August is the time to enjoy tasty homegrown vegetables and fruits, and take pleasure in the beauty of green plants, trees and flowering annuals. It’s also time to plan your fall and winter gardens.
Pick Your Summer Vegetables: Even with a modest garden, summer vegetables are in abundance and ripening continuously in August. You [...]
While most gardeners around the country are winding down their gardens for the year, Southern California gardeners can plant a fresh crop of vegetables and blooms in September and October for enjoyment during fall and winter.
Prepare Your Soil For Fall Flowers: Remove annuals. Break up and till the soil and generously add compost [...]
Spring is the time when gardening becomes once more of interest to everyone who has any interest in gardening and any size of plot, from a window box to stately acres. In most gardens structure is formed using hard landscaping, trees and shrubs, but they are much more than just shapes. Trees make a functional [...]
It seemed like yesterday when spring gave way to the vibrant colors of summer, and yet now, fall has already set in, with its shades of brown, red, and orange. Fall, however, is best used as a preparation period for winter, a season in which flowers, plants, and trees are at their most vulnerable.
Fall [...]