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Meet Frankenstein… (aka: my ‘Washington Navel’ Orange Tree)

by Rebecca Sweet 22 January 2010

It’s January here in Northern California and today I ate the first (of many) oranges off my ‘Washington Navel’ tree…. I LOVE that first, sweet-with-a-faint-hint-of-sour-taste the season’s first orange gives me…I look forward to it all year, beginning in late Spring when my garden is literally blanketed with the scent of it’s heavenly blossoms…to the [...]

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Baby….it’s cold outside!

by Rebecca Sweet 8 December 2009

I woke up this morning to a whopping 26 degrees.  I can already hear those of you in other parts of the country laughing at my wimpy-ness, but please remember – I live in California!!  The Bay Area, to be exact – Zone 8!!!  I’m not accustomed to this weather…and more importantly, my PLANTS aren’t [...]

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