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Author Archives: Heather Hacking
Sow There!: One year anniversary of a death, on an up note 10/26/2017
Cool-season veggies like kale and spinach are now in the ground following the first rain of the season.Photo by Heather Hacking By Heather Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record POSTED: 10/27/17 Twenty-eight pumpkins along the classroom wall are just temporary decorations as 28 third-graders took … Continue reading
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Sow there! Propagating roses from cuttings 10/19/2017
Roses galore at the annual Butte Rose Society’s annual show. Steve Schoonover — Enterprise-Record By Heather Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record Now is the season of “in-between.” We’ve passed the season of miserably hot and have not yet progressed to the season of holiday … Continue reading
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Sow There!: Pumpkin time at Patrick Ranch, and other reasons to visit 10/12/2017
Patrick Ranch in October hosts its annual Autumn Fest where you can tour the grounds, pick a pumpkin and pretend you are back in the 1870s. Photo by Heather Hacking 10/12/2017 The lights in the farm house give life to … Continue reading
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Sow There!: Tips for ripening green tomatoes, 10-6-17
Poppies grew in our school’s raised bed garden last May. Photo by Heather Hacking POSTED: 10/06/17 I love to note the first day of “sweater weather.” The kids in my elementary school class arrived one morning wrapped in outer clothes. I couldn’t … Continue reading
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Sow There! Name eggplant whatever you want, it’s still mush, 9-28-17
Call it what you want, the eggplant is still just mush. Photo by Heather Hacking By Heather Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record POSTED: 09/28/17 Fairly soon, I’ll be eating my words. For years I’ve been making fun of eggplant — that mushy fruit that seems … Continue reading
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Sow There!: Jerry Mendon, passing along the know-how, 9-22-17
Experience horticulturist Jerry Mendon in the houseplant greenhouse at Mendon’s Nursery in Paradise on March 13. Emily Bertolino — Enterprise-Record file POSTED: 09/22/17 The students in my classroom are getting a lesson in disappointment. The first day of class we planted 27 … Continue reading
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Sow There!: When drip irrigation dries up, 9-17-17
General neglect, and not faulty drip irrigation, is to blame for the death of this hanging plant.Photo by Heather Hacking POSTED: 09/07/17 Self-driving cars. Robot vacuums. Home air conditioning that switches gears with a zip of a phone app. In so … Continue reading
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Sow There!: Newfound joys of leaf blowers, 9-13-17
Toro, leaf blower, built to blast. Photo by Heather Hacking POSTED: 09/13/17 Small accomplishments are easily overlooked, even when those small tasks have a way of adding up. If you’ve ever caught your significant other doing an odd job around the house, … Continue reading
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Sow There!: When weather makes your crops wither, 8-31-17
An easy way to be an organic gardener is handpicking, and in this case, hand-snipping. Photo by Heather Hacking POSTED: 09/01/17 There are many things to admire about the humongous hungry hornworm, but not when it is devouring your tomato plants.Photo … Continue reading
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Sow There!: More than nine lives for a grapevine, 8-24-17
The once fruitless grapevine has produced itty-bitty grapes. Photo by Heather Hacking POSTED: 08/24/17 The first bunch of the grape harvest this month.Photo by Heather Hacking Despite my worst efforts, there are tiny green grapes growing along the cyclone fence. My respect … Continue reading
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