to reduce allergies. (Just what I have heard folks!)
Dwarf Anna Apples
Spinach
Raw and Green: Juicing from the Garden
07 Aug 2011 1 Comment
in Garden Fruits, Living Healthy, organic gardening, Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: breville juicer, garden juicing, garden to juicer ideas, juicing fruits, nadia's san diego garden blog, organic gardening
Boost your immune system, help your bodies digestion, increase your energy, help with weight loss, add more anti-oxidants to your diet… that’s the information I read on what a juicer can do for us, so why did it take me so long to finally purchase one? Maybe it was the price tag, or another appliance fighting for space on the counter. More likely it was the thought of having to clean out an appliance on a daily basis and buy a cart-load of vegetables each week to maintain a new health habit. I have a back yard garden to grow seasonal fruits and vegetables, not a farm that produces high quantities of juicing fruits and greens. It took watching the documentary ” Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead ” to change my mind and give it a chance. I don’t have a weight problem, so the anti-oxidant and increased vitality health claims were the motivation that lead to a purchase.
Two very popular juicers are the Jack LaLanne and the Breville Elite: I chose the Breville.
Breville Die-Cast 800JEXL Fountain Elite Juicer: quoted straight from the website: “ It is called the most powerful centrifugal juicer that is available in the market today. It can juice any produce within seconds with 1000 watts motor and spinning rate 13,000.You can make any combination of juice with it. It has quite a wide chute and spares the need of cutting and dicing fruits. You can pour the juice in the plastic pitcher with skimmer to prevent foams in the citrus juice. The machine has a stainless-steel mesh basket that removes the pulp automatically into a juice container. The juicer has two kinds of speeds to juice soft and hard fruits. It is dishwasher safe.”
Great Recipe Book For Juicing: “The Big Book Of Juices“: more than 400 natural blends for health and vitality every day by Natalie Savona.
Breville Juicer
Juiced Carrots, Apples and Pink Grapefruit
* Organic Fruits and Vegetables are best*
I wanted a juicer that was easy to clean so that I would actually continue to use it. I give it a thumbs up for simple assembly and cleaning. The best part about the pulp leftovers is returning it to my compost bin and worm farm. Both compost bins are benefitting from the scraps. Another use for the pulp can be used for making soups by returning the pulp to the juice and simmering with herbs and spices. Not a bad way to juice up your nutrition and enjoy the benefits of adding more vitamins, minerals and micro nutrients to your day.
Scraps (Pulp) for the compost bins
