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Garden News — Sad Day

I mentioned the passing of our amazing Bea Grow a while ago. Her death last December was sad, but now comes the truly unbelievable news that her garden is to be dismantled bit by little bit. I was as shocked as I imagine most of my fellow gardeners were when I read the craigslist notice of the...

Gardening News

Another in a series of posts to bring you interesting garden-related stories. This week we have links to a few articles we think you'll like and news about events in Southern California. A Plan to Turn Brooklyn's Unused Acres Green: This article is about a truly great idea that a group of Brooklyn gardeners called...

Tuesday’s Tips — Easy-to-Build Raised Bed

I've been in my house for most of the time that I've lived in California — 19 years. And in all that time I've missed having the big, productive vegetable garden that I had in Pennsylvania. There are a lot of reasons that I haven't been growing vegetables here; too little time, not enough sun,...

Tuesday’s Tips — Fall Garden Cleanup

Why are we startled? Really!? Fall comes every year at the same time, yet we always seem to be caught off guard when those first cool mornings hit. For most it means the end of the growing season and a welcome respite from our garden chores. But not so fast buckaroo! There's still the Fall...

Tuesday’s Tips — August Gardening

We are deep into summer weather now and it's proving to be even hotter and drier than last month in SoCal — no real surprise there. What's also not too surprising is our general lack of enthusiasm for gardening lately. It always happens this time of year. Most of the plants are well past their...

Tuesday’s Tips — Finding Answers to Gardening Questions

Even though Mary Beth and I are Master Gardeners with many years experience we are often vexed by gardening questions we can't answer or situations where we've tried everything we know and problems are still not resolved. Other times we're pretty sure we know what we're talking about, but we want to be damn sure...

Tuesday’s Tips — June Gardening

Our gardens are starting to take off this month and we're really excited to see how it's all going to come together as our plants begin to fill out. Don't forget to make notes in your journal about what you're doing. (Where did I put that journal???) Water and Weed It's been hot and dry...

Tuesday’s Tips — May Gardening

Mary Beth and I are crazy-busy in our gardens and in our clients' gardens. To make things a little more challenging it's also prime time for garden writing and we're both a little overwhelmed right now. We'll leave you with a few helpful tips to tide us over until we can catch our breath. Planting...