Time to Get Ready for Spring! If you planted spring blooming bulbs last fall like ranunculus, freesias, Dutch iris and anemones, they’ll be blooming in all their glory this month! Spring comes early to southern California, especially when we get rain in December and January as we did this year. The gorgeous green hills that […]
Roses Still Blooming? Time to Prune!
Don’t Skip Pruning Those January Blooming Roses It’s the end of January and some of my roses are still blooming! I’m not the only one, many of the roses in the neighborhood are blooming and my neighbors have lots of questions about when to prune their roses when they won’t stop blooming! Dormancy for Roses […]
Strawberry Pot Herb Garden
An Herb Garden in a Single Pot I love to cook with fresh herbs, but I hate the expense and waste of buying those little packages of herbs and only using a sprig or two. For about the same cost as a package of herbs at the supermarket, you can buy a 3″ or 4″ […]
Solving the Mystery of Growing Onions
Grow Onions All Year, Even in Pots! Onions are one of my favorite vegetables to grow all year round because I use them so much in cooking. Green onions or onions that are harvested at maturity (when they have formed those nice round bulbs) add great flavor to almost any salad, side or main […]
Winter Bloomers: Camellias
Add Color to Semi Shade with Camellias If you want flowers in winter that don’t need to be planted every year, plant camellias. Depending on the variety, they can bloom from October to April. The perennial shrubs or small trees are evergreen and long lived in the garden. They prefer semi-shade but the sasanqua varieties […]
Time to Order Seeds for Spring and Summer Veggies!
Start Heirloom and Hybrid Veggie Favorites from Seed Starting vegetables from seed rather than purchasing transplants saves money, but more importantly, there are so many more choices! In order to have spring/summer plants ready to go into the garden in March, the seeds need to be started indoors soon. Most seeds need 4 – 6 […]
Plant Veggies in January? You Bet!
Winter Vegetables to Plant Now If you planted cool season veggies last fall, you should have plenty of greens, root vegetables and cabbage family crops ready to harvest. In my garden, I just finished harvesting the broccoli and pulling out the remaining lettuce plants because they’ve bolted. Now that there are empty spots in […]
Three Steps to Take Now for a Pest and Disease Resistant Garden
Clean-up, Dormant Spray and Mulch If you were troubled last year by fungal diseases like powdery mildew, rust, black spot, peach leaf curl, or others, there are steps you can take now to limit these diseases in your garden. And an added bonus is that these steps will also curb insect pest infestations. Once I […]
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