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Ask a Gardener: summer squash
This is the first post in a series we’re calling Ask a Gardener, where you get to ask our resident experts your gardening questions. Feel free to send questions...
Keep your berries healthy all summer
Berry plants tend to be fairly low maintenance plants, put them in the right place, keep them watered and they will grow stronger, bigger and more productive every...
Gardening in extreme heat
This year has brought record high temperatures to much of the country (again, but don’t worry, Exxon says this has nothing to do with global warming), so I wanted...
Essentials of watering
While the rest of the country has been under severe heat warnings and drought conditions, summer has finally arrived for us in California, and in my garden we have...
How to mulch
I consider mulch to be an indispensable part of the summer vegetable garden. reduces evaporation of water from the soil prevents weeds (many weeds need bare soil) supplies...
National Pollinator Week
This week, June 18 – 24, 2012 is National Pollinator Week which was initiated and is managed by the Pollinator Partnership. Pollination and pollinators As...
Don’t feed the birds
There are few things more frustrating than preparing, planting and pampering a bed of peas or beans and then discovering that the newly germinated seedlings have...
How do I prepare my garden for planting?
If you’re like me, when the first warm days of spring arrive, you can’t wait to get out into the garden and start planting. It means winter is finally over...
