bee / cactus

Garden member Laurie took these sweet pics

Nikon D600, Nikkor 105mm MF

garden, May 3rd, mostly Kristen's plot

 it's a lizard

 I wanted this image bad but AF was not happy, gotta come back with a tripod and a MF macro lens

 tulip tree, pretty flowers. I like that this one violates the rules of photography - your eyes bounce back and forth between the left and right side of the image

bird eatin' loquats

new lens

Got a 18-300 6.3 Nikon lens, fantastic little guy. My uncle uses it all the time. Gonna try to take more pics in the garden now.

 coastal CA poppy, epazote

 poppy, garlic, arugula

 fuyu persimmon

arugula, poppy, non-native grass

Spring photos

This Spring I'm trying for a picture of the resident Garden Hawk with my fun camera. I caught it one afternoon with my phone camera but it's eluded me when I plan to look. Until then, here are some other garden friends in decent definition:

That hawk:

 Bonus heron by Mesa Road:

good article about a healthy diet

interesting. fruits, seeds, beans, whole grains, vegetables. also touches on the politics/history of nutritional guidelines.

Greenhouse & Garden Project at UCSB

Awesome new video about our beautiful garden! :)

Some New Seedlings

This past week at the Edible Campus educational plot, we started planting some new members for the garden. We are excited to see this variety of plants grow, and are already starting to see some progress. We have beets, kale, broccoli, onion, carrot, summer squash, beans, marigolds, and chamomile, oh my! To protect the starts from birds and pests while in the greenhouse we covered them with a cage from the garden beds. Here's some pictures of the progress so far, so exciting to watch them come to life!

Gary Ladybug photos

This is currently going on, ladybugs eating aphids eating kale

Gary's bird photos

Gary has been in the garden since 1988 ish, and recently retired, so he's moving on. These are a few of his bird pics from the garden.

this last one shows evidence of crazy global warming -- sea level was higher and climate was much cooler back in '88 :)