Summer's Here!

There is a tradition at Garden Gossip that as soon as I write an article about the lack of sun, it comes out and once again, it worked! The sun came out yesterday and this morning was a bright, beautiful morning! Yippee! I check the garden yesterday and though everything is a couple of months behind schedule, the cukes are starting to grow and the green beans are coming along (finally). My Kumquat trees are loaded with fruit and they are getting ripe. It is time to start preserving them. Next time pickled Kumquats and preserved whole Kumquats..Yum.

Microclimates of Montecito

When planning a garden it's all about location. In Santa Barbara there are unique microclimates that dictate what to plant where. See this column from the Montecito Journal for all the details. Montecito Microclimates article

This Friday, April 2, 2010 Spencer the Gardener Plays Live in Studio

Hello all you Spencer the Gardener Fans. This Friday, April 2, 2010 our guest will be Spencer the Gardener playing live in the studio. It is also the first annual Garden Joke Show, so send in your jokes, call in the studio live on Friday and tell your joke. Best joke wins a prize! This will be fun, so tune into AM 1290 if you live in Santa Barbara or Ventura or listen on your computer at http://www.newspress.com. And get ready to have some great music and a few laughs (we hope)!