All great dreams become real when they're backed by a plan and this Fall I have one! It all starts with seeds, so I wanted to share my order. This season I only ordered from one place, and there's no affiliation - just me paying full price like[...]
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I recently discovered wool pellets as soil amendments for the garden, and will never look back! Even better, I tried them out last season, my Spring/Summer season, which is the hottest and most stressful gardening season. They were heroic! I am[...]
As we prepare the family for a monthlong sojourn this summer, we also prepare the garden. I must admit, I'm nervous about this. It will be the beginning of true summer heat in Southern California and being time zones away, there's nothing I'll b[...]
I’ve done a lot of talking, showing, researching, and overall doing around garden planning. And then a great analogy hit me recently: poker. I just harvested a ton of onions, finally getting an amount that will feed the family at least nine mo[...]
My garden journey began with a dead patch of lawn glaring at us from outside the front door of our townhouse. We were sharing a fence with an in-patient rehab center and could hear the freeway, which was about 100 yards from us as a crow fli[...]
If you were a friend coming over for a cuppa Earl Grey one afternoon to chat gardening and asked for my input, here is what I'd say in regard to soil health. I'll not bore you with all the science because we don't have time for that. I want you[...]
I grew up in Sonoma County, California (“Nor Cal”) where world-class pinot noir and chardonnay are grown and wild mustard shines between the rows of those grapevines and redwoods line the drive to the house I grew up in. Luckily for me,[...]
The day has come and gone (okay, but just like a couple of days ago). Our inaugural planting day in the NEW KITCHEN GARDEN! All of a sudden soil was in (yes, all 110 bags) and I was ready to go and had starts waiting for me, and it just …[...]