Tag: horticulture

If the partial eclipse had fallen on Earth Day, it would have been the perfect trifecta as Jupiter and Venus were also visible that...

“The spoil is made of butterfly wings, dinosaur teeth, pumpkin sees, lizard skins and fallen leaves. Put your hands in the soil and touch...

A friend of mine lamented that she didn’t have many bees in her garden yet. I reassured her they are out and about and...

You can hear them a long way before you see them. I’m talking about the hundreds of honey bees feasting on the nectar of...

I’m so proud of myself. I write about all the important things to do in the early spring garden but often I don’t get...

Everywhere I look, it’s green—forest green, apple green, olive green, fern green, sage green, chartreuse green. Even all those showy flowering trees blooming now...

California’s Arbor Day is celebrated on March 9 this year. It’s actually a whole week in honor of famed horticulturist Luther Burbank’s birthday. The...

Almost overnight, although maybe I’m judging by rain storms, spring is upon us. The birds sure know it is and I’m seeing trees in...

Always on the lookout for potential problems in my garden, I can use all the help I can get. Solutions are out there. One...

My neighbor Sue answered her door sneezing and coughing with puffy eyes and a red runny nose that Rudolph would envy. We live among...