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24-527: Espiritu grew up in Rancho Peñasquitos, San Diego . In order to pay for college, Espiritu made money playing online poker . In 2013, he graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara receiving a degree in accounting after having been undeclared. To combat his addiction to video games after college graduation, Espiritu's mom suggested he and his younger brother take up gardening as

48-469: A hobby. Espiritu's first video on Epic Gardening was uploaded in February of 2013, focusing on hydroponics systems. In 2016, he made the decision to leave his position at a book subscription service to cultivate food in backyards while simultaneously developing a gardening blog as a full-time job. As his following expanded, he ventured into YouTube and various other social media platforms, culminating in

72-661: A video of their greenhouse build at Carrie Underwood 's 400-acre home in Nashville, Tennessee. Rancho Pe%C3%B1asquitos, San Diego Rancho Peñasquitos is a suburban community in northeastern San Diego, California . It is named after the first Mexican land grant in San Diego County , Rancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos . ( Peñasquitos is Spanish for "little cliffs".) The community abuts Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve , an open space preserve that offers hiking, biking, and equestrian trails. The community

96-485: Is commonly abbreviated "PQ." The population of Rancho Peñasquitos is approximately 60,000. it is located in ZIP Code 92129. The telephone area code is 858 or 619 . Rancho Peñasquitos is roughly bounded: The highest point in the community is Black Mountain , which rises to an elevation of 1,500 feet (460 m). Native American Kumeyaay history within the area has been documented to 7,000 years ago. The area

120-762: Is the main east–west artery. State Route 56 traverses east–west through the central portion of the community. Interstate 15 forms an eastern boundary of Rancho Peñasquitos, with Carmel Mountain Ranch lying on the far side. The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) operates a bus through the area, #20, with a stop on Carmel Mountain Road. The MTS Rapid #235 bus operates from the Sabre Springs/Peñasquitos Transit Station, arriving in downtown San Diego after only 5 stops. Fire protection and emergency medical services are provided by

144-702: The Jackass Mail , was the earliest overland stagecoach and mail operation from the Eastern United States to California , in operation between 1857 and 1861. It was created, organized and financed by James E. Birch the head of the California Stage Company . Birch was awarded the first contract for overland service on the "Southern Route", designated Route 8076. This contract required a semi-monthly service in four-horse coaches, scheduled to leave San Antonio and San Diego on

168-932: The San Antonio-El Paso Road and then continue north to Mesilla and take the Southern Emigrant Trail from there to San Diego . Once on the Pacific Coast the passenger could board a California Steam Navigation Company vessel to San Francisco . To accomplish this Birch entered a partnership with George H. Giddings , of the San Antonio-El Paso Mail that already ran over half of the route to La Mesilla . 87 watering places and stage stations were organized by Superintendent Isaiah C. Woods , formerly of Adams & Company of California in San Francisco. On

192-599: The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department fire station #40 at 13393 Salmon River Road in the area of Rancho Peñasquitos. This station is in the 7th Battalion. The San Diego Police Department operates from a station on 13396 Salmon River Road, serving the neighborhood. Rancho Peñasquitos is in the Poway Unified School District . San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line The San Antonio–San Diego Mail Line , also known as

216-576: The 14,000- acre parcel with the intent of building a 150,000-resident planned community. In 1964, San Diego annexed most of the area, building out from Irvin Kahn 's community. As of the census of 2010, there were 51,536 people, 17,009 households, and 14,093 families residing in the community. The racial makeup of the town was 58.2% White , 2.6% African American , 0.3% Native American , 30.0% Asian , 2.7.% from other races , and 6.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.8% of

240-603: The San Antonio and San Diego Mail Line reorganized and merged its interests under the title of the Overland Mail Corporation . In May 1861, this company was given a new contract for the year ending June 30, 1862, to operate a mail service over the entire route from San Antonio via Camp Stockton, to Tucson and points in California. An attempt was made to fulfil the contract, beginning April 1, but with

264-619: The coaches stopped for the night. Only the three at San Antonio, El Paso and San Diego had substantial buildings. The largest and most important station between El Paso and San Diego was at Maricopa Wells, Arizona , the dividing point on the route, where the eastbound and westbound mails met and turned back. Here was erected an adobe house and corral. During the company's existence it employed 65 men in all capacities, and owned 50 coaches and 400 mules. Source: --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Source: On July 9, 1857, 17 days after Birch concluded his contract,

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288-432: The establishment of an e-commerce website. He documented online the conversion of his San Diego residence into an eco-friendly smart urban homestead : raising chickens for eggs, reusing rainwater and greywater , composting food and yard scraps, and installing solar panels . In 2019, Espiritu was selected by Timberland as one of their 8 "Heroes for Nature" in an international sustainability campaign . In 2021, Espiritu

312-457: The first mail left San Antonio and was carried on horseback, arriving at San Diego from San Antonio in 53 days. The second mail, which left San Antonio July 24, was sent by coach and arrived in San Diego 38 days later. The average rate of travel over the route was about 40 mi (64 km) a day. Following the death of Birch at sea before the first mail reached its destination, his contract

336-404: The first mail run, they were setting up the line as the mule trains and coaches journeyed west from San Antonio. Superintendent Woods prepared a self-contained outfit for this journey across the unsettled country of Texas, New Mexico Territory and Southern California with almost no existing infrastructure. The vehicles used were celerity wagons or mud wagons , also called ambulances (which

360-447: The ninth and the 24th of each month, with 30 days allowed for each trip. Birch envisioned that at New Orleans , one could take a five-times-a-week mail steamer to 540 mi (870 km) to Indianola, Texas . There one transferred to a daily line of four-horse mail coaches traveling 140 mi (230 km) to San Antonio, Texas . Then one would take the San Antonio and San Diego Line 1,476 mi (2,375 km) from San Antonio via

384-441: The population. There were 17,009 households, of which 43.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.8% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 17.1% were non-families. Of all households 2.4% were made up of individuals, and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

408-485: The route from Fort Yuma to San Diego was ended, leaving nothing but the 367 mi (591 km) portion from San Antonio to Camp Stockton which was put on a weekly basis. Between Camp Stockton and El Paso it was put on a weekly basis. The service was thus improved to a weekly basis all the way from New Orleans to San Francisco. After the final suspension of the Butterfield Overland mail, March 12, 1861,

432-556: Was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.30. The median age in the town was 38 years. 26.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 65.3% were between the ages of 18 and 64; and 7.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the community was 50.5% female and 49.5% male. Rancho Peñasquitos is a car-dependent area, according to WalkScore.com. Black Mountain Road is the main north–south artery, and Carmel Mountain Road/Rancho Peñasquitos Boulevard

456-940: Was awarded to Captain Francisco María Ruiz , a Commandant of the Presidio of San Diego . This one league was at the eastern part of the Los Peñasquitos Canyon and extended into Sabre Springs and up to Rancho Bernardo . It was a way station on the Wagon road from San Diego to Warner's Ranch . From 1857 to 1860, it was a station on that road for the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line between San Diego and Vallecito via San Pasqual , Santa Ysabel Asistencia , Warner's, and Rancho Valle de San Felipe . The ranch operated until 1962, when real estate developer Irvin Kahn acquired

480-629: Was featured on the Today Show on multiple occasions throughout the year. In January 2022, TCG invested $ 17.5 million in Epic Gardening. At the end of 2022, Epic Gardening reached 2 million subscribers. The company now has over 80 employees. In 2022, Epic Gardening added Jacques Lyakov of Jacques in the Garden as a guest star on the channel. In January 2023, Epic Gardening acquired Botanical Interests. In February 2023, Epic Gardening posted

504-541: Was home to a Kumeyaay settlement which was known to them as ' Awil Nyawa '. Remains of the prehistoric culture can still be found. Gradually ethnic Spanish colonists moved into the area, following the establishment of missions and other settlements along the coast. Rancho de los Peñasquitos was the first rancho , the Rancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos , within the boundaries of present-day San Diego County. In 1823, one league (4,243 acres; 17 km )

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528-551: Was not absorbed by the Butterfield line but on December 1, 1858, the portion of the route between El Paso and Fort Yuma was cut from the service because it duplicated the service of the Butterfield Butterfield Overland. The service from San Antonio to El Paso and from Fort Yuma to San Diego was upgraded from semi-monthly to weekly trips and its subsidy was increased. During 1860, the west end of

552-468: Was the military use for the same type of vehicle at that time), rather than the better known Concord stagecoach . Water holes were set up at 30 mi (48 km) intervals but many were unmanned and actual stations sometimes were separated by as much as 100 mi (160 km). These first stations were at most a brush corral and a jacal to house the keeper, while most were merely camping places at springs or stream crossings; camps would be made where

576-617: Was transferred to George H. Giddings and R. E. Doyle. Woods was retained as superintendent with company headquarters in New York. Only about 40 trips were ever made over the entire route before the service was curtailed. On September 20, 1858, the Butterfield Overland Mail Company began operating their stageline over the road, and using the station sites pioneered by Birch and Woods from El Paso, Texas, to Warner's Ranch, California. The San Antonio–San Diego Line

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