Hi, I’m Richard’s “Bee-Minders”. Here to give you some “Stings” to think about. After all you can never have enough “Bee-Minders” around your garden.  If you think there is nothing to do in January while maintaining your fruit trees, you have overlooked the following: -Apply dormant spray for peach leaf curl, blight, and canker to [...]

This is the time of year when things start getting a bit busier in some San Diego County areas: If you are going to add New fruit trees to your “Backyard Orchard” …PLEASE, dig your holes first, then go buy your trees. This way they, your trees, will not sit around getting sick and they will not start [...]

 Now that Spring is here, it’s time to get your Vegetable Beds ready for planting by adding needed amendments.  Keep an eye out for New Varieties of your old favorite veggies.          Have you planted your Blue Berries yet… that’s right…we can grow Blue Berries here.  Ask Richard about his “Top 5″     -Start looking out [...]

 Your vegetables are starting to grow, don’t forget to keep feeding them … that’s  the Wright way to do it. You eat regularly, your veggies should too. “Just a hand full, once a week, that’s all I ask” (my favorite fertilizer for Summer veggies is Gro-Power” Flower and Bloom”). That way they’ll keep producing and producing and producing… [...]

May I suggest, the hosing off of ALL your fruit trees… It will 1.Keep the dust off the leaves … they breath better . 2.Helps water in your fertilizer 3. Washes off our un-friends the”Bad Buds”.  Besides, it makes your trees look good. -Time for a second feeding of your fruit  trees – Keep planting Summer Vegetables (as needed) -Keep feeding [...]

 This is the month to start “Summer Pruning”of your deciduous fruit trees. You prune back the Spring growth(25% too 75% per your desire) from the trees that you have already harvested. This is how you keep your fruit trees the size you want.    PS I will be giving a class at Walter Andersen Nursery this [...]

This is the time to celebrate with a feast of Fruit and Vegetables from your Beds and Orchards, that you grew with your own hands.  Your friends will say…”Wow!…these are the BEST TASTING fruits and veggies I’ve ever eaten…where did you get them”… You can say with pride…”From my own Edible Eden”   -Keep feeding Vegetables -Keep [...]

 With Summer Fun, comes Summer Work… Did you get “thoughts Fruit trees planted… Start cleaning up around your vegetable garden, this will help keep things like “Powdery Mildew” away… Mulching around your Fruit trees will cut down on water usage… AND for the Fun part… keep “Picking and Eating”   -Sow seeds for your Winter vegetables – [...]

September is the time to start planting Winter vegetables ,like Broccali, Brussel Sprouts,Cabbage and Cauliflower… the “Heading” ones,  don’t forget Tomatoes. Planting them now, when the ground is still real worm, gives them a much better start . – Start planting Winter vegetables -Keep looking for Buds

  -Fourth Feeding -Transplant seedlings of cool season or winter vegetables

  -Transplant seedlings of cool season or winter vegetables -Protect tender plants from frost -Prune deciduous trees

  -Apply dormant spray to roses, trees, shrubs, fruit trees -Plant bare root -Protect from frost -Sow winter vegetables