My New Favorite Garden Annual

My summer garden poses many challenges. I believe I have found a very noteworthy annual for this years garden. It is Celosia argentea (plumosa group) 'New Look'. I have had this plant in the garden for almost two months and they are performing wonderfully. These Celosias come in red, yellow or orange, orange is my garden, color accent. This Celosia takes the heat and full sun like a champ and once established you can lighten on the water.

Canyon Life

Life here in the canyon is an adventure almost  everyday. One never knows what they will encounter down the road or even in the garden.Now is rattlesnake season. I have a dreadful fear of snakes and I am living in their neighborhood. I don't like killing animals of any sort but rattlesnakes are another story.I don"t find many around the house and I think one reason is I have a huge King snake living under the back shed. King snakes, you might know are not susceptible to rattlesnake venom. In fact a king will kill and eat young rattle snakes, hallelujah! King snakes are not aggressive or dangerous to people so they are welcome guests. (as long as they stay out of the chicken coop.) Anytime I step outside I turn on my snake radar to avoid any scary encounters.

A little bit about San Timoteo Canyon. The canyon runs from Beaumont to Redlands CA about 20 miles.
There is a small creek running through the canyon, parallel to the creek is a double set of Union Pacific train tracks. This is an important east west corridor for all sorts of commerce. Probably 10 to 15  trains run through here per day. About once a week an Amtrak passenger train rushes through. I think it's called the Chieftan. The Chieftan goes from Los Angeles to Chicago, about a three day trip. I like the trains. When I moved out here I found the quietness of the country a little disconcerting. But late at night the roar of the massive engine and the scores of rattling and squealing cars gave me this weird sense of comfort.A sense that I wasn't that removed from civilization.

 I promised not to get too wordy so I will close for now and tell more about this historic canyon next time.
 So I leave you tonite with a garden pic to enjoy. Peace.

newbie

Here is my first post. After I had set up my account my 5 year old computer crashed and burned. So now with a brand new computer I'm ready to tell the tales of life in El Casco.

Three years ago I moved into a 1956 era hunting and fishing cabin in an area called El Casco in historic SanTtimotao Canyon in Southern California. It has been quite an adventure. As I blog along here I will talk of my adventures past and present.

I live a very simple country life. Raising my own vegetables and eggs from my eclectic flock of chickens.My cabin is of mid-century type architecture of only 800 square feet.  A very comfortable 800 sq ft.

I have no television just a player to watch movies. I read a lot and dabble in painting and sculpture. My real passion is gardening and I will post photos of the garden in due time.

So this is my start. I will try not to be too wordy or boring and hope to meet friends along the way.

Your humble gardener,Terry

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