What are ‘spring onions’? Same as Scallions or Green Onions? Spring onions look similar to scallions but notice they have a small bulb on the end of the stalk. They come from the varieties of onions that are grown to produce bulbs. They are harvested before the bulb is fully formed but after the green […]
New Burpee Seed Introductions for 2017
Looking for some different veggies to grow? Try these new seed varieties! I received a very fun surprise from the Burpee seed company last November: an Advent Calendar full of seeds! For a passionate gardener, there’s no better gift than new varieties of seed. It was great fun to count down the days until Christmas […]
Top Five Favorite Flowers on My Garden Tour
Garden Tour Favorites I loved sharing my top five favorite flowers with visitors to my garden on the Mary Lou Heard Garden Tour this past Saturday. As I chatted with dozens of the visitors, many ‘oohed’ and ‘aahed’ over the same plants which luckily were blooming on cue for the tour. So here’s some more […]
How to Create a Stunning Wildflower Garden Anywhere
Seed ‘bombs’ are fun to make, share, and sow! January rains bring prime conditions for wildflowers like California poppies to germinate, grow and thrive. A fun project for a rainy day for kids and grownups alike is to make seed ‘bombs’: portable, easy to sow spheres of wildflower seeds and planting mix. Make up a […]
Top 5 Garden Tips to Start the New Year
Spend time now for a glorious garden all year! The hustle and bustle of the holidays is almost over and it’s time to get back in the garden for some much needed peace and re-connection to nature! January is supposed to be a wet one this year with El Nino rains predicted, but on those […]
December Bloomer: Camellia Sasanqua
The ‘Easy to Grow’ Camellia In late fall and early winter there is not much in bloom in my garden. One of the gorgeous exceptions is my Camellia sasanqua ‘Apple Blossom’. Its white flowers blushed with pink and accented with a golden center are stunning against the dark green foliage. The sasanqua camellias are less […]
Garden Ideas from the Solar Decathlon
College Students Create Innovative and Sustainable Gardens Every two years the U.S. Department of Energy sponsors the Solar Decathlon, a competition of college teams to design and build houses powered by the sun. The event is being held this month at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine (last days open to the public are […]
Garden Villain: Tomato Hornworm
End of the Tomato Season I’m so sad. I returned from a Labor Day weekend trip to discover that tomato hornworms had decimated my tomato plants. In the space of five days, they ate virtually every leaf on eight mature tomato plants. Only one plant, in a separate raised bed, escaped with minimal damage. What […]
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